You are talking about the same people who ask for 10 years experience on a product that has only been out for 2 years.
lol!!!
It's fucking unreal how stupid and absurd some of this stuff is.
As a former big box retail manager, I used to interview kids all the time for P/T sales positions. The company had this preset of questions on paper that I had to ask. Some of these kids were 15 years old.
The questions were like "Tell me about a time when you faced adversity and how you dealt with it" and "where do you see yourself in 5-10 years from now?"
Cause we all know 15 year old's have faced so much adversity in their short life, but at the same time have the next 5-10 years mapped out. I wouldn't ask the fucking questions. My boss's would look at the sheet and say "there's nothing written down for these questions" and I would make up some crock about my pen not working or something. Eventually I didn't even make up excuses anymore. I would just outright tell them these questions had zero relevance my decision to hire a 15 year old. Half the time the kids were so nervous, that getting anything out of them could be a challenge. Don't even get me started on how stupid it was that they wanted me to get references for the kid. It's like "okay, so you want me to call the people she used to babysit for to see how she did"?
On the flip side, in my late 20's I applied for a full time position at Lowe's. Not a management position, just a full time position so it barley paid over minimum. So the HR department calls me for a pre-screen/phone interview. She rattles off the basic bull shit questions, like "how do you work in a team environment"? yada..yada..(despite my application shows I managed a big box retail store, so figure it out...lol)
Anyway, she gets to availability and says "what's your availability? I reply with, totally open except Monday nights in the summer as that's when I play baseball, and she says "unfortunately that disqualifies you for full time candidacy". I literally busted out laughing with her on the phone. I said to her "so your minimum wage job, is so demanding that Monday nights can't be worked around, and despite my experience you rather take a way less qualified candidate who may or may not get scheduled on Monday nights?" lol. I take a few more shots at her about how stupid this is cause I don't care about the job at this point, but for shits and giggles, I say "okay, I won't play baseball on Monday nights anymore" (knowing full well if I get hired, I'll demand Monday nights off a few once my baseball starts and knowing I'll get it cause it will be way to much of a pain in the ass to rehire for something so stupid)
Anyway, I eventually go in for an interview and don't hear anything back in the next weeks so I move on a get a management position at another big box retailer. About 7 or 8 months go by, I get a card in the mail that says "Lowes" on it. I open the card and it says something like "Dear so and so, we would like to thank you for your interest in Lowes but we've decided to go with a more suitable candidate at this time. Good luck in your future endeavors".
It was like "what the fuck kind of shit show are they running over there???" lol All this over a fucking full time shitty minimum wage retail job. Give your heads a fucking shake man...
I can't even imagine the the headaches and turnover they had at that time. I'm sure they smartened up and figured some shit out but holy fuck man....lol.
