AlliedBarton Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – I met the Oakland office Recruiters at Cal Works presentation they had for a group of 50 people who were intrested in the field. The whole pitch was really about what AlliedBarton was looking for they really narrowed pretty much the whole group it seemed except a lucky few and everything he was looking for I had and in fact I was the only one that group who went on to be a security guard . For instance he painted the security field as a bad job in a sense and well things that you will be doing that most probly would not do saying things like standing long hours maybe in the rain being called at 3:00 Am to come in to work doing 60 sometimes 80 hours of over time is not uncommon in business forget about holidays forget about taking kids to school let me tell you this The Recruiter said folks You will have no life okay no life if you have so much as a speeding ticket in lhe last 6 months come see us in 2 years if you have a DUI from back in 1992 Dont think of even stepping in our doors have misdeamenor for the smallest amount of substance the case has tto be five years and be expunged felonies forget about even if it was in 1975 He started to say that they also give you a special company phone and he extended it out from his waist which corded to his waist he said see this folks this is your leash we will know ware you are at all times this phone tells us your exact location and you are to have it on you at all times people were like shocked he said if we call you at 2 :00 AM to come in to cover an officer and you try to say well your 2 hours away or try to make some excuse there will be no excuse becuase we can tell that your at home asleep. Okay so no one in that room wanted to work for these guys you could see it in there face once he said all that but all though he said all the benefits and good pay and just a great locations to work an so forth wel I was still exdcited and said I dont care I will do everything he said I wanted to try this fireld of work out
So I call the recruiter 2 days later to tell him I sent my application in. He pulled my application up and invited to the oakland office and first thing he says to me before we even get to the interviewroom he has my app in his hands hes looking down at it and says so nothing I said to you during that presentation scare you? I said no. He said really nothing I said scared you during that presentation? I said nope not at all. He said are you sure you were listening>? oh yeah /i was . he said alright come on in have a seat I knew I already had the job becuase I had no fear what so ever and realy was eager to work for them and I will do what they say.. He told me during the interview he said look the way you advance in this company is what your gonna have to do and are expected to do if you even think of expecting a raise or becoming supervisor if you want to rise the ony way that is done here is fi when I say jump you say how high? Have no limits on your schedule if we call you to come to work you come to work Do exactly what we say and you will go far.
From there I was driven and excited and yea there were times i did some crazy hours and i didnt care becuase hey with all that over time I knew i was getting me a nice fat check and they pay each week so that was cool.. alright peace out!! sorry for the mis spells and grammer but I in a hurry .. good luck!!

Negotiation Details – easy

Interview Details – You apply online, receive a call from a recruiter who sets up an interview with the account manager. The interview is a basic set of questions read to you, and your answers are recorded. If the interview goes well, (they usually do) The will do a background check on you through their other company HRPlus. When this comes back they call you and tell you when to come in for initial training.

Negotiation Details – No negotiations. After you pass their "training" which is them telling you the answers to the test, they give you a uniform, and a schedule.

Interview Details – Was already working at the site and was absorbed when the previous firm lost the acocunt

Interview Details – Initial contact will be made by a manager to meet with you at the work location or the respective district office. Once the appointment has been made you will typically be give one to two short interviews, depending on the manager.

Negotiation Details – It was an entry level position and there was no negotiation phase. I was told when I should report to training and what to expect after that.

Interview Details – online application submitted, received a phone call 5 mins later, went to the headquarters to speak with a representative, signed paper work, took an oral drug test, set up an interview with the property manager, then I had to schedule another interview with the account manager at the site i would be working at.

Negotiation Details – No, they had me interview for a position that offered more money then the position I actually received.

Interview Details – Extremely easy....it actually didn't real like a real interview.

Interview Details – Met the recruiter at a veteran's career fair. Filled out personal information on their website. The recruiter called me, then called me in for an interview at their office. Then an interview at the site (it was a hospital). and interviewed by the site manager.

Interview Details – Initially I applied online and went to meet with a recruiter. There was no interview with the recruiter as he just verified my security licenses. He sent me to an interview on the contract site which consisted of three interviews. My initial impression of the site was poor because I saw security officers with empty duty belts. The site was supposed to be armed. This lead me to believe that this security was purely for the dog and pony show. The first two interviewers were friendly. The third one was with the Operations Manager. The Operations Manager preached customer service but was anything but friendly or polite.

Reason for Declining – Security looked to be a dog and pony show and leadership that preaches customer service only to be impolite. Not a place I want to work.

Interview Details – simple questions about your experience, training provided in class room setting tests provided must pass them to get uniforms. The online application was easy a little long, their extra training is also done online.

Negotiation Details – simple no negotiation they pay per contract not experience.