I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Dollar General (Evansville, IN) in Feb 2014
Interview
I applied online on a Wednesday night. The app was kinda long but not hard at all. Thursday morning, I received a call asking if I could come into and do an interview that day. Asked me what time I was available. I came in 10 minutes early wearing slacks, a blouse, and tennis shoes. The manager wasn't in yet (he had went to the bank) so I took a look around while waiting.
When he arrived, he was friendly and took me into his office. He asked some usual interview questions and then some that I guess are usual for Dollar General but not everywhere else. As the interview concluded, he informed me of what all I would have to do to move forward in the hiring process (drug test and background check along with a hire packet online) and asked if I have any problems with that. After that he asked me if I had any questions and then told me I was hired pending the above and shook my hand again.