ALDI Cashier interview questions

I was asked some questions I felt were sort of personal. I was already employed elsewhere at the time of this interview and had reliable transportation plus this location was only 15 minutes from my home, but he had a very big problem apparently with the fact that I didn't own a car (I'm applying at a grocery store - do I really need to explain this?) or a license (I had another valid form of ID). He asked me why I didn't have a license (because I don't have a car?) then why I didn't have a car and then if I was saving up for one all while looking at me as if I were irresponsible. He couldn't get his head around that. Very big problem with it. He also asked why I didn't want to work full-time as if he was really only looking for full-timers. I clearly checked the box for part-time on my application and he called me in for an interview anyway. I told him (the interview kiss of death) that I was thinking of going to college in the near future. He tried to be neutral about that. He also was very clear that I was applying for a job where I would basically be overworked...It was like they *knew* they were *overworking* people but didn't care and you needed to not care too. He told me the wage he could offer me then qualified that with "but you earn every penny of it." I really didn't like the way this was sounding. I'd been hired in jobs where I was worked hard (overnight truck unloading/stocking shifts) but was never told beforehand that it would be that way so I was forced to assume that this place just worked you to the bone. They told me there would only be 2 people working at any time in the store so you would be doing double duty a lot. They play cop and ask if anything will show up in your background check or drug test then look at your eyes to see if you're lying. They will not ask you this once, they will ask you if you're *sure* they won't find anything and then look at you for a moment after you say they won't. Again. It was not a good interview experience and knew I wouldn't take the job if offered it before I even left the parking lot. I think they aim to try to weed people with a mind of their own out because their attitude in interview puts people with that sort of mind off wanting to work for them.

I attended a job fair for ALDI stores. It was held at a hotel and approximately 100 people showed up before the doors opened. They herded everyone inside and allowed about 30 people at a time to fill out job applications. After completing an application you were given a short, immediate interview with a professionally dressed older man who did not give his name or title. He looked me up and down and seemed to like what he saw as I'm an attractive professional youngish female. He asked me a couple of questions and did not seem to listen to my responses, which was annoying, but looked at the front page of my application. He was smiling up until he saw that I had a college degree and then his whole face changed and he looked unhappy and annoyed. He said, "You graduated from (university)?" and I said, "yes" and he just looked so disapproving at that point; very annoying as my degree is general and I have no qualms about working for ALDI and the pay advertised was similar to several of my other jobs in the past. He did not flip over the application to see all of my grocery and retail experience; he just said "thanks, we will make a decision tonight for second interviews" and shook my hand like a dead fish, avoiding further eye contact at that point. I did not get a call and this was only the third so-called interview in my entire life that I did not get a job offer or callback. I may sound bitter but I truly felt it was a waste of time.