I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kroger (Nashville, TN) in Oct 2012
Interview
I initially applied online for the assistant manager/manager in training position from careerbuilder.com. They then contacted me via phone from the secretary of the mid-south headquarters. I talked with her to schedule an interview. The interview was with the district coordinator. He explained the position and salary plus a detailed view of advancement opportunities and training schedule. He has a list of questions he went down one by one dealing with past situations and how much I was still interested in the position. They contacted me within a week for the follow-up interview. It is a panel interview with a regional coordinator asking the questions and running it. He is joined by the grocery district coordinator and two store managers who join in with bonus questions and comments. These questions are much more difficult about very specific examples with your past company. From tough questions about decisions and how you made an unpopular decision plus easier questions. It was very fair and well done great evaluation for the position I believe.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a past unpopular decision you had to make and how you dealt with the effects of that decision.
Terrible I don’t recommend working for this chain ever terrible work, life, balance, underpaid. Your opinions don’t matter . Managers just don’t want to listen. I don’t recommend this. Simple job though.
Great company to work for. Great bennifits. And great leaders. The training is 3 weeks, currently still in training. Then once you pass you will.go to nother store. A lot of great knowledge is thrown at you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me.about yourself? They ask for previous experience in handling situations.
Very long and drawn out. Doesn't stay focused on job. Needs a better job interview process . It's a very complicated process and takes WEEKS. I would not want to go through this process again
Assistant Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Kroger with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Manager roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kroger overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kroger as a Assistant Manager according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 20%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 11%
One on one interview: 9%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 2%
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