The GM talked to me for about 90 minutes and explained why I should work for LA Fitness. He did not ask me about my background, experience, interests or expectations. He had hired me by the time I left. It was a really fast process coming in off the street to being hired. However this is not uncommon for sales gigs.
I had two separate interviews. First was with the general manager then met with the VP. Both of which were very laid back.
The questions were mostly about why I liked the fitness industry and how comfortable I would be selling to people in the gym and creating new marketing approaches for training
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
History of fitness industry
Sales experience
Comfort level with phone calls
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at LA Fitness (San Antonio, TX) in Sep 2018
Interview
this was not an interview for Fitness director, they DO NOT give you that position. you have to start at the bottom of the barrel. I applied for Fitness director, but was told would not even have the opportunity to reach that position until minimum 6 months, and only if you met sales goals and if position was open. they Lied about position available. you start as a personal trainer sales person. no supervisory position, make $500 a month plus possible commission.
Fitness Director applicants have rated the interview process at LA Fitness with 1.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 17% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fitness Director roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at LA Fitness overall takes an average of 8 days.
Common stages of the interview process at LA Fitness as a Fitness Director according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 20%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 10%
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