Interview terminated

Usernamenumber2000

Hi All,
I would appreciate some advice. Was I treated unfairly?
I applied for a permanent position at a grocery retail food store part time for evenings and weekends. The company had my online application as well as a CV with all the information about my where I currently work. 
I was invited to an interview which I attended and the interviewer told me that the interview would be split into 3 sections, First section being "about yourself", second would be scored scenario base questions and thirdly "About the role".
As I was telling the interviewer about myself, I said that I am currently working full time in the healthcare sector.  This was during the first section of the interview which was not scored. A decision was made by the interview before even testing whether I was a good candidate for the role, stopped the interview and terminated my application. The interviewer said that my full time job had no relevance to the position, that I could not commit the time nor commit years of service to the role.

Firstly, I beg to differ because I would have thought that having a job already makes you employable, then there's experience working with the public, working in a team, transferrable skills like time management etc. A retail job does not require a qualification and full training is provided by the company. Secondly, If I applied for the position, I know how much time I have to commit to it. Thirdly it does not say that the position requires years of service to the role, plus it is known that retail have a high turnover of staff. So in all, was I judged unfairly because I had a full time job? There is the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations but nothing about being judged unfairly for full time workers. What should I do about it?

Thanks for any advice. 

moneysavinghero

They can employ who they wish. They were probably looking for someone who was not already working full time. Someone who only needed the part time hours. You did not fit that so they didn't see much point continuing the interview. They should have avoided wasting your time by not inviting you to interview, but unfortunately people are lazy.

I would just brush it off and move on. No point letting it eat away at you. They did not want you. Find someone who does want you.

74jax

Usernamenumber2000 said:

Hi All,
I would appreciate some advice. Was I treated unfairly?
I applied for a permanent position at a grocery retail food store part time for evenings and weekends. The company had my online application as well as a CV with all the information about my where I currently work. 
I was invited to an interview which I attended and the interviewer told me that the interview would be split into 3 sections, First section being "about yourself", second would be scored scenario base questions and thirdly "About the role".
As I was telling the interviewer about myself, I said that I am currently working full time in the healthcare sector.  This was during the first section of the interview which was not scored. A decision was made by the interview before even testing whether I was a good candidate for the role, stopped the interview and terminated my application. The interviewer said that my full time job had no relevance to the position, that I could not commit the time nor commit years of service to the role.

Firstly, I beg to differ because I would have thought that having a job already makes you employable, then there's experience working with the public, working in a team, transferrable skills like time management etc. A retail job does not require a qualification and full training is provided by the company. Secondly, If I applied for the position, I know how much time I have to commit to it. Thirdly it does not say that the position requires years of service to the role, plus it is known that retail have a high turnover of staff. So in all, was I judged unfairly because I had a full time job? There is the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations but nothing about being judged unfairly for full time workers. What should I do about it?

Thanks for any advice. 

What should you do about it?  Nothing.
Why do you want to do anything about it?  The company doesn't find you suitable and so rather than proceed through another 2 stages of interviews, called it off earlier.  I've been in an interview when I've done the same.  It saves a lot of time wasting.
It is annoying that they could see you were already full time and still invited you in to interview, but even so I'd still do nothing and move on.

[Deleted User]

Don't take it to heart, think; I had a lucky escape.
Years ago when working in domiciliary care and it was encouraged back then to pick up additional work, I applied to a pt bingo hall for Christmas in addition, thinking at time I was doing the right thing, lord knows why.
I went for interview on a rather cold night, which was terminated minutes in as soon as the interviewer picked it up as they 'knew care' and it demands. Now I'm older and it's 8 years later, strikes me the person had a relative themselves being looked after.
Within days, I went on to get my first Christmas temping Call Centre job, which contributed to the realisation about continuing with care anyway.

McKneff

Maybe the hours advertised weren't fixed and they may have wanted fill ins and if you were working full time you couldn't do that.
Just move on. 

Ditzy_Mitzy

Could it simply have been that the retailer read the OP's CV and invited him or her to the interview on the assumption that the current employment would be terminated in favour of the retailer's vacancy?  Upon being informed that the OP wished to continue in full time employment take on the retail work as a second job, the retailer terminated the interview.  The retailer are free to employ whoever they wish, as long as decisions aren't based on discriminating against a protected characteristic.  Already having a job isn't a protected characteristic.  There may have been other complications too, such as the retailer needing to put in place fixed hours or working time waivers, which would preclude someone with commitments elsewhere.

TELLIT01

They may have been looking for immediate starts to needed applicants who are currently unemployed.

Marcon

Usernamenumber2000 said:

Hi All,
I would appreciate some advice. Was I treated unfairly?
I applied for a permanent position at a grocery retail food store part time for evenings and weekends. The company had my online application as well as a CV with all the information about my where I currently work. 
I was invited to an interview which I attended and the interviewer told me that the interview would be split into 3 sections, First section being "about yourself", second would be scored scenario base questions and thirdly "About the role".
As I was telling the interviewer about myself, I said that I am currently working full time in the healthcare sector.  This was during the first section of the interview which was not scored. A decision was made by the interview before even testing whether I was a good candidate for the role, stopped the interview and terminated my application. The interviewer said that my full time job had no relevance to the position, that I could not commit the time nor commit years of service to the role.

Firstly, I beg to differ because I would have thought that having a job already makes you employable, then there's experience working with the public, working in a team, transferrable skills like time management etc. A retail job does not require a qualification and full training is provided by the company. Secondly, If I applied for the position, I know how much time I have to commit to it. Thirdly it does not say that the position requires years of service to the role, plus it is known that retail have a high turnover of staff. So in all, was I judged unfairly because I had a full time job? There is the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations but nothing about being judged unfairly for full time workers. What should I do about it?

Thanks for any advice. 

Nothing. Accept that they didn't want to employ you - plenty of employers aren't keen on someone who is already working full time and confirms they intend to go on doing so, while adding in an evening and weekend job.

Thrugelmir

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

Could it simply have been that the retailer read the OP's CV and invited him or her to the interview on the assumption that the current employment would be terminated in favour of the retailer's vacancy? 

How committed or productive would someone be when they already work full time? 

Ella_fella

Would you rather them waste your time even further by continuing with the second and third part of the interview knowing full well that they already had made up their minds not to progress your application at the first interview stage?
Not sure what your point is.

thebrexitunicorn

There isn’t really anything you can do. The employer hasn’t behaved unlawfully. Maybe they think the part time role plus the full time work is too much.