I filled out an application and attached my resume. The store manager sat down with me at that time and asked me about my experience. I'd been a hair stylist for 14 years and had just moved to the state so I had no following and needed a job for income while we were renting a home - not wanting to buy until we knew the area well. I didn't want to bounce from shop to shop so thought a retail position would be wise for a year. She told me the pay - it wasn't good but it was a job so when I agreed to it she gave me their multiple choice psychological test to take - it determines honesty After I finished it was submitted via computer to their main office. She called me about two hours later and gave me my schedule. About three weeks into the job the district manager came through. He introduced himself. I was stocking shelves and tending to customers. It was a busy location. After spending about a half hour with the manager he came back up front with her behind him and she was smiling at me - he asked me to go for coffee a couple doors down. The manager was nodding for me to go and so I did. He asked me how I liked my job, the company, the products and said he'd seen my resume and the references that the manager had checked were very favorable. He said that I was overqualified for hourly and that the manager liked me a lot but knew I was worth more and was concerned I might leave for better pay and that I was on time & great with customers, my cash drawer was always even and that I had a good work ethic. He asked me a couple open ended interview questions and then offered me management - a smaller store across town - they were short a manager who had left to have a baby and decided against returning to work.