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So tommorow at my job (micky d's) theres an openhouse for people interested in management. i plan on showing up and crashing the party! no but seriously, i'm going to be dressing up and i'll even bring a resume. I want to try and get a mangement position there.. from there i could potentially get scholarships, make much better money, and tons of other thigns that could benefit me while i go through college and such. so i need tips i guess.. anythign you got, shoot my way! i'm TERRIBLE with interviews, hopefully i'll some people i've worked with before and know somewhat will be tehre to make things go over smoother.. but yeah, if i frickin crack head can become a mcdonalds manager, i don't see why i can't. i've probably got mroe education then 1/3 of the shift managers there :P

If you google it you'll find a lot of info. A couple things I try to have answered before I go in is why you would be a good asset to the company, why you want the job, why you feel you'll do a good job at the job, etc.
Also, sometimes they bring up crazy questions like how many golfballs can you fit into a 747. Come up with some kind of answer and justify how you got it (if they ask you to). It shows you can think things out without needing #s in front of you.

Definately go for it. That will ALWAYS help you in future jobs. Any promotion or raise.

Smile, be very talkative, and talk about how excited you are to fire people.

tips i have learned.
be confident. when they ask you a question, dont be unsure about your answer.
smile, but dont creep em out. and dont be too talkative. and also bring a pen and small pad, or piece of paper.
if you want to practice, just go apply somewhere and go through the interview, but yknow, dont accutally try to get the job. just be comfortable going through the process.

Self assured. In any job be confident.

I wouldnt sweat it much in this case though, afteral it is McDonalds.

I would wear decent pants/shirt and walk in with a smile. THey try to get people in that plan on being lifers, for your sake I hope this isnt you!

it went decent well... i wore a nice dress shirt with black dickies and a tie. all of my coworkers were suprised that i could dress up like that :) I think the only thing that would stop me from being a manager atm is the fact that i'm still in school for another month - but i'm sure theres some way around that and hopefully they'll call me for an interview (i didn't have an actual interview, it was more of a open hosue, filed out an application and took one of those dumb little tests) wish me luck i guess... if i get this it'd be a great opportunity for me, and would look awesome on a resume (being 17/18 and having a mangement position straight out of highschool making decent money)

Ok, not trying to knock you down- but it is McDonalds. Last I heard shift managers make like $8-9/hr dependant on location.

Restraunt management is not a good career path IMO. Its an OK starter job if it lands on your lap though (cant knock that!). But seriously, look at these managers... Most are late 20's-mid 30's, most live at home still or in poverty... Lastly most of them are about as dumb as a box of rocks and their whole life and all experience revolves around said restraunt.

I worked at a Hardee's for almost 3 years in high school. Eventually quit and moved on. Almost 8 years later I went back to work part time. Guess what, 90% of the old management was still there. Now that Im older and smarter, boy oh boy are they dumbasses.

Please dont let this happen to you

eh.. i am still going to college.. but $8-$9 is better then the $6 i make now and it'd be decent experience for the real world after highschool & college. I'm pretty sure the tech market is tiny in charleston... i belive there were like a total of less than 90 computer programming openings in the entire state in 2004. not that im going into programming but thats still a bad sign.. i'll be in networking and if that doesn't work out i'm going to get a degree in business. (will proabaly do the business one either way). Either way a job in management while im 17/18 years old wouldn't HURT anything... i could use a $3-$4 raise. Theres not a whole lot out here in charleston as far as good jobs go, asfaik.

If you really want a job that will pay you more and give you less hassle, go work for an industry (assuming you're 18 or will be soon). Industries (good ones) will pay you tons more than McDonalds or any other fast food chain will. Fast food restaurants just don't make a lot of overhead for the amount of labor required. They don't nor ever will pay you jack, nor will they give you benefits. It isn't a difficult job.

I don't want you to take that the wrong way, I have a niece that worked fast food for a while, I do realize it isn't a cakewalk of a job as far as the actual hands-on work. I know that when you have rushes from buses and football games and such you do have to work hard cooking food and making sandwiches and dealing with hassle from customers. But remember that it isn't about working hard, it's about working smart . It will look more impressive on your application if you were a machine operator, or even an assistant operator, compared to being a McDonalds manager.

To give you an idea, I'm in a very small town, much smaller than Charleston. Our cost of living and thus our payscale is lower. Anyone we hire begins as a temporary employee (except specialty jobs such as maintenance, electricians, management, etc.). A temp begins at $9 an hour, and doesn't do hard work at all to be blunt. Packing rolls of plastic, shrink-wrapping pallets, easy stuff (and my job is to make it even easier via automation :) ). We have training programs to be filled out over a period of time, and after the 90 day checklist is complete they are eligible for being hired. At that point, they make $10 regardless of the line they're on, even ridiculously easy ones. Once hired, they have three other checklists to fulfill. Once they have the credentials to become an assistant operator, they'll usually make around $12 an hour. Past that, once (if) they become an operator, they will make between $14 and $15 an hour dependant upon the difficulty of the line they operate. You work 12 hour shifts, 3/4 one week and 4/3 the next. On top of that, the employees get an additional 6 hours a week due to the "stress" and "strain" of a 12 hour shift. So the operator effectively makes more money. And again on top of that, you're given 3 breaks a day that are an hour long, while McDonalds is going to give you just enough time to scarf down the food that's had you nauseated for the last year and get back to work. Not labor intensive, good pay, good benefits. This is just one example, but nearly every industry is like this.