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Updated May 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Field Sales Representative at TruGreen
Posted May 21, 2011
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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 May 2011 in Brookfield, WI (took 4 days)
I went in and interviewed with the Sales Manager and because of my past experience in lawn care we both thought I should check it out and see what Tru Green was all about. We had a great chat that lasted for about an hour or so. Friendly guy.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Operations Manager at TruGreen
Posted Apr 12, 2011 — 1 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Boynton Beach, FL (took 2 weeks)
The interview started with a pre interview withe the regional recruiter. Next step was a personality/IQ test. Once I passed those it was another phone interview with the regional HR associate. I was asked many questions about my previos experience and my management skills. After a lengthy phone interview with the HR rep; I asked what the next step would be and was told they would talk with the branch manager. Several days later I was contacted by the regional recruiter and was informed I was not getting this position, they then asked me if I was interested in the same position but different location. I declined
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The interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Phone Interview.
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Sales Representative at TruGreen
Posted Mar 30, 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 Mar 2011 in Wixom, MI (took 3 days)
Applied online and received an email that asked me to come in for an orientation. Went to orientation and was told about drug screen, motor vehicle records and background check. Some candidates left after orientation. Had 1st interview that day with 4 or 5 simple questions. Setup 2nd interview for following day. 2nd interview about 1/2 hour with branch manager and he had 10 questions and asked me to fill out records release. We discussed pay and negotiated an increase of pay rate by 10%. 3rd interview was just a few minutes to collect drug test form. Following week had a 2 day training seminar with Taz. Job seems okay but the hours (12-9) are going to suck! 4 kids and a wife are going to miss out on Daddy during the year but looking forward to a winter weeks off. Commission AND base pay, so I know I will make good money, but family going to dislike hours.
Negotiation Details
Able to negotiate but only because I had extensive landscaping background
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Lawn Tech at TruGreen
Posted Mar 10, 2011
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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 Feb 2009 (took 2 days)
Called in for an interview and met with the field manager. Nice guy, told me about the position and asked some basic customer service and field related questions. Than I was introduced to the office manager who was much more business like. Asked about my education and some sales oriented questions.
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Reason for Declining
Neither manager could give me a straight answer on how many Saturdays a month the techs actually work. It varied from 1 or 2 and sometimes 3, meaning 6 days and 60 hour work weeks were very common. For about 9 an hour, I didn't think it was worth it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Neighborhood Sales Representative at TruGreen
Posted Mar 5, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Fort Wayne, IN (took a day)
I was called by an executive and was offered an interview. She gave me some basic information about the job. I later learned she misrepresented the details. The Sales Manager that interviewed me was very aggressive and interupted me when I spoke. He made a comment that felt like a threat to me. He was very upfront about what the job entailed.
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Reason for Declining
After seeing the company reviews on glassdoor. com and having a negative interview experience, I decided I could not succeed with this company.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Route Manager at TruGreen
Posted Feb 23, 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 Nov 2010 (took 4 weeks)
In the past it was all political. To some extent that still exists because they allow people from outside of a given Branch to take the position over some one with branch seniorty who is otherwise qualified.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Sales at TruGreen
Posted Sep 20, 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 Apr 2010 (took 3 days)
Par for the course really, for a large company.
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Negotiation Details
1 week
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Landscape Designer/Sales at TruGreen
Posted Jul 18, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Houston, TX (took 3 months)
From the time period between late April and the first part of July of this year, 2010, I had 5 interviews with them, all with different people from different states.
First of all, FIVE interviews? That many really that necessary? Throughout the 5 interview process, they were never clear with what branch location I would be working and twice it took up to 2 weeks without hearing back from them, even after inquiring via email and voice messages.
Secondly, they told me they needed this position filled no later than June for sure. Well, my last interview
wasn't until July.
And in the last interview, I was required to put together a power point landscape graphic presentation, which was shared on their screen and was fine with me. However, the purpose of it was to role play; I am the desiger and the interview is the customer. Rather than asking me questions a customer would, the interviewer wanted to argue about the cost of a shrub on my cost estimate. In addition, the interviewer was very subjective; he discounted all but one of my suitable and aesthetically pleasing design ideas. I gather he was simply offended and on guard, given I was critiquing his work, per his request by the way. Given that that he has supposedly worked for this company for 15 years, he probably felt his concepts were the only ones to follow. To me, he is certainly narrow minded and that's a set back for his clients who should have as much variety as possible when it comes to selecting design solutions. Lastly, he was to show me how his design software works, but he never did, claiming he had a time constraint. In fact, so constraint, he only allowed me 10 minutes to present the power point presentation. Lastly, which was a joke, as a final hoop to jumped through, I provided him with a list of more than 50 plants I would suggest using for a particular region in Texas he chose.
In summary, the feelings were actually mutual. I didn't want to work for them and they didn't provide an offer.
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Reason for Declining
I chose to decline the offer and not care to hear from them again after my 5th interview because I was thinking to myself I was getting red flags from the get-go and if they are going to treat me this way as an applicant, then I can imagine things not getting any better with them as an employee.
I also came across poor consumer reports regarding their services, a sexual harrassment suit, and a testimony/review from another applicant that resembles mine, which sealed the deal on my decision not to have anything more to do with them.
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The interview consisted of a Presentation, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Area Manager at TruGreen
Posted May 22, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Aug 2009 in Everett, WA (took 3 weeks)
Recruiters are professional, polite and always willing to do whatever they can for you. It is a extensive process only for the absolute serious candidate. First couple contacts were phone interviews, then some testing, HR contact, regional manager contact, branch manager contact, then 1:1 with Branch manager. Overall excellent and professional process.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Outside Sales at TruGreen
Posted Apr 5, 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 Jan 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 months)
First of all, I can say that I saw the process out until the very end, but it was the worst interview experience I ever had bar none. I went through phone interviews with 3 different contacts who never took notes. Each time we spoke they didn't remember who I was or what we talked about the last time. After 3 weeks of phone tag and promises for the in person interview, I heard nothing for a solid month. I did all my followup, had great interviews, and an excellent resume. At the end of month 2, I finally get scheduled for the in person interview with the VP. The morning of the interview, they call me and let me know they had to shift the time to an earlier time slot- I should have expected it. Met with the VP, then the regional manager, and got the offer.
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Reason for Declining
I declined because the compensation package was a little bit shady as far as figuring out the real total comp figure, and they also mentioned a 90 day probationary period which for any true professional salesperson is an insult.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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