For backstory; I’m a relatively ‘new’ bartender. I upsold wines and wine pairings before, but that isn’t the same as bartending of course.
Got me a new job right after quarantine ‘ended’ as a bartender for a pretty ritzy establishment ‘cause they needed to fill in space desperately, hence how I got the position. Learnt VERY fast what I needed to do/know and I’ve now been bartending there for a little over a year with zero incidents and only good feedback from guests.
The problem; volume restaurant and the drinks menu plateaued ever so quickly. No real way to get better because all I’ve been doing is pumping out vodka martinis and old fashioned(s) all day, so I’ve started to branch out and look for other bartender gigs within the restaurant’s umbrella company. Low and behold, got an interview at a spot in the heart of downtown that makes craft cocktails. Huge step up in the menu as well as their spirits selection, just opened 2 months ago, so I got very excited for the interview.
The interview; I show up 20 mins early. The person whom I speak with upright tells me “yeah I’m just going to ask you random interview questions because I have to” which range from ‘do you think you can do this job?’ to ‘did you read the prompt to see what the job will have you do?’ and other arbitrary questions that, to me, could’ve been asked IN the application so as to skip all this and actually get to know who you might be hiring. 10 mins of questions and he says ‘perfect! We’ll let you know what ends up happening’ gets up, leaves.
I didn’t get asked anything bartender related; I didn’t get questioned on anything menu-wise, they gave me NO explanation as to how their system even works, and it’s been almost 3 weeks now with no reply back (not even a ‘application declined’ email).
You tell me; does all this seem a bit rushed and unprofessional?