I was called a few days before to come in to meet the district manager of the 46 chain franchise out here in Las Vegas. I bought an outfit. I had some excellent questions to ask, and showed up 10 minutes early.... Where the district manager was in the lobby interviewing with someone else dressed casually. I was told to come in through the back door by the store manager of the store I thought I was applying to. Afterwards I started my meeting with the district manager ; he inquired about experience as a store manager, he then began to explain that for this 46 chain franchise, they do not hire general managers directly from outside. They must go through his method of training; which is you start out as an employee making $8.25, get promoted to lead and make $9, then assistant $11 then if they believe you're ready RGM, over a strict 1 year and a half training requirement. He mentioned that with this method he turned 8 stores around! Unfortunately working as a store manager in the pizza business, I didn't think that time frame was good for me and my experience so I declined.

It was very brief. I was already known in the company so they didn't need to learn much about me. They just asked the basics. We discussed pay rates and bonuses and discussed the restaurant that was opening.