I have had 3. They were all very bad. I had been a stay at home mom since my youngest was born. I was in the process of a divorce and needed to find work. This all happened maybe 12 years ago.

I was needing to find a job that could work around my kids school/day care hours. An 8–5 job possibly. My oldest who was in kindergarten could stay until 6 because of an after school program and my daughter could stay until 6 at daycare.

First interview was at a local grocery store. About 10 minutes from my house. I applied for the job and got an interview with the manager, the interview went very well and the manager asked if I could interview with his manager at the corporate office. The job was working in the office and the hours are like from eight till five.

an interview is scheduled for me about 8 o’clock to meet with the other manager. Now it was a 45 minute drive to the corporate office. I arrived about 10 minutes early and I let the receptionist know I was there for the interview. The other manager came out about 8 o’clock and took me back into his office. He just looked over my resume and application and he had no questions for me and he did not allow me ask any questions. He said thank you for coming in and I left. The whole interview lasted maybe three minutes. I did go back to that grocery store a few more times and they have a sign in the window for the office help or at least a month.

Second interview is that a big box retailer. I had applied online for a cashier job. After the assessment I was given a list of dates and times to set up an interview. I picked the day I wanted and the time. I printed out the confirmation of the interview date and time and I had dress very nicely for the interview. I went to the customer service desk and told the associate there I had an interview. She rudely told me we’re not hiring. I showed her the confirmation page I printed out of the interview date and time. I told her that I had applied online for the cashier position. She then again rudely told me we’re not hiring. Then she asked me if I had any experience for the job I was applying for I told her yes. She then argued with me again saying they’re not hiring. I was confused as to why the job was posted online and I had went through the assessment and got the confirmation of the interview if they were not hiring. I asked her to call and check with HR. She was unhappy to have to call HR but she finally did. She told the HR lady I was there and the HR lady asked to speak to me. I got on the phone and told the HR lady that I had applied for the cashier job and I have the confirmation of the interview printed out in front of me. The HR lady apologized to me and told me that they had hired someone for that role. two weeks ago. I did mention to the HR lady how rude the customer service associate had been to me. The HR lady asked when she told you we weren’t hiring did she do it in a nice way or she very abrupt. I answered very abrupt. The HR lady said that’s not how the customer service associate is supposed to handle that. The HR lady then apologized to me for the behavior of the customer service associate as well as for me coming in to the store and there was not a position available And that she would keep my application on file in case of job did open up.

I needed to do a little shopping while I was in there so I was picking out a few things I saw the customer service associate headed my way. She looked at me and smirked. Then she started laughing at me. I said all the stuff down that I was going to purchase and went back up to the customer service desk. There was another woman working there and I asked if I could speak to the HR manager as I have spoke to her before regarding an employee. She got the HR lady on the phone and I explained to her what the customer service associate had done and she smirked as at me and laughed at me when she walked past me. The HR lady apologized again and said that the store manager was not in the office at the time but would be in the morning and she would speak to him about it. She also mention that had some issues with this particular associate before. I also sent an email to the corporate office complaining about this associates attitude. A few days later I got a call from the store manager as well as the district manager and apologize to me for my experience with this associate and assured me they had handled the issue and she no longer works for them.

third interview. I had applied at a well-known retail store in the local mall. It was the store I had shopped out when I was a teenager and we always loved it. I did a paper application filled out all the information and on the part where it said do you have any days or times that you’re unable to work and why. I filled it out honestly and I could only work Monday through Friday from eight until 5 o’clock as I needed to pick my children up from daycare and school. I did add I was available on Saturdays and Sundays anytime needed. About a week later I got a call from the HR lady. She did question me about the hours that I put I can work. I did advise her it was because I would need to pick my children up from school and day care. She asked me to come in for an interview and we picked a day and time. Now the mall is about a 30 to 40 minute drive from my house. I dressed very nicely for this interview and met with the HR lady. When I got in her office and sat down she looked at me and told me I’m not going to hire you for this job. I asked why. She said I just brought you in here to talk to you about your hours. And I asked her so what about them. She said In a perfect world we would all love to have 8 to 5 jobs but it’s impossible. I was shocked and a little taken aback by what she just said. She said I understand you have children to pick up from school and day care but why can the children not ride the bus home or walk home. I looked at her and told her that my oldest was six years old and my youngest was two years old. I told her neither one could walk home from school and neither would be able to ride the bus home as in the state we live in children under the age of 12 cannot be left home alone. She didn’t really seem to understand that. At this point I thank her for her time and left. She called out after me well good luck finding any kind of jobs that are 8 to 5.

I had applied at another store in that mall that was one of their competitors right after this interview. About two weeks later they called me in for an interview and I was offered the job on the spot and they had no problem working around my hours to pick my children up. I worked 8:30–4 there. I was also able to take some classes for a different career and I did land one of these jobs and my hours are 8 until 5:00. So I guess these jobs do exist. As for the retail store that wouldn’t hire me they went out of business 2 years later.