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Updated Jan 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 (took 4 days)
Applied online. Got call from recruiter. Was very friendly. Basic surface level questions. Then asked to come in for panel interview. That was VERY detailed and long. be prepared to explain everything on your resume. they asked questions going back to when i was in high school. Questions like "Give me a time when you failed" were common. Just be prepared and do your homework.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Relief Manager at Public Storage
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Charleston, SC (took 5 days)
Met with District manager at a public Storage location, went over job duties and responsibilities, simple questions related to customer service and selling products. Quick overview of property locations and hourly salary. Manager asked me to demonstrate selling technique on randomly selected item. Was able to met current relief and property managers at the locations where I was interviewing. Very informal location and straight forward interview process. District manager asked to setup a meeting with me and another property manager the following day to learn and view the location they desired me to work at. Drove to location the next day and toured the property, current manager went over a informal run down of position and its requirements. Was called the following day to meet with district manager again, offered position, filled out paperwork and went to have drug test done the same day. Began work the following Monday and went through long training process with videos, questionnaire and simple tests. Very easy process and very basic job requirements initially.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation phase
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Drug Test.
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Relief Manager at Public Storage
Posted Sep 6, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 2 days)
Completed online application and was contacted by HR about 5 minutes later. Basic questions really just to set up and interview with the DM. The next day I interviewed with the DM and basic template of questions was asked. Why do you want this job, why should I pick you, etc... When she asked if I had any question I replied when do I start and she got all the paperwork ready then to start the next Monday.
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Negotiation Details
I just took what I got. Not much negotiation.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Jul 13, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 in Hartford, CT (took 6 weeks)
Took weeks to get interview then several more weeks and then an interview with Div. president and another with the CEO...
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Manager at Public Storage
Posted Feb 12, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 3 days)
The interview focused on money handling, sales & ethics. The pay scale & bonus structure was explained. Questions were asked about the background & credit check. Understand that the starting pay is close to the maximum pay. This company doesn't offer more than a quarter bonus at the most a year. Understand that with this job you qualify for food stamps!
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Negotiation Details
There was no negotiation. They start everyone at the same low amount.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Feb 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Tampa, FL (took 3 months)
I originally heard about the District Manager position through a headhunter I had worked with previously. I started by doing a telephone interview with the HR department in California. The interviewer was very professional and used behavioral based technique. He then me for an interview with the VP and a drive around with a current DM. I met the DM at a location and talked about the position, he had a video store
Background and I have a restaurant DM background. I met with the VP that would've been my supervisor and after some very surface level questions and about 45 minutes he indicated he liked my background etc. and said I would need to meet with his
Boss in Ft Lauderdale. I flew into ft lauderdale and met with the SR VP for about an hour. Questions were pretty generic, and it seemed to be going well......
Until - I was asked why I was a good fit or candidate for the positon. I replied in a non condescending manner that managing multi unit restaurants with multiple departments perishable products etc. seemed to have more moving parts and that the simple business of renting storage units would be a good opportunity to soar. This seemed to agitate the SRVP to the extent that he went from stating that their business was a simple one to telling me that he disagreed and thought managing the storage units was more challenging and had more moving parts than a restaurant. Keep in mind there are two employees per location and my restaurants have 70-110 staff members per location.
After that interview they took over a week to give me an answer. Very poor process and dragged on for 3 months.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Oct 14, 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 Oct 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
I applied several time for many different locations and lost hope to get an interview. I finally received a call from a recruiter who did a phone interview the following day after I was contacted. The interview was lengthy, about 1.5 hours but it was very cordial and relaxing. I am still waiting to do a face to face interview but I was told I would be contacted shortly to move through the process.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Inside Sales at Public Storage
Posted Sep 17, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Gilbert, AZ (took 3 days)
They start off with a phone call to see if you will accept the duties of the position. Basically you say "YES" to all questions just to get to the next step. Just the fact that you received a call, says they are interested and will put you on the list to schedule an interview. The interview is called the "Round Robin" for all you call center people, which I have done briefly, but had the invironment, but of course, we all need a job, right?
The questions are basic, why should we hire you? what problems did you solve, how did you do it, and what was the outcome. Pretty basic. Then they ask you for questions which you better have already because this is where it get's strange. The days off, the schedule, your first time duties are all vague. See below
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Reason for Declining
They call it a sales position @ 13 per hour, then after training you get 15. Then they hit you with your duties. No commission for 2 months, which after you accept the position, they switch your sales position into a telemarketing job calling old customers with a time frame of 3-6 months. Then and only then, you join the rest of the sales people, and get to possibly make commission based on the usual call center matric nonsense and who takes storage space.
NOTE. Days off are split, new commers WILL WORK NIGHTS TILL 11PM, you will work saturdays, they only pay 3 holidays, and your first 3-6 months will be on a dialler in a different room from the other morons that took that sad position.
My advice?
DONT DO IT UNLESS YOU ARE DESPERATE, THEN KEEP LOOKING FOR A "REAL" SALES POSITION.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Sep 8, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 (took a day)
Just got contacted. Sounds like compensation / benefits are competitive
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Negotiation Details
Did not sound like much room for negotiation
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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District Manager at Public Storage
Posted Aug 25, 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 Aug 2010 (took a day)
Very detailed but at the same time disorganized. Interviewer appeared to be looking at my resume for the first time.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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