I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Dollar General in Jun 2010
Interview
phone interview with recruiter, one-on-one interview with DM, one-on-one interview with regional director. DM and RD are more concerned with your idea of shrink and how to deal with it, since-apparently-everybody that has worked for Dollar General has ended up being a thief. The company really didnt seem to care about past work experience too much- I assume because they know some other sucker will come in and fill the spot when you get burned out and leave.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just know that shrink is the loss of inventory and you'll be fine
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Dollar General in Aug 2011
Interview
I was contacted through email to take the assessment online. I thought it was easy. I passed and was contacted the next day by the DM. He interviewed me over the phone for about an hour. He ask me a lot of questions concerning shrinkage, hiring processes, people, customers, etc... and he wanted to know how I would handle a difficult store that had a lot of theft. He told me I done awesome and said I was very charasmatic. He then said I would be contacted the next day by a different manager to interview me... five minutes later I got another phone interview that lasted another hour or so. He set me up with a walk through of the store... and it went from there! I have two job offers right now.. one is Store manager for dollar store...35,000 a year... the other is administrative assistant with a huge company paying 11 an hour with overtime. I'm trying to figure out which would be the best job. I have experience in both. Both have insurance with 401k. I'm stumped. I know the Dollar Store job is going to be a lot more hours and work... but I like the money! Hmmm.. Any suggestions?
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Well it wasn't hard but it's one I remember at the moment! What is shrinkage and how would I handle it?
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Dollar General in Jan 2011
Interview
I initially applied at dollar general back in January 2011. I received a call from the district manager, and we scheduled a 1 on 1 interview. The interview went very well, and we set up a phone interview with the regional manager. The regional manager never called. I called the district manager back and he apologized for the miscommunication. He said he would call me back the following week to reschedule. He never called. I called back and never received a return call. A few weeks (early July, 2011) ago I bumped into an associate that was at the store where I had originally interviewed. He asked me how everything went. When I explained what happened, he told me that the district manager had been demoted, and suggested I give the new (temporary) district manager a call. I did call him and went over my information and said he would like to get me on board. He said I would receive a call by the end of the week from HR. HR never called, so I called him back. He apologized and said he would forward my information again, and I would receive a call by the end of the day. No one called. He called me back the next day, and said he wanted to schedule a phone interview with the regional manager on Thursday at 9 AM. Thursday came and went, no one called.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I honestly don't recall any unexpected, or difficult interview questions.