This was quite an experience. After submitting my resume and filling out various other things on their site during the original application (eg. availability, age, right to work etc.) I was contacted a couple of days later asking an interview, which they titled "Standard Walkaround Interview (30 minutes)". However, this is where things took a turn. Now I'm not usually a negative person, but this experience really rubbed me the wrong way.
The on-site interview was not so much of an interview as it was being taken into the back (by some random person by the way, not who the interview invitation said it was going to be), being asked to fill in a form of my availability, which I had already done on the original application, and then spending 5 minutes talking about how the online shopping works, followed by asking if I had any questions. The drive just to get to the interview took longer than the actual interview itself, let alone the drive home I had to make once the dismally short interview concluded. Once this was finished, I was told that I would hear back within a couple of days, so should keep an eye out for an email in the coming days. 11 days later, after checking my email mutliple times a day, anxious to hear back, I finally am contacted, saying that they have decided to go a different way and that I was not identified as a suitable candidate for this role. I have absolutely no idea how this conclusion was drawn as, like I said, the interview consisted more of a brief tour rather than getting to know me whatsoever. I was expecting the interview to ask at least some sort of personal questions or anything related to the job, but they made absolutely no effort in trying to get to know me or to understand who they would potentially be employing. I thought it was really poor from Coles, and I honestly expected much more from them. Overall the interview was very easy as it wasn't even an interview really and I wasn't asked any questions.
