On another note, I have an interview for a fashion retail store next week. Has anyone here ever worked in fashion retail and can give me some tips on how to approach the interview and what sort of stuff they ask ?
May I ask what kind of store is the interview for? There are businesses which have a lesser formal dress code (such as cotton on, factorie etc..) as well as businesses which have a much more formal dress code (such as Myer, David Jones etc..)
I can't speak for businesses that are not as formal as others, however I do have a few friends that are working in retail stores such as Valleygirl, sportsgirl etc. From what I recall, they mentioned that the interviews were quite laid back...
However from personal experience, businesses that a more on the formal side tend to adopt group interviews rather than individual one on one interviews. I currently work at Myer and the interview process itself was quite formal, there were more than one interviewer and the questions asked were pretty standard (tell us a little about yourself, why you would like to work for this company etc).
Aside from the usual questions, we were given situations and had to arrange them from the most important to the least, as well as having to pick products from a pile and try to sell it to the interviewers.
Since it was a group interview, I would recommend trying to acquaint yourself with the other interviewees (?? is that a word??) if you're in the same boat as you never know who could be watching and paying attention to how well you interact with others.
Good luck with your interview