I applied online. I interviewed at Public Storage in Oct 2017
Interview
This interview was a nightmare. It was a panel style interview with 3 people. One of the men played on his phone the entire time, instead of engaging in the interview. It lasted over 3 hours, and was essentially 3 hours of them asking (over and over and over and over again) what your weaknesses are. They ask questions about every job, club, or membership you have had since high school. I graduated more than 20 years ago and have held several multi-unit positions in major national companies, and they really wanted to spend a lot of time discussing the decisions I made as part of student council, and what my weaknesses were in my high school French club. When they finally asked me about my concerns or questions, I asked about the extremely high turnover rate of their managers and associates and what they thought that I, as a district manager, could bring to the table to combat this. They were extremely dismissive of this question, stating that they were low paying jobs anyway, and that the people that worked them were extremely replaceable and "a dime a dozen". I have no interest in being part of a company that treats anyone in this manner.
The Interview was quick, but very intentional. He started off with stating what the salary was, and what it came with. He was very upfront and interested in my most previous role
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Public Storage (Roanoke, VA) in Apr 2026
Interview
Applied online. Had to do a virtual job tryout. Then recruiter contacted me to set up a time for an initial interview. Recruiter started out strong saying this would be straight to the point and quick. That this job doesnt exist and its a "just in case" role to put you in the pipeline. Told me what the compensation was and its a take it or leave it situation. Theres no negotiation. Recruiter asked if i had experience with direct reports. I told her yes and she asked how many. Then she asked how many i currently have in my current job. I have no direct reports in my current role so she ended the interview even tho i have had upwards of 100 direct reports before. She did not care about my past district manager experience, only current. Received rejection email two days later.
I applied online. I interviewed at Public Storage (Denver, CO) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview process has five different interviews. I love the in depth process. It starts with a half hour phone interview. Proceeds to a 2 hour in person interview. Proceeds to a 3 hour ride a long. Proceeds to another rin person interview and ends with a zoom interview.
I spent a total of 9 hours combined in interviews and 3 hours round trip travel time for my in person. Was only sent a form letter rejection and was ghosted when asked for feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you had to enforce a policy you didn't agree with.
District Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Public Storage with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 30% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for District Manager roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 126 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Public Storage overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Public Storage as a District Manager according to 126 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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