The phone call turned into a technical interview. I was in the bathroom, unprepared and overwhelmed by these questions.
Is this some sort of normal thing companies do? It was incredibly unfair. I was randomly called on the phone and they barely even started setting up an interview, when they just started randomly throwing questions at me. Asking me about previous work experience, asking me about questions that were already answered on my resume. Ask me what I did at my old jobs, when I already had it listed on the app I sent them.
I was applying to so many jobs a week ago that I forgot half of the things I applied to. I forgot what this company was, and I completely forgot what their salary was that they were offering because the phone call was so abrupt and I was unprepared and overwhelmed. I stupidly asked for less than the salary they offered on the application (they were offering $21/ hour, I said that I'd be happy with $18/hr because I completely fucking forgot what this company was.) And now I definitely don't want to accept the job. They said they were going to call me back in an hour for another interview and I don't even want to fucking do it. Why did they call me randomly and start interviewing me and asking me questions. They didn't set up anything, they didn't give me any time to prepare for it they just started fucking bombarding me. The guy doing the interview on the phone also sounded like he was rushing, like he wanted to get me out of the way because he had 600 other people to call without warning.
Why do companies do this? When they call why don't they just set up a time for an interview instead of do it right then and there. I had no time to prepare. I was overwhelmed and embarrassed and I didn't answer the questions they asked properly because of that. And when they said they were going to call me back in an hour and I said that I was going to be busy in an hour, they started acting like I was wasting their time. Like for fucks sake.