This is a small rant. I drove an hour for an interview yesterday. I applied and sent my resume in last week for the only job that pays $20/h and is only on weekdays near me. They called me and said that my resume indicates that I’m qualified for the position so we scheduled an interview. I got up at 5 a.m. and got ready for the interview. I got dressed up and arrived 15 minutes early. When I got there, they informed me that it was a group interview. So I waited with the group for 40 minutes. The interviewer brought us to a loud break room and had us fill out a small paper. The interviewer went over the job. The company lied on indeed. They pay by production, the scheduling was only for the weekends, and the 10 hr shifts were actually 12-16 hr shifts. At this point, I was still interested because it stills pays more than my current job by a good bit. The interviewer looked at my paper, asked me one question about my current job, then said that I wasn’t qualified for the position and that was it. I wasted 3 hours going to this place and I took off for the day so I could go to this interview. I’m quite infuriated. I lost $100, in gas and my hours, going to this interview. Why did they say I was qualified if they knew that they were going to reject me. God, the job market is trash near me. Most jobs near me in the south pay only $13-15/hr even with a bachelor’s degree. I’m still applying to places but every job I’ve applied to has 200+ other people applying. I can barely afford groceries on my current pay. I’m just thankful that my partner has a decent paying job right now and he’s more than willing to help support me.