Kroger Cashier Job Description & Interview
Job Description and Duties
What Does a Kroger Cashier Do?
A Kroger cashier meets and greets customers, rings up purchases, handles returns, and answers questions about products, policies, and services. Other job responsibilities include communicating with coworkers and maintaining a clean work environment. Kroger cashiers perform basic mathematic functions and operate cash registers.
Training and Daily Duties
The position involves standing in place for long periods of time and interacting with customers. Training generally incorporates all aspects of the job and orients new-hires on Kroger policy, protocol, and procedure.
Salary and Compensation
How Much Do They Get Paid?
Average pay rates for Kroger cashiers are between $8.00 and $9.00 an hour. Kroger cashiers may make more per hour with experience gained. Most cashier jobs consist of 20 to 30 hours a week, or four to five five-hour shifts. Kroger may ask cashier associates to work nights and weekends. Scheduling generally depends upon experience and location.
Are Kroger Cashiers Eligible for Other Benefits?
Kroger cashiers may also receive employment benefits, including discounts on products and service, healthcare coverage, paid time off, and 401(k) plans, in addition to base salary. Eligibility and availability of Kroger job benefits also typically varies by supermarket location.
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Kroger Cashier Interview Video
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Kroger Cashier: I am a cashier/ bagger. I’m a bagger when I don’t get hours as a cashier. They’re really good about that. I ring up groceries, take money from the customers, or whatever kind of payment they pay with.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Kroger Cashier: The managers are really nice. They take our opinions into consideration, and I really like that.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Kroger Cashier: You go to www.kroger.com. At the bottom, it’s going to ask you to apply. You click that, and it’s about fifteen pages just of questions. The questionnaire is two pages, then the background history is about ten, I believe.
Interviewer: What questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview?
Kroger Cashier: “If you had a bad day, how would your attitude affect everyone at work?”, and stuff like that.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Kroger Cashier: Make sure it’s something you really want to do. I mean, if you’re not a people person, don’t go in there because that’s everyone who comes in. If it wasn’t for the customers, we wouldn’t get paid.
Kroger Cashier Interview Video 2
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Kroger Cashier: I was a sales clerk/cashier. Basic job duties: ring the groceries up, cash them out. Secondary position, bagged up groceries, helped people carries them, carry them to their car. Ran inventory when it was needed.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Kroger Cashier: The environment was really friendly, most of them were my friends from high school, so I was really familiar with the people. Very friendly environment, safe, enjoyable.
Interviewer: Please describe a typical day as an employee.
Kroger Cashier: A typical day for my position, since I worked around 3:30-4:00, towards the end of the night. I would come in, jump on the cashier conveyor belt, cash people out, ran groceries, bagged groceries. It would get pretty busy toward the evenings, around 7:00 or 8:00. When it wasn’t busy, we would switch to about two or three lanes. Then, the other would work on housekeeping duties – sweeping or mopping the lanes. Just making sure it was clean and neat for the customers. If that was done, then we usually go back and do inventory.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Kroger Cashier: The application and interview process was pretty simple; it was an online application. They would keep it for up to a year on file, if they needed people. They would hold it for about a year, and then they would call you back if they needed someone for the position. Then, you would have an interview with one of the managers. It’s fairly simple, straightforward questions about your personality, different experiences you had in life, hobbies, character traits, things of that nature.
Interviewer: What set you apart from other candidates?
Kroger Cashier: I believe what set me apart was that I had prior experience. I’ve also worked at McDonald’s and Rally’s. So, my working and being familiar with cashier systems as one of the things that gave me a little edge on how to work it, and being able to catch on fast, while also being a really social person, not being shy, but being able to interact with people I just met, or may never see again. So, I guess that’s what set me apart.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Kroger Cashier: be very professional in your interview. Wear a shirt and tie. There’s no need for a suit or a blazer. That might be kind of overdone, but definitely like nice khakis. Be prompt , be on time, and maybe even be early for your interview. Also understand that Kroger is a union job, so people who may not want to work with the union or have union benefits, that’s just something to keep in mind before applying or going into your interview.
