Trader Joe's Crew interview questions

You submit an application in person, shake hands and talk for a bit. Then they say they'll call or email you to schedule an interview. Seems you should dumb yourself down on the application. My antisocial friend who flunked out of college and studied a dry subject got a call back. I, the friendly one, who has a postgraduate, works in the arts and has exactly the same availability did not receive a call back from the same store. If you're well educated I suggest leaving it off the application. Ironic that their vision was to fill the aisles with "unemployed PhDs" but they want typical retail staff.

The interview was pretty informal, it was with another crew member and someone who I believe was an assistant manager. Maybe it was this particular store, but they seem to want really laid back, bubbly "yessir" type people. The AM called me the next week to let me know they wouldn't be moving forward with a second interview which didn't surprise me, although his coldness when I asked for feedback did. "We don't give out that kind of information," he said. I've heard good things about TJ generally, so I'm hoping it was just this location that suffers from poor management.