I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Avis Budget Group (Dayton, OH) in Apr 2015
Interview
The process moved rather quickly at first. The initial screen is done after you take an online personality survey. My phone interview with seemed to go very well. I was able to tie some of my military experience into many of the questions and they seemed very engaged and helpful. A lot of behavioral interview questions.
Within a week after the phone interview, I had a face to face with the at the airport of the position. Interviewer was professional, but seemed too busy and/or distracted by having to interview me. I got a nice tour and the interviewer fully explained the position and gave decent insight. I got the obligatory good job for you military service pat on the back. Again, I had many of same behavioral interview questions I answered during the phone interview. Interviewer did give me plenty of time for questions and I used it well. The face to face ended on a high note, or so I thought. He then quickly gave me the " well we have a lot of people to look at but we'll let you know in a couple of days". He didn't give me any feedback after we were finished which was a tell tale sign I probably wasn't a fit.
4 weeks later, got the form letter-email of "thanks but no thanks". No one returned my inquiry during those 4 weeks either, but that is pretty common these days. Position is still appears to be open after 7 months so I wonder if it really is a viable vacancy. l would be much more inquisitive about what they really want in a candidate and their actual hiring intentions if I had to do it again.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Avis Budget Group (Honolulu, HI) in Sept 2022
Interview
Very smooth and easy and stress free. I worked with a recruiter and they we're very transparent and explained the role in full detail. Also did not have to wait days to here back. Had same day interview.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Avis Budget Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
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 online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Avis Budget Group (Detroit, MI) in Mar 2017
Interview
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.
