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      District Manager Interview

      3 Aug 2010
      Anonymous employee
      Richmond, VA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Media General (Richmond, VA) in Jul 2008

      Interview

      The main one on one interviews were a mess. The regional manager (East) who was supposed to interview me was unavailable the day I was scheduled. They had to call in another regional manager (West) at the last minute and he was unprepared. Their boss the state manager tossed everything on the second manager and took off as fast as he could. The only person who seemed to have any organization was the secretary who tried to keep everything from falling apart. I soon realized, as I was hired, that the reason for most of the problems was the lack of manpower and the overworking of those there. This is the common culture at this company. Many jobs go unfilled or are eliminated leaving the ramaining people to try and hold all the pieces together. You can see this in the fact that in my first six months one of the regional managers had been laid off and the other was moved to the transportation department which was in even worse shape for leadership. Their positions were eliminated leaving an already disorganized state manager in worse shape. A common feeling is passed around in the office: when things are good your job is good; when things are bad your job is bad. The only problem is for every twelve months only one is good and this is not an issue of the economy.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Do you understand that you will be starting your nights on duty at 2 A.M. and work until about 8 or 10 as stated in the job discription that was published?
      2 Answers

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