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Updated Dec 1, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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District Manager at SUPERVALU
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 (took a day)
It was a three person panel interview format. They used behavior based questions to discuss my background and experience.
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No
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Summer Intern at SUPERVALU
Posted Mar 24, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 (took a day)
the interview consisted of scripted questions such as why did you choose the school you go to, why retail, past pharmacy experience.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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No
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Security at SUPERVALU
Posted Mar 22, 2011
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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 Mar 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took a day)
Overall a pleasant experience. Questions focused on certain key skills and experiences outlined for the recruiter by the hiring manager.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Recruiter at SUPERVALU
Posted Jan 26, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 months)
Various behaviorial interviews
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
Money
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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No
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Programmer at SUPERVALU
Posted Jan 18, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Boise, ID (took 2 days)
I was working closely with them when I went in for an interview.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
check on the life of the position being offered.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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No
Inappropriate?
Manager at SUPERVALU
Posted Aug 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took 3 weeks)
Had to be persistent-there was no callback (only the automated "we received you application" email.) Found someone who worked there using Linkedin who gave me insight on company and managers in the area I was applying for. This was very helpful for preparing. Interviewed on phone first with hiring manager and hr rep. A week went by before getting a call to come in for an interview. Interviewed with five different people (one hr, hiring manager, and three people position would be working closely with). All back to back. The questions were scripted- primarily situational e.g., "tell me about a time you had to deliver bad news". Everyone very friendly, made sure I felt comfortable.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Yes-you can negotiate. I was able to indicate that although thrilled with the offer to join the team, the salary was a less than I was expecting. They responded they could,t meet my counter request, but countered with something in the middle, which I accepted.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at SUPERVALU
Posted Jul 22, 2010
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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 (took 4+ weeks)
initial there will be two rounds of interview. both by phone. one will be from indian team and the other from US team. they will request for all docs before giving offer letter.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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No
Inappropriate?
Tax Analyst at SUPERVALU
Posted Jul 8, 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 2010 (took 3 weeks)
phone to set up an interview, then 2 onsite interviews.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Manager - Analytics at SUPERVALU
Posted Jun 10, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Eden Prairie, MN (took 5+ weeks)
I applied it online for the job.
The first round was with the recruiter. She set aside more than 1 hr to talk in detail about my current position (I'm employed but was just looking for good opportunities). She asked me in detail about all the bullet points in my resume particularly my post-MBA experience. I did considerable work in strategy and analytics and so I could explain how it is.
After the interview, she sent another email asking me to write answers to 2 qns about a project where I needed to communicate with merchants and explain advanced analytics in a simple manner, yet convicing them to change the assortment. I had to answer 2 questions and wait for more than a week, before she got back to me saying that the hiring manager wanted to talk with me. The interesting thing about SuperValu is that they sent me a document explaining the behavioral questions - that will be asked and the format they expect me to answer them also. That document helped me to tailor my answers (though I practiced a couple of years ago during B-school). The interview was with the hiring manager over the phone - an hour long interview. The hiring manager asked me in detail about my work and the reason I'm looking for a job change. The person went to the depth of analytics and asked me to take up an example and explain how I did, what I did and also how I communicated with the merchants, marketing folks and other cross functional folks around. The most important was - not just doing analytics using statistics but explaining to the folks around who don't understand advanced statistics and how to derive solid conclusions and persenting to senior management. This is the key responsibility of the job. Also, it has 2 direct reports and so some questions ranged around mentoring and coaching folks. The hiring manager ended up even asking me the version of SPSS, I used.
After a week - 10 days, the recruiter calls me and says that they wanted me to fly to Minneapolis for 1:1 interview. I had 5 1:1 interviews including a VP. It is a pretty complex matrix organization. I had folks from different groups. Some asked me pointed questions, but others did not ask me anything and they probably wanted to check how I will steer the interview. Realizing the opportunity, I tailored my answers and told the interviewers what I wanted to communicate with them. I initiated the conversations and highlighted the parts of my resume, which I wanted to talk most. The following questions were based on the parts I stressed.
They had many questions around testing my personality and my attitude for some questions and tried to see how I reacted in my past experiences. Having worked in larger corporations in very complex cross-functional teams, the questions were alright and didn't have to work hard to answer them.
The recruiter got back to me after 1 week, asking me what I thought about the whole interview process. I told them positive news. She told me everyone liked me and that she will get back to me later. It took more than 2 more weeks, before they got back to me with an offer. Hiring manager called me and told me that they would like to give me an offer and that I've 4 - 5 days (including a weekend) to decide on the offer. I declined it because they were offering me the same amount I'm making and I was not ready to have a lateral move in all senses.
Overall, they knew what they wanted, they were very particular about skillsets.
Interview Questions
It is a huge matrix organization and most of the questions I was asked revolved around the communication skills and seeking 'buy-in' from senior management.
Reason for Declining
Georgraphic location and the pay package was not upto what I expected to move from my current job.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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Inappropriate?
Project Manager at SUPERVALU
Posted Mar 28, 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 Aug 2009 in Eden Prairie, MN (took 3 weeks)
I applied online and followed up. Through my follow up process, I discovered that I knew the recruiter. I did the phone interview with her.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Inappropriate?
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