Lidl CV example

You need a CV for every Lidl job: Lidl says you upload an up-to-date CV to create your candidate profile when you apply, and it cannot take CVs by email.

It assesses your hours against the role, your experience and the dates and details on your CV. This example is a bakery assistant’s CV for a Lidl customer assistant job, in Word and PDF, with each part of the job matched to a line.

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Amira Haddad

Bakery Assistant

Leicester · 07700 900652 · [email protected]

Profile

Bakery assistant with two years of early starts in a busy high-street bakery, baking off, serving and taking payments, after a year picking online grocery orders. Quick on the till, keeps the counter clean and stocked, and trains new Saturday staff. Looking for a full-time customer assistant job in a supermarket.

Experience

Bakery Assistant | Corner Loaf Bakery, Leicester | September 2024–present

Open the shop at 6am four days a week: bake off bread and pastries from the morning plan and fill the shelves before 7am.

Serve about 250 customers a shift on the till, by cash and card, and cash up at close.

Answer questions about ingredients and allergens, and take orders for celebration cakes.

Rotate stock and record waste every day; cut bread waste from about 12% to 7% of each day’s bake by baking smaller batches after 2pm.

Follow the cleaning schedule for the ovens, counters and floor, and keep the food safety records.

Trained three new Saturday staff on the till and the cleaning schedule.

Online Grocery Picker | Freshbox Groceries, Leicester | August 2023–August 2024

Picked and packed about 150 orders a shift with a handheld scanner, at 99% accuracy.

Checked use-by dates and chilled temperatures before orders were loaded.

Qualifications

Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Retail (2024)

GCSEs including English Language 4 and Mathematics 5 (2023)

Skills

Till work, cash and card payments

Baking off and filling shelves

Stock rotation and waste records

Cleaning schedules and food safety records

Training new starters

Availability

Full time, including early mornings, evenings and weekends. Can start after one week’s notice.

Fictional example for a bakery assistant applying to Lidl. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

How Lidl uses your CV

How you apply	What it means	What to do with your CV
Any Lidl job, in a store, a warehouse or an office	When you click Apply now, you need an up-to-date CV to create your candidate profile. You then answer the role’s questions and confirm your right to work in the UK. Lidl assesses your hours against the role, your experience and the dates and details on your CV.	Download the Word file on this page, change every detail to your own, give month and year for each job, and upload it when you create your profile.
Emailing a CV to Lidl	Lidl cannot accept CVs by email, for data protection reasons.	Apply through the job search on careers.lidl.co.uk. If the application itself is not working, Lidl’s recruitment team can help at [email protected].
Applying again	Lidl does not take a second application for the same role within six months, and it keeps application details for six months. You can apply for other roles at any time.	Get the CV right before you apply for the job you want most.

From Lidl’s application support and FAQs, checked 18 October 2026. The advert gives the role’s hours and shifts.

What a Lidl customer assistant does, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Set up the bakery at the start of the day	Opens at 6am: bakes off bread and pastries and fills the shelves before 7am
Work on the tills	About 250 customers a shift, by cash and card, and cashing up at close
Keep the store clean, tidy and well organised	Cleaning schedule and food safety records; stock rotated every day
Help customers with their questions, queries and requests	Ingredient and allergen questions; celebration cake orders
Help to train new colleagues	Trained three new Saturday staff on the till and the cleaning schedule

The left column is from Lidl’s customer assistant page, read 18 October 2026, put briefly. Lidl also assesses your hours against the role and the accuracy of your dates, so this CV gives month and year for each job and ends with its availability.

Facts checked against Lidl GB: Application support on 18 October 2026, Lidl GB: Frequently asked questions on 18 October 2026, Lidl GB: Customer Assistant on 18 October 2026, Lidl GB: Stores (perks and shift pay) on 18 October 2026 and Lidl GB: job search (store adverts) on 18 October 2026.

Pay at Lidl

Store adverts in the South West, checked 18 October 2026 on Lidl’s job search, offered £13.45 to £14.45 an hour for a customer assistant, £15.45 to £15.95 for a retail shift manager and £38,000 to £46,000 a year for a deputy store manager. Night shifts pay £3.50 an hour extra and bank holidays £2.00 (Lidl), and staff whose main workplace is inside the M25 get a London Weighting payment. Lidl pays monthly, on the penultimate working day of the month (Lidl).

Inside this example

Profile: 51 words here
Experience: 149 words here
Qualifications: 18 words here
Skills: 25 words here
Availability: 14 words here

How to write yours

Give month and year for every job

Lidl assesses the dates and details on your CV as well as your experience and hours. Give the month and year each job started and ended, and make sure they match what you type into the application.

Say when you can work

Lidl checks your hours against the role’s. End the CV with one line on your availability: full or part time, and whether you can do early mornings, evenings, nights and weekends.

Show the store work you have done

A customer assistant sets up the bakery, works the tills, fills shelves, keeps the store clean and helps customers. Give each one you have done a line, with a number where you have one.

Prepare an example from your CV

Lidl’s interviewers ask you to talk about your CV. Pick two or three lines from it and practise telling each as a short story: the situation, what you did and how it turned out.

Questions about a Lidl CV

Do I need a CV to apply to Lidl?

Yes. Lidl says you need an up-to-date CV to create your candidate profile when you apply, whatever the job (Lidl, checked 18 October 2026).

How long does Lidl take to reply?

Lidl reviews applications within 7 to 14 days and asks you to wait the full 14 before following up. If you are shortlisted, a telephone interview comes next (a video interview for graduate roles), then a face-to-face interview of 30 to 90 minutes with two interviewers asking set questions (Lidl).

What does the Lidl interview ask?

Three kinds of question. Competency questions, such as “Give an example of when you delivered excellent customer service.” Scenario questions, such as how you would prioritise when a colleague asks for urgent help in the middle of a task. Skills questions, such as “How do you ensure accuracy when handling cash at the till?” Some roles also have an online test (Lidl).

Can I use AI to write my Lidl CV?

For a first draft, the structure and the spelling, yes, Lidl says, but it can spot AI-written answers and wants to hear from you. It also warns against putting personal details into an AI tool. Our guide to using AI for your CV shows where it helps (Lidl).

Can I apply again if I am turned down?

For a different role, at any time. For the same role, Lidl asks you to wait six months. If you passed the interview but every vacancy was already filled, Lidl may invite you into its candidate community instead: it contacts you when a suitable role comes up, and for store and warehouse roles you do not have to interview again (Lidl).

Does Lidl check references?

Yes. A job offer depends on satisfactory references and, if Lidl asks for one, a satisfactory DBS check; some roles also have financial checks (Lidl).

Keep the CV to one page for a store job. Lidl reads it for your hours, your experience and accurate dates, so a short CV that gets those right beats a longer one.

CVs for other supermarket jobs

Every Lidl application starts with a CV, so pick the example closest to the job you want and make it yours.

Applying to other supermarkets too? Sainsbury’s · Asda · Tesco · Aldi · Morrisons

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