There are at least three interviews that a "candidate" must go through. First, after applying for what was labeled a "customer service" position, I was called rather quickly and scheduled for an interview. It was after normal working hours, but I thought "good", I know my status quickly. The place was full of interviewees, like some kind of interview mill. They bragged about the number of applicants, as if all of those people KNEW what they were interviewing for in the first place. The first interview was quick, and the interviewer made sure to tell me that I was in the top 10% of applicants so I should wait by the phone. RME. I recognized the snow job, but I need to work. I accepted the second interview invitation and went . On the second interview we were assigned to go with two current employees to see what they do because for some reason the interviewer couldn't be up front in the first interview. I spent half the day with another applicant, a "corporate trainer", and the two employees standing in the cold and ran trying to get people on social service programs to sign up the the "obama phones". I can't remember the official name of the program, but it was cold and raining in Jersey. After a little while, we ( the two applicants) went to Dominos to sit and talk about he company. He describe the advancement program, pay structure (100% commission) and asked if we had questions. After the Q&A we were told to write a letter to the manager giving him five reasons why we should be hired, and five reasons why we should be chosen over the other candidates. Maybe just ONE of those, I'm not sure because the corporate trainer spoke like a closet serial killer trying to maintain his calm facade. I looked at this "corporate trainer" in his cheap, untaylored, wrinkled suit and wrote my letter describing by this was NOT the opportunity for me. We shook hands and he basically dismissed me and invited the other candidate to stay or leave. Stay or leave???? We were both driven out to nowhere in New Jersey for an unpaid observation. We were then responsible to find our own way home. He walked us to the train station (her, really, after I turned down the position and she seemed to go along with it, I just followed behind them). After he left to go back to their sales spot in the cold and rain, I described my letter to her and she excitedly exclaimed "I didn't know that was an option"! She then went on to describe her disbelief that they basically drove us out to nowhere and LEFT us to get back somehow. I was shocked when she told me that he asked her to stick around for the third interview later that afternoon. THIRD INTERVIEW????? This rather undesirable job as the MOST hurdles through which to jump and they should be ashamed. FYI, the job title to which SHE applied was "Manager in Training". They are very misleading. If you have to con people into taking a job with your company, things should change.
