'Make me jump hoops, I jump ship': Potential hire laughs at manager during scrutinizing interview for a minimum wage job

It seems like no matter what job you are applying for, the interview process is always excruciatingly long. Even if the job is a cashier at a gas station or a simple grocery store clerk, people will treat it like it is the most important job ever, and suddenly you are not even qualifying enough to get it. Is it really necessary for an employer to know a potential hire's weaknesses? If All they will be doing is bag groceries, what difference does it make?

This is pretty much the point that this person on Reddit was trying to make. The story is that OP (original poster) was looking for an easy job to fill up their free time after moving to a different state. They found this position in which they basically had to unload products from a truck and into a store, but were surprised to learn just how scrutinizing the interview process was. They had to sit in front of the store's manager and talk about their strengths and weaknesses like they were applying for some fancy job. The absurdity of the situation made them joke about it during the interview, which might make you wonder if they even got the job…

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