I applied online for the Program, and got an email from the recruiter a few days later, asking me to schedule a phone interview with her. That interview went pretty well. There were a lot of "tell me about a time" questions. Next, she asked me to schedule a store visit with the manager of a local store, which I did the very next day. The store visit also went well, and was very informative and interesting. I really liked the store manager and he was very welcoming. Next, the recruiter contacted me and scheduled an interview with the DM for a few days later. The interview with the DM also seemed to go fairly well, although he threw quite a few curve ball questions at me, and seemed really suspicious of my varied job history, and really drilled me on why I left my last position, even though I left it in good standing. At the end of the DM interview, I felt pretty good about it and the DM mentioned he would be in contact with the recruiter shortly. The following day, I sent an email to the recruiter, informing her that I had met with the DM and thanked her for her assistance thus far, and asked her to keep in touch with me regarding the next steps. An hour later I received the standard automated, vague rejection email from SW saying that they were not going to move forward with my application. I thought that was kind of unprofessional that the recruiter couldn't have sent me an email herself, and that they didn't provide additional information for the rejection. I felt kind of betrayed, especially since everyone had seemed highly interested in me up to that point. As much as they rushed me through the process, I felt that they already had chosen someone else, and were just interviewing me as a courtesy. Either way, it's their loss, as I would have been a great asset to the company.
