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At minimum, you will ask the following questions. You might ask more questions,
depending on the individual you are interviewing, their position, and what information
they are willing to provide.
9. Is travel required for your position? If so, how often, where and for what
purposes?
We talked about if youre willing to travel to different locations for the company
it can help you move up in the company and find greater success in working into
higher positions.
10. What percent of your time is spent working alone? With others?
On average, he works about 25% alone compared to 75% with others.
11. Describe the working relationships you much develop within your company
(Other employees, departments, etc. you work with)?
No one cares how much you know tell they know how much you care. These
great words from Scott show how he truly cares genuinely about his people and
looks out for their best interest in life. The better relationships you have with your
people the more you can get out of them because the mutual respect having for
one another.
12. Describe the working relationships you must develop outside of your company
(Customers, suppliers, vendors, partnerships, etc.)?
As a store director time management is huge so having a relationship with your
merchandiser and grocery lead gives them the power to handle the greater deal of
problems within outside relationships that way you can focus on the people that
matter most such as your own and customer appreciation.
13. Describe your most successful project.
Opening 274 and learning to build a chemistry, and a foundation getting people to
understand the route that was to be had to give the company the ultimate success
that it needed and getting people to understand their roles to achieve their greatest
success.
14. Describe a project that didnt go as planned and what you learn from it.
Planning to eventually become a District manager served him his purpose and
giving him the mentality that everything happens for a reason. He learned his
happy place was in the stores getting people the advice and management skills to
move on in the company and eventually become their own success.
16. How do you find a way to relieve stress being in such a position?
His best way of letting everything out is to be at home with his family he told me
his wife is more than amazing and the appreciation he has for her is enough. Also
he lives on a lake which he loves fishing and bonding with family that way.
17. I asked him what to do to keep moving forward with the company and advice to
help me further my career with this company.
His response was to keep up my good work and keep going with the WAFC
program and once Im done with that and eventually telling him I would have my
associates he gave me advice to stay as a Department head to gain experience
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along with the certification that would almost guarantee me success in the
company moving forward. Also, he mentioned to stay available to move to
different states and locations to get my name out there for the reputation and it
would help me move up in positions and ranks to help other store know the
experience I have and am gaining. Never limit yourself and stay positive.
From this interview, I gained much insight on how to manage people and
help my team achieve greatness. Talking with Scott showed me where the
importance of letting your people know that they are important and what they do
matters to the overall stores and departments success. The man has much success
and experience in the company and ways to achieve greatness also through
teamwork and stock investment. Also being the great family man he is shows
where his intentions are pure and what life means to him. His values for himself
and what he is trying to do with himself and the company shows he cares more
about the people in his life than himself which is always a route of success to help
others feel their importance.