You have to be persistent. The HR person and/or GM's generally don't call back - they're too busy if its the GM and too lazy if they're the HR most times.) I stopped about once a week for 3 weeks (by the way, dress nice. Many people come in dressed to go jogging , play basketball, etc. LOOK PROFESSIONAL because 80% of your competitors will not. And bring a pen and a resume or short summary sheet because 95% of the people are not prepared). and got a call to be a management trainee. Have to have a college degree but the premium for the degree is a pittance.
Anyway they want a certified copy of your college transcript (guess there's a lot of lying going on.) You fill out a questionnaire about stealing, drugs, etc. Think I had 2 separate interviews.
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Question 1
Crap, I can't remember anything that stood out. I guess what do you want to be in 5 years. Since I'm not John Menard's kid, I guess President of the Company was out of the question.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Menards (West Allis, WI) in Feb 2022
Interview
The interview process started with a phone call they go over your availability and what the position demands are for said role your applying for. After that you come in for a face to face interview. Pretty standard Interview questions. We're do you see yourself in 5 years? What did you do at a former job that was innovative? How many people did you directly supervise? Tell me about a situation we're things went wrong and how did you handle it? Answer the questions and your golden. Be prepared for an immediate drug test they no loner use urinalysis they mouth swab you rite than n there bastards. The key to remember us no smoking weed for 72 hours it's not detectable any longer than that by mouth swab. A present from me to you.
I applied online. I interviewed at Menards (Fridley, MN) in Jan 2019
Interview
Meet twice with GM,HR Coordinator and Assistant GM’s.
I had a scheduled interview that they had completely forgotten about!They were completely unprepared.They had made me wait an extended period to finally conduct the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to be a manager?
Each store has a goal if signing-up 2 Management Trainee Employees per year.
Menards-Fridley had difficulty each year achieving that goal.
Very laid back. Interviewed with Store manager and he pretty much talked about who I have worked with. Lots of product knowledge questions and he was very pleasant the whole time, Liked to joke about a lot of stuff and made it a very relaxed situation. got offered the job about 2 days later.
