Had an interview for an upper management position in a large big box retailer today. I scheduled the interview with the district manager last week for 12:30pm today.
I arrive at 12:20 and check in at customer service. The team member there said she notified them and they said they would be “right down”. 20 minutes later, nobody has come down, that team member walks past me again and said she notified them a second time but they must be in a meeting.
Another 25 minutes goes by and nobody has come. I get up and notify that same team member that I'm leaving and if the district manager does eventually come down to let them know that. As I'm walking out the district manager finally comes. She said she's sorry and that she got caught up. I said that's fine but I have other things I have to do and it was extremely unprofessional to leave me waiting for 45 minutes and continued to walk out.
I'd also like to say I'm an extremely patient person and have never done anything like this before. I have a ton of experience and multiple job offers on the table but the one today was the one I was Gung ho for. Owell.