I Walked Out of the Interview Before Anyone Even Sat Down With Me
I had an interview set up through the assistant manager at 2:30 at the Tractor Supply branch near me. I arrived about seven minutes early, and the cashier told me it would just be a minute or two, so I said okay, no problem. I was early anyway, so I figured I could wait until maybe 2:38.
After sitting and waiting for 18 minutes, I asked another supervisor if they knew what was going on, and I was told: "She'll be out right away, just give her another two minutes."
When it got to around 27 minutes, I decided my time was more important than that. I went back to the supervisor I'd spoken to and told him that making me wait almost half an hour for an interview they had scheduled at their own store was unprofessional, and that I was leaving.
They got upset and went into defensive mode, telling me: "She's on a call with the district manager, that's why it's taking a while." Honestly, that didn't feel like a real excuse to me. If you've scheduled an interview, you're supposed to have that time cleared, or at least come out and explain what's going on instead of leaving someone sitting there waiting like that.
In the end, I felt like it was good that I stood up for myself and spoke up instead of just sitting there quietly like I probably would have done before.
Thank you all for listening to my experience. I'm glad I held my ground and left, and I also found some useful information about interview red flags in this post, which I wanted to share so you can benefit.