They are building a brand new store in my area and so they were having a job fair at a local hotel. I saw a ad about the job fair on indeed.com. So a few day's later I went to the job fair and I had to sign in. Then they interviewed me and then after the interview they had me fill out the application. Which I thought was strange since normally most places would have you fill out the application first. During the interview the lady who was interviewing me had to stop it to take a phone call which I thought was rude on her part. Then after I filled out the application they said that they would be calling my references (which they did that same exact day) and that they would let me know if I get to move on in the process. So I had the interview on a Thursday then on Saturday (2 day's later) they were calling me with the job offer. I would of took it if the position was fulltime with benefits. The same lady who interviewed me was the one who gave me the offer and she told me that the position is minimum wage part time with no benefits. Which I was annoyed about that since I have almost 5 year's of retail experience and you would figured that they would at least offer me a better starting pay rate but clearly they don't care about your experience at all

It was a laid-back interview, so much so that employees were allowed to come and go during it. It was very rude of the interviewer, a hiring manager (Leddy), to allow the disruption. Initially, I went to the store and spoke with her, and she invited me in to interview the following week without having seen my application (first red flag, really). During the interview, I was asked about my availability and background. As we wrapped up, I was told I'd be contacted later in the week. I wasn't contacted, so I called the store. Leddy explained that she "thought I'd been emailed" and would not be hiring me. She'd hired someone else and said she'd only had one opening. It was never communicated to me that only one position was open. All in all, the process was unprofessional, and I'm shocked considering the brand. All of this for $13/hour, which alone is pathetic. If anything, I'm overqualified as I'm an editor by trade and have been gainfully employed for 30+ years. The interview was fine, so all I can gather is that she was looking for someone with more retail experience (I don't have recent retail experience, yet you wanted to interview me!) or this is discrimination. The other candidate's "qualifications" were a better match, according to her.