Avis Budget Group Operations Manager Trainee interview questions

Applied online and soon after I heard from a recruiter. Phone interview went well and I was set up with an interview with one of the airport managers. Again, great experience and thought a final interview was a done deal until they told me I’d be meeting with ALL the other airport managers before I even got to the regional manager/director. Keep in mind this is a training position, not for CFO or something. Anyways, met with the other airport managers/two current operations managers. Their purpose seemed like it was to talk candidates out of the job by scaring when with the difficult realities of dealing with union workers and spending 11 hours a day outside on your feet. Finally made it to the regional manager who had absolutely zero interest in finding a candidate. For starters, he directly informed me he thought the manager in training program was a waste of time and they should only be hiring internally due to the intense difficulty of the position. Kept throwing silly curveball question after question, all while playing with something on his desk and not maintaining eye contact. I heard back a month later from the recruiter apologizing for the delay from that manager and asking if I still wanted the job...to sum it up, seems like a lot of trouble for a job that pays just over 50k a year. You can do better.

I applied for the Ops Mgr Trainee position, and got an email the next week requesting a face to face interview. The email contained a generic 'we're hiring' job fair email, and that right there raised a red flag. The interview location was at their rundown Detroit office (dirty, dingy and smelly), and you will have to sign in and wait. You'll get a completely random person who doesn't know the first thing about you, or the position you applied for. It is by far the worst recruiting process I have ever gone through. This time last year, the recruitment process was actually somewhat decent, and you'd start with a 1-on-1 phone interview with someone who actually knew the position you applied for. I guess they lost common sense and decency at some point within the last year. I was glad (albeit, not surprised) that I was not moved forward, as the interviewer I got was very blunt. They hire in bulk, so be warned when you work for this company. With weekly hiring fairs, I'm doubtful you'll be there long.