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Updated Apr 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Bakersfield, CA (took 5 days)

I never actually applied for a position. While i was shopping with my family the RDM asked me to consider coming to work for DG. I called him the next buisness day and was asked to email him a resume. 2 days later i recieved a call from another manager who wanted to interview immediatley. I interviewed that same day. 2 days later i recieved another phone call, the RDM was coming in the next day to meet with me. I had an interview with him and they said they would call me within the next couple of days.

Interview Questions

would I be willing to recruit other employees from my current job to come to work for DG.

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how would you control shrink in your store, as the store is in a low income neighborhood and the shrink is already extremely high.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Danville, IL (took 5 days)

The initial connection between employer and employee is done through the Human Resources department. they ask you a few initial questions and e-mail you a link to take the assessment test. After the test is completed, you meet with the District Manager for a 1 on 1 interview. The questions are standardized on a computer printout. After the interview, you are given a preliminary job offer pending the outcome of the background and drug screening. Once everything comes back okay, you are given a final job offer and given a starting date. The DM's interviewing manner is slightly unprofessional. I had my interviews with him at Steak and Shake. It was kind of hard to focus with all of the background noise and movement. Other than that, the interview process is fairly simple.

Interview Questions

What are your individual weaknesses?

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Describe a time when you had to slightly break policy in order to achieve a desired result? (Trick Question)

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Negotiation Details

There is no negotiation phase, what they offer you is all that you are going to get. The only thing that you may be able to negotiate is non-paid time off if you already have a trip planned before accepting the job offer.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Danville, IL (took 3 days)

The overall interview process was okay. There was an initial phone interview followed up by an in person interview. Then there was a final interview with the job offer. Everything was pretty much standard such as background and drug testing. The process was relatively smooth and painless. However; as with most companies, the pre-employment test seemed useless and did not have anything to do with the job in which I was applying.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2009 in Canton, OH (took a day)

you apply online
a recruiter calls you to interview
then if you get pass that interview you are to take an online assessment
then the assessment results and the recruiters comments go to the regional director and they decide to interview and/or hire