I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kroger in Sep 2022
Interview
I interviewed with a recruiter in August. He advised that he doesn't normally help with the PM hiring process but that they were short staffed. I was told he would forward my info to the recruiting team and they would be in touch with next steps. Two weeks went by and NOTHING. I emailed my original contact who said he would check. A few days later I received an inquiry about my availability with a different recruiter. Another two weeks went by and I heard nothing. I had to call her to ask if the position was still open and if we were proceeding. She said they were in final stages of hiring and she would get me scheduled ASAP. It took another few days to get scheduled with the hiring team. The hiring team then informed me that were in the early stages of interviewing, completely contradicting the recruiter. I was told a decision would be made within two weeks. I haven't heard anything. I emailed the recruiter and she ignored me (though, I'm not really surprised considering her track record). I reached out to the hiring manager a week later and still have not received a response. My application still says "Under Review." Regardless of being given an offer or not, Kroger should still let the candidates know where they stand. My issue is more with the recruiter than the management. Please train them on organizational and communication skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to a client.
Video pre screening asked a series of very vague questions. A computer then uses artificial intelligence to "grade" the video, your appearance and your answers which are not multiple choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had to choose between what was best for the company and what was best for the client, which would you choose?
Reached out by headhunter.
1. Phone screening by headhunter/recruiter.
2. Did a recorded interview (just a bunch of questions show up and you record yourself answering).
3. Another recorded session, but then followed by 2 games. One game where you memorize numbers and then retype them, and as you progress you actually have to do it backwards. The next game is figuring out matching shapes. Not sure how much weight they put into the games since I bombed one of them.
4. Zoom interview with hiring manager and 2 others who I would be working with.
5. Zoom interview with hiring manager and more people I would be working with.
Both 2/3 are timed, and 4/5 were capped at exactly 30 minutes. As you could imagine, there is very little time to answer questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recorded interview questions are listed by another poster here....but it is 110% behavioral. Basically just have your strengths/weaknesses in mind, and be ready to talk about things like an ethical decision you had to make.
In the person interviews, it was pretty much all behavioral. Questions such as:
1. Tell us a bit about yourself
2. How do you learn new technologies
3. How do you work with stakeholders
4. How do you influence others
5. Why are you leaving your current job/did you leave your last job
6. What do you think are important skills for this job
7. Tell us about a fun project you worked on
8. The very last question I got was one of those estimation questions you hear about....How many ping pong balls can fit into a Boeing 737?
You just had to talk through it...they probably didn't care about your final answer as long as it wasn't something absurd.