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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 Background Check, a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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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.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Sales Consultant at SUPERVALU
Posted Mar 15, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 1+ week)
Initial Phone Interview to discuss experience from resume & communicated job roles, responsibilites, and expectations. Follow up email to set up an on-line assessment to complete prior to face to face. Followed up in 5 days for a face to face with Hiring Manager & HR Manager. Behavorial style interview. All went OK according to everyone, but company put the position on hold for now.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Buyer at SUPERVALU
Posted Feb 24, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 days)
The first interview is cake, it really consists of just walking a hr generalist through your resume and answering a few situational (STAR type) questions - this portion is on the phone. The second interview was all situational questions and then an opportunity to ask questions about the company.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
The response from SuperVALU took forever and I had moved on to another company. Impossible to get through to their hr unless they are trying to reach out to you.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Drug Test, a Background Check, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Business Systems Analyst at SUPERVALU
Posted Jan 30, 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 Oct 2009 in Boise, ID (took 2 months)
I already worked for the company, it was another internal position. I applied and waited for a call for an interview. I had a 30 min phone interview and was offered the position about 3 weeks later.
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Negotiation Details
It was a promotion for me at the time so there was no real negotiation since it was a 22% increase on my salary.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Brand Manager at SUPERVALU
Posted Nov 30, 2009
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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 2008 in Eden Prairie, MN (took 4 weeks)
pretty simple process - I applied directly to the SV website and was soon contact by an internal recruiter. First interview was an hour long, four people and the second interview was also a panel, hour long, with four people.
Simple, straight forward questions - I used the STAR technique - all and all an easy process.
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Negotiation Details
salary offer was fair as well as the bonus (not that we ever get a bonus) - only downside was it took 2-3 months to be eligible for heathcare
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Drug Test and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Associate Brand Manager at SUPERVALU
Posted Oct 19, 2009
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Minneapolis, MN (took 5 days)
Communication initiated by company through email. A phone interview was arranged over the course of 4-5 emails. There was significant confusion. Before phone interview, in-person interview was arranged at career fair. Phone interview consisted of a few housekeeping questions circulating around ability to work in US and the job being interviewed for. Phone interview was abrupt and somewhat awkward. In-person interview with brand manager was mostly behavioral questions and was extremely pleasant.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Category Merchandiser at SUPERVALU
Posted Oct 6, 2009
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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 Apr 2007 in Hopkins, MN (took 1 week)
The use SBO. Situational, Behavior, Outcome. Some of the questions are good, but some are really off the wall and do not make sense. "Name a time that you gave false information?" I would hope no one would ever do that.... So it is an okay process, but it does not really gauge a person very well. It will really depend on the interviewer and what additional prbing questions they ask.
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Negotiation Details
DId not negotiate. Company is cheap so they will go to the next person.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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PHP Developer at SUPERVALU
Posted Sep 18, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Bangalore (India) (took 1+ week)
I applied in naukri.com and got a call from consultancy and had been asked to send updated profile. Then got call from HR and spoke about past experience, ctc and ectc.
Finally, got a call for face 2 face interview. The f2f interview was little bit easy. Basic questions about php, object orientation in php and mvc architecture, about my past projects and few questions from java. then there was a discussion with hr and one more round was with management team.
Then finally they said i'll get phone interview with a team from US.That interview was also most about my past php projects.you can win if you have confident. all the best
Interview Questions
u have to use a variable (say x) from lib.php in welcome.php. if u change the x in welcome.php it shouldnt affect the value in lib.php. some kind of question like this....
Reason for Declining
I demanded my company and promised that i'll be getting paid more.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Brand at SUPERVALU
Posted May 18, 2009
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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 Feb 2007 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 weeks)
They are extremely committed to the STAR interview process - Situation, Task, Action, Results - and this applies to internal and external candidates. As an internal candidate I had an initial 1:1 with the hiring manager and a second 2:1 with HR and the hiring manager. I believe for external candidates it's bit more thorough and includes an initial phone interview or 2, as well as additional 1:1 interviews with cross functional managers the applicant would be working along side or dealing with frequently. The 2:1 may also be as many as 4:1 if superiors of the hiring manager choose to be involved...likely this is dependent on the level and responsibility of the position one is applying to.
Regarding STAR, be prepared for 3 or 4 potential "Situational" questions to be asked, such as, "Tell us about a time when a project you had worked on for some time was nearing its conclusion and a Sr. stakeholder decided it would not work"...or something along those lines. They will want to see how you manage conflict and obstacles, how you manage other individuals (directly or indirectly), how well you delegate and, very important, how you're able to navigate corporate structure and politics.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
There is some flexibility. Pay scales are on a 1-5 matrix. One being salaried, non-management employees, 2 'front line' managers, 3 functional directors, 4 VPs (VP, Sr. VP, Group VP, Exec VP) and 5 Presidents and CEO.
Each scale has a low end and a high end and a candidate should be able to negotiate within that range.
Vacation and benefits are fairly set in stone, I believe.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test and a Group/Panel Interview.
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