The moment I walked in, I had to fill out a paper saying what hours I am available for. My first mistake was trying to craft my own schedule (do NOT do!) but I only did this because I didn't know what hours this job demands. I should have put "open" for all days. Anyway, within about 1 minutes of sitting and waiting, I was called in for my interview. The interview space was a conference room and my interviewer and I sat adjacent to each other on one of the tables. The first question he asked me was "Why Macy's?" Having been on this site days prior, I used some of the answers that were on here. All the questions started with "tell about an experience when..." And since I had no previous work experience, I had to tell stories about my time in high school, which he said wasn't a problem at all. One time his walkie-talkie went off right when I was talking. And then not a moment after, his cell phone rang. My interviewer was very nice and laid back, a bit sarcastic at times. The problem came when he looked at the paper I filled out earlier. Seemed that maximum availability is needed for a job like this and since I didn't fill out the paper correctly, this started to turn sour. But I tried to make up for it by verbally stating that I am available all days and the prospect of working mornings one day then working nights another did appeal to me. At the end, there wasn't really a definite end to the interview. I don't even remember shaking his hand although it probably happened. I knew it was over when he stood up and started walking toward the door. I followed him out and he have the whole "I have other interviews coming in today so we'll let you know in about a day or so." I asked for a business card, he said he didn't have any on him and then I was gone. While finding my way to the down escalator (the general offices were on the third floor), a couple of Macy's employees walking by stopped to say "hi, how are you?" which I felt was pretty nice. When I left the interview, though, I knew I didn't get the job but remained a little bit hopeful. But I knew the way I filled out the Available Hours paper in the beginning sealed my fate no matter what I said. About two days later I got the rejection e-mail.

I applied online, and received email two days later saying i was invited to schedule an interview. I scheduled the interview for two after i received the invite email. I showed up to my interview about 20 mins early, went to the office and waited about 10mins for the interviewer to come. Interviewer was seemingly friendly, asked me to tell him about myself then asked about my availability, upon telling him i would have a seasonal commitment and would have to leave toward the end of August to go back to school , he pretty much just shut down which was very awkward, pretty abruptly told me they were only looking for people with a longer term commitment, then stood up and said thanks for coming (this all occurred literally in the span of about 4-5 mins)