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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted Apr 5, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Flint, MI (took 1 week)
I got a phone call from the District Manager for a personal interview after applying online. The interview turned out to be a screening type, only lasting about fifteen minutes. It took place at the store location that I indicated in the online application. We sat on two chairs he had placed between two aisles of movies!
He asked the usual introductory interview questions: Tell me about yourself, What did you like best about your last job, What did you like least about your last job, What is your greatest strength, What is your greatest weakness, etc. Bottom line: He could not even tell me how many positions were open, Where those positions were located (which stores in the area), and said that after the three month training process that you would definitely be asked to relocate to another state. He did not have any answer for how a person would be able to sell their home so quickly in the economically depressed state of Michigan.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted Sep 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 in Indianapolis, IN (took a day)
The interview was very neutral. The Manager asked the basic questions like tell me about yourself, and why do you want to work. However he acts like he was not interested with my answers. He have another guy with him that looks like he is there to observe or in training. I think we have interview just so he can show this other guy how he conduct interview. Didn't heard from them after that.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted Jun 15, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Taylor, MI (took 4 days)
First I had the obligatory informal one on one interview with a store manger. She was nice but really didn't have a personality and was a bit insecure, but pleasant nonetheless. Next was an IQ/skills, annoying, but easy if you take your time and read the directions first, I didn't at all, but still passed. Third, was an interview with the district manager-easily the nicest and most normal of the bunch. Most of these questions are open ended and are basically you talking about yourself personally and why you want to work there. Then they did a background/references check. Last was the regional manager interview. I showed up on time as usually, she looked very bored and possibly had a bad day or a lot on her mind. Asked the same questions I've already answered previously with the other interviewers, but always interrupted me a lot when I tried to finish the answer and asked another question. It was almost like she was looking for an answer and if she didn't get, she moved on. You could tell she was a person with not a lot of emotion/feeling, meaning she was the Business major in college, not the Art major/Sociology major. She just didn't exude any personality or individuality as I saw it, but she could of just had a bad day, a break up, a pet death, death in the family ect, so I wont assume that she is normally like that, but it is very possible. In the end, they did not offer me the position due to lack of experience which is odd since I actually have a lot of experience, but the regional manager knew nothing about me as I could tell by her questions directed at me. I'm pretty sure she didn't read my resume or she would never of said that. Regardless, I didn't understand why they kept moving me along if I didn't have experience(if that's what they were looking for). I find it odd that they said I didn't have enough experience when they kept saying that you didn't need experience for them to hire you for a manager position. Oddly enough as I said before, I had over a decade of experience. Pretty sure the regional manager didn't read my resume, or she didn't like my personality and tried to find an excuse to not offer me the job. Great company if you want to rent cheap videos, but the managers and workers never look you in the eye, are generally very insecure and lack personalities, at least the couple of Family Videos I've been to. It's ironic that they ask for a people person type, but the people there look so depressed, or at the opposite end of the spectrum, very airhead like. A few of them are normal though. On every interview I went on(four), something happened on Family Video's part to somehow mess it up. One time THEY didn't write down I had an interview and I had to wait until the person came back. Another time the person interviewing me forgot again, and I had to go to another store to do the interview. All in all, it was kinda felt like they were unprepared.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted May 24, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Anderson, SC (took 1 week)
Received a call about my online applications and answered a few generic questions; went in later that day to have a one on one with the Store Manager. He asked the usual questions: Why do you want to work here? What can you bring to the company? and Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Afterwards we set up a time to take their general skills/knowledge test.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted Mar 19, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Louisville, KY (took 2 days)
Interview held in the middle of the video store...made it very difficult to concentrate. Was told I was not bubbly enough and that was what they were looking for since they were selling an experience not a product. Did not appreciate some of the interviewer's comments and the way he approached the fact that he didn't really like my "personality" (i.e. monotonous).
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Reason for Declining
Did not believe pay was fair for amount of responsibility. Would be required to start as an hourly ($7.25) for up to 30 days. Would have to train at various stores (over an hour's drive each way) and they would have possibly wanted me to transfer especially for any type of promotion.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Manager In Training at Family Video
Posted Mar 2, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Dixon, IL (took 1 week)
First you get called to schedule an interview with the store manager. After you do well on this interview, the store manager calls to set up a day to take a skills test. Math, reading, and comprehension is on the TIMED exam. A candidate must receive at least a 70% to pass. I passed, then an interview with the District Manager was set up. Asked the same questions as store manager. If DM likes you, you will be hired.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Manager In training at Family Video
Posted Apr 29, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 (took 1 week)
An extreme inductive deductive reasoning test that has nothing to do with the job itself, must have grade over 70% to pass and move on to next interview with DM. Includes ridiculous math problems not so much because they are hard but because of the time limit to get them done.
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Reason for Declining
An average of at LEAST 44 hours a week making less than 32,000 salary? No Thanks. It could be good for recent grads with no work experience.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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