Used to work at Woolworths for a few years.
Now that that admission is out the way I'll tell you about an interview I had with them.

Initial "I want to work as delivery boy" interview went ok and I got the job, a few years later after learning every possible skill in the store, I decided to apply for the "Entertainment Specialist" job (chief idiot on the dvd/music/computer games counter).

Had to go to another store for the interview with MY manager for the job in MY store. Interview was the normal "why do you want this/what will you bring" affair, then it went slightly pear shaped when I was asked to do a presentation on "What the Woolies mission means to me". Unfortunately I had never done a presentation in my life and I could think of no way to make the words "fuck all I just want to get paid more for a job I'm already doing" last 10 minutes.

The reason I didn't get the job was because my manager thought I was too outspoken when I was working especially when I didn't follow the district manager's suggestions because I thought they were crap and acctually had the balls to tell him that to his face.

About a year later I went to help set up a Big W store nearby (same town as the earlier interview) and thought I'd try applying there, after submitting my application I then worked under a department manager and spent most of the time showing him what to do. Second thoughts were creeping in by this time as I would be getting paid less than this twunt, the final straw came when the local paper got the date wrong for the opening and we were made to do the company song and dance bollocks in front of the main doors while several hundred people stood outside watching us and waiting to be disappointed as the store wasn't opening for another week.
(Lord of my Ring, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 22:24, Reply)