☛ Describe your past work experience.

☛ How did you get your job?

☛ What are/were your responsibilities?

☛ Why did you leave past positions?

☛ Why are you considering leaving your current position?

☛ What have you liked best about your past & most current positions?

☛ Shrink questions relating to current or most recent position if applicable.

☛ What is your shrink? How does it compare to your Company average or region’s average? Is shrink based on gross or retail? What makes up your shrink? What three steps do you take to control shrink?

☛ How do you manage your time?

☛ What is your level of proficiency in Excel? Provide examples of spreadsheets that you have created.

☛ What is your management style?

☛ What is your current labor percentage?

☛ How do you control the cost of labor?

☛ How do you hire? What would I have to do to be hired as a Store Manager/District Manager for you?

☛ Are you willing to relocate?

☛ How would your employees describe you?

☛ How do you control cash losses?

☛ What is your average cash variance?

☛ Give me an example of a bad cash control situation and how you turned it around.

☛ What three skills or attributes would you bring to the table?

☛ What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your career? How did you overcome it?

☛ How would you (have you) handle a situation that required the termination or discipline of a long term employee?

☛ What are your greatest strengths?

☛ What are your opportunities for improvement?

☛ What is the greatest lesson that life has taught you thus far?

☛ Tell me one word that best describes you?

☛ Who are your hero’s, people who have had the most influence in your life?

☛ Tell me 2 things that you want to avoid in this position

☛ If a person cannot address shrink and their numbers they will not be moving forward.

☛ Clients look as much at character as they do at job ability – they will want to hear someone talk about their personal integrity.