Assistant Store Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Food Lion with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Store Manager roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Food Lion overall takes an average of 8 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Food Lion as a Assistant Store Manager according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 46%
One on one interview: 31%
Personality test: 15%
Background check: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Food Lion (Durham, NC) in Nov 2014
Interview
I applied online and received a call about 3 days later to come in for an interview in one week. I came in on my lunch break and was required to wait an hour past my appointment time before I was even seen (I was the first interview too). The interview was pretty quick and started off with shuffling through apparently unread applications trying to find mine and then going over my work experience. Once it was discovered I had no previous specific grocery store experience, despite previous management experience in a food related environment and a management degree, I could tell I was immediately no longer considered for the position. There was no interest in hearing how my experience could be applied even if I was an outsider of the company since, at this point, I was just being told how you basically could never be successful in this position if you didn't start at the absolute entry level in Food Lion and work up over years. The rest of the interview was just trying to talk me down to what amounted to a standard hourly position that would actually be a downgrade from my position at my current employer. I don't even know why I was interviewed if the lack of interest in company outsiders is so apparent; ultimately, a waste of my and the company's time, frankly.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Food Lion (Springfield, VA) in Sep 2015
Interview
General Manager of store called and we scheduled the interview. All interview questions were fairly standard and everything was handled well. He explained the training program and that as an assistant manager there would be training on every department in the store. Probably the most difficult interview question was, "Tell me about yourself?". Such an open question is hard to figure out the best way to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What type of decisions do you find hardest to make?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Food Lion (Richmond, VA) in Jul 2015
Interview
Completely dependent on district and store management. Sometimes you interview with just a store manager and on occasion multiple store managers, and still on occasion with director and store manager.
Sometimes the store manager is prepared sometimes they aren't. Questions asked by newer store managers are completely irrational and really have nothing to do with the position, just to see how you would answer it. More seasoned manager will ask more in depth questions that are comparable to the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an incident you had where you and your direct supervisor or manager didn't agree on something and how did you cope with it.