Store Manager Interview Questions

hard work

For me this question was tough because my path was still unclear and nothing really lead me into the retail business in the first place.

I wanted to work there because the environment was very unique, I could be working outside rather than trapped in an office all of the time and I obviously wanted a job. I think that they were looking for a really textbook answer but I was honest. It was appealing but I also truly needed a job.`

I found this to be a difficult question because I wasn't sure if it was a leading into an existing problem or manager. I was a little uncomfortable because I knew that it could go 50/50%, either I am too needy working for a micromanager or I am too independent working for an absent manager who offers not support.

Demonstrate at the front of the store in order to interest people into coming into the store.

In your position.

I was working at a gas station. I got along well with all of my co workers and managers with the exception one shift leader. I had been warned by a few of the long time employees that she had a history of moodiness and coldness towards new employees that should be brushed off because it was normal for her. After working at Speedway for about 2 months, I started to feel that this was getting personal against me when I would come for my shift, greet her, and get a cold silence. She was becoming more difficult to work with even when I had to communicate with her on a work only basis. One day, I took the plunge and asked her if she had a problem with me as a person or/and as a worker because I felt that this behavior would one day get in the way of work getting done. To my surprise, she was upset with me because she felt we were stepping on each other's toes. After expressing our frustrations, it turns out that we simply wanted the same things for the company but had different ways about going about it. I am more organized and she was a more abstract thinker, but as long as things got done at the end that's all that mattered We both wanted to be highly efficient and to get more done in the same amount of time and we realized that this could never happen with things being the way they were between us. After having this conversation, I felt that we reconciled, understood one another, and began communicating a lot more efficiently with more respect towards one another. We learned off of one another.