LA Fitness Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – 3 part system you talk to 3 different managers about the position

Negotiation Details – Set pay no compromise

Interview Details – The audition process was straight forward. The hiring was easy. The experience was sadly awful.

Negotiation Details – No real negotiations.

Interview Details – Applied online. Waited a few days and contacted them. Told me to call the next day cause the hiring manager was not there. Called again and was put on hold and transferred but never able to contact anyone. This happened about three or four times in the same phone call. I finally got fed up and went to the location in person to let them know I had entered my application and was wondering if the position was still available. Still unable to talk to hiring manager but a sales guy took my name and number and I was told I would receive a call. Maybe two days later I got a call from a hiring manager and scheduled an interview for that week. I arrived for my interview early and sat at a table with the hiring manager where she asked me a few straightforward questions, i.e. Why do you wanna work here, What do you like to do for fun, Do you have any responsibilities that would impede you from making it to work ect.

Negotiation Details – I was informed that the starting pay was 9 an hour and asked if that was ok. It was my first real job so I was expecting minimum wage, when she told me the hourly rate I eagerly accepted.

Interview Details – No initial phone interview. I was contacted by a recruiter and scheduled for an in person interview. The interview lasted about 3 hours including a 90 minute coding test. The test is of a practical nature and you are left on your own with internet access to finish it. Very easy. I then had 2 interviews. 1st was a technical interview with 4 other developers. The questions were very basic and easy. 2nd session was with 4 development managers. Typical manger type questions in these, not very technical but some design type questions.

After that interview they decided to make an offer and I had to go back to meet with the CIO to have a final interview and negotiation of the offer.

Reason for Declining – They had no 401k or retirement plan at all, only offered 1 week of vacation and paid everybody hourly. The salary was competitive but otherwise it was a horrible offer. I didn't want to work for somebody that treats their employees like that.

Interview Details – I went directly to the LA fitness location I was trying to work at and turned in my resume and cover letter. Two days later I called up there to follow up and the hiring manager scheduled an interview with me. The day of the interview the hiring manager called to reschedule the interview for the following day. When I went to my interview I waited for an hour before I was seen. The interview itself went very well. She asked very generic interview questions such as, "Give me 4 adjectives to describe yourself" and "What is your weakness?" She seemed to take a liking to me and told me she'd give me a call by the end of the week. She never called so I followed up the following week. Come to find out the hiring manager was out with the flu and I was asked to follow up later on that week. When I did so, she told me what happened and that she would call me when she's done interviewing all her candidates. She never called back and I loss interest in the position.

Interview Details – Initial phone interview just to go over my resume and probably make sure I was a normal person. Was offered an interview in person but declined because the pay was only $7.50/hr plus commission, which still was really bad for someone with a Bachelor's degree (he said his best sales advisor averages about $12-14/hr).

Interview Details – I submitted my application online and then went in person a few weeks later to check up on it. I got lucky and the Ops Manager was working the front and pulled me aside for a 2 sec interview then pulled me to his desk for a 5 minute interview and offered me a part-time position to start.

Reason for Declining – I was offered minimum wage. I can't go from making 40k/year(about $19/hour) to roughly 17k/year($8/hour). I have a bachelors from a UCLA, I have loans to pay back and then some!

Interview Details – I was referred by an employee. I had to speak with two managers a few times before I was interviewed. The interview was done by both managers and was hired on the spot. I was told that the job was challenging and if I couldn't do it, I had to let them know right then and there.

Negotiation Details – minimum wage, part time hours.

Interview Details – I was employed with Bally's when LA acquired the company so I didn't really go through a formal hiring process. It was a VERY stressful few months after the transition but LA did a good job of trying to help the remaining employees through, there were minimal lay-offs.

Negotiation Details – None