General Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Extended Stay America with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for General Manager roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Extended Stay America overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Extended Stay America as a General Manager according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Drug test: 15%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at Extended Stay America in Apr 2013
Interview
The interview was very weird. There were 3 people in the room 2 were just staring at me and the one that was doing the interview would not look at me at all. I worked there for over 2 years and we are now suing them due to how they treat their employees. RUN!!!!!! Unless you like abuse and being treated like a slave for very low pay for what is expected of you. And as a manager you get no staff and have to do everything yourself because they don't want to give you the payroll needed to run your property properly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were just asking questions about the current manager that was in the position that I was interviewing for since I was a current employee working for that manager and they wanted to fire him. They do very dirty things here. Be prepared to be sexually harassed to move up.
I interviewed at Extended Stay America (Naperville, IL)
Interview
1 interview with regional manager. Very detail oriented, but standard. If you understand hotel operations then this job is the perfect gm position to learn all about maintaining a property with bare minimum
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Extended Stay America (Austin, TX) in Nov 2022
Interview
Straight forward interview process. Questions about my experiences, and a few scenario questions. Had two rounds of interviews. One with my DM and the other with the Regional Director of Operations, and the Regional HR Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. Tell us about your experience as a manager of a hotel.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Extended Stay America (New York, NY) in Feb 2022
Interview
If you have the pleasure of having the amazing Jennifer perform your first interview you're a lucky person. She was amazing from the very start. Her kindness, friendliness and positive attitude made this the best interview I've ever had. I've never finished an interview and had zero remaining questions. She answered everything for me before I even needed to ask. She's an amazing asset for ESA and honestly she's one of the biggest reasons I joined the company. I then spoke to Ryan and Julio and they were equally as awesome. They were extremely professional but also added some humor which made it an extremely comfortable interview. We talked about real life stuff which made it easier to get to know each other and how we are as people. I never once felt intimidated or nervous as some interviewees make you feel. They asked real questions that actually pertained to the job I was applying for instead of those five star interview questions that every hotel in the world asks. This whole interview process was the best one I've ever had from beginning to end. These guys do interviews the right way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Open ended question like, Can you tell us about what motivates you in this career.