A "hiring event", 7 hour process with complete downtime. The only actual interaction with a Lidl representative was a 4 minute role play. This whole process was a complete and total waste of time. Nothing that the Lidl representatives had started on time. All were roughly 15 to 20 minutes late, showing a complete lack of respect for their candidates. The whole process could have been streamlined to probably an hour. There was pretty much a refusal to answer pretty basic questions about how they plan to operate and how many stores they are planning to hire for in the next year. Which is a very fair question when you have 50+ people in a room. I understand that there has to be a limit of the information that you are sharing, but hiring event interviews work both ways. The candidate is interviewing for a potential position and the company is interviewing for candidates.