The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Kroger (Collierville, TN) in Nov 2011
Interview
Got the call for an interview on tuesday and had it the following friday, this was a 1:1 and i met with the Division Manager, dude was really cool and made the interview feel easy, then the following week i had to do a panel interview which was considerably more difficult in the sense of how they had it set up but the questions were your standard tell us about your previous jobs and such and your skills and some technical questions, plus some off the wall questions such as "If you were shrunk down to the size of a pencil and you were stuck in a blender that was fixing to be turned on how would you go about getting out?" The third interview that followed the next week was a video conference interview that involved the managers in corp. That was a bugger, tech questions out the ying-yang and situation questions but i have to admit that it was fun and the whole experience has been nothing but fun, after answering all of the questions for one manager the other that was also present had me to another skills test and started to ask me all kind of questions regarding previous jobs. By the end of it all they both said that i had done really well and it would be a great privilage to work with me, (as good as that sounds im wondering if they told the other guy that as well) so now im in the fifth week and waiting to see if they have choosen between another applicant or myself but i have to say that being in the final two from 145 is something to be proud of in itself although theres no glory for second place, so i will be crossing my fingers and hope for the best and i will update this as soon as i know something.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If i was shurnk down to the size of a pencil and stuck in a blender that was fixing to be turned on how would i get out?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Kroger (Louisville, KY) in Nov 2010
Interview
applied online, was called for an interview a few days later. the interview was very informal, no strange questions, pretty black and white. They called me later that same day to offer the position, which I accepted. Had to schedule a drug test and wait for results before I could begin work.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kroger (Cincinnati, OH) in Aug 2011
Interview
Was called by a recruiter about an opening in which I had previously expressed interest in previous conversations with her. She set up a phone interview with an employee. The employee asked typical interview questions and noted that he did not know the next steps. After the phone interview, an in-person interview was set up by the recuiter. The interview was a one on one followed by an Excel test. The person also did not know the next steps. 2 weeks after the interview, I reached out to the recruiter and she set up a panel interview with the hiring team. This interview was treated more as a test and less like an interview. Questions consisted of "Please tell me what ____ is." It was left that the decision would be made in a matter of days. After 1 month of waiting, I reached out to the recruiter. She said that they were in the decision-making process. After another month, I had given up. Finally, a form email was sent saying they had chosen another. After the relationship I had with the recruiter, along with 1 phone and 2 in-person interviews, a form letter was a very impersonal way to leave this. I have since reached out to the recruiter and other people within my network to let them know I am no longer interested in working at a place that treats potential employees in this way.