After contacting a former supervisor who is a Regional Director he set me up with a interview with the Regional Recruiter and I had a 1 hour telephone interview. A few weeks later I followed up with the Recruiter who returned from vacation and a in-store interview was set up. At that interview I was told that if the background check was approved a meeting with the District Manager would be arranged shortly after. I was told that this process took 2-3 weeks normally and I followed up after a couple of weeks to see what were the results. The store manager I had interviewed with told me that I had passed the interview and that I should call stores in the area about openings. At this point I was completely confused. I had been told I would meet with the DM about placement and now I was told I was to cold call stores telling them I had passed the background check and would they like me to come in for another interview. I called the RD and the RC and they both assured me that this was a error and that T-Mobile does not operate in this manner. I have 25 years of retail experience, 11 years as a store manager and i was applying for a lower lever management position. At this point I was contacted by another store manager who arranged to meet me at a job fair at another T-Mobile location. I let the person who was in charge at the job fair know I was there to meet the contact and waited 4 hours only to be told that she never showed up. I spoke briefly to another District Manager who also apologized for the run around and unprofessional behavior I had received and went on to assure me that this would be rectified. I did not hear back from anyone so I called the person who did not show up to the job fair and she arranged another interview. The interview was on a bench in the middle of the mall and she was more concerned her losing her job if the merger between T-Mobile and AT and T went through. I was so frustrated I tried to contact the corporate office and received a very curt phone message from the original Regional Recruiter I had interviewed with stating that passing the background check was not a job offer and other unprofessional statements. So after 4 months, 5 interviews, and T-Mobile spending about $500 dollars to do a extensive background and credit check going back about 20 years the only thing that happened was that I learned that unprofessional behavior is tolerated and it stems from the top down.