Lengthy interview. The young man clearly was not qualified to interview me. I knew more about Kroger and retail foods than he did. I controlled the interview, he answered questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did I want to return to work for Kroger?
Why did you leave?
Can you manage people?
applied online, received an email to set up phone interview, after phone interview was sent an email to set up a face to face interview with several district managers. After that I received a phone call with an offer that I counter offered and they accepted.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kroger (Plano, TX) in June 2016
Interview
My experience was a bit rare, i applied online and emailed a current co manager from my local store to see if he could push my application to the top for HR to consider. I had previously met him at the store and simply had a conversation about what I was wanting to apply for and he gave me some advice. After I applied i heard back from the recruiters that same week, and did my first two phone interviews. They warned me that the process would take a few weeks.
I didn't hear back from them until over 2 months later from a recruiter apologizing for the long wait. She then scheduled me a face to face interview for the following week with the HR coordinator and the District Operations manager (now almost 3 months after my initial application). I went in for the interview and was told to wait 4-7 days to hear back. 6 days pass and I haven't hadn't heard anything, so I gave the HR coordinator a call and luckily he said he would get in touch with me within the week. Now 8 days after my interview, he gives me a call on Saturday morning and offers me the position over the phone rather than the normal offer letter sent via email. The next day I was sent my contract and offer letter from corporate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time when you had to correct or coach a difficult co-worker or employee to do something they did not want to do?