The Body Shop interview questions

They were hiring for holiday help, so I applied online and got a call within a couple of days. I set up an interview over the phone with the store manager for the next day. When I went in for the interview, I spent a few moments browsing the store and its products before the manager took me outside the store to another spot in the mall to conduct the interview. She asked me mostly about my past experience in retail and what my availability was before offering me the seasonal job.

The process took about a month. I applied online and after 1 week was phoned by the store manager and asked about my availability. Another week later, I was invited down to the store for a trial. I was simply asked to wear black and arrive at a certain time. When I arrived, I was greeted by the store manager, she was really friendly and made me feel at ease. I was then lead to the staff room where I put my things in a locker. There was no interview, no introduction from myself, and no getting to know me as an individual - this surprised me. On the shop floor, she briefly went through where everything was and gave me a product that I had to go outside and 'lease line' - aka I had to pound on people walking past the store asking them to try their new cream. This was embarrassing and it felt like a punishment (plus it was freezing). I was then asked to go inside and help customers, which I felt confident doing as all of my past employment involved customer service. The other sales staff were really friendly and helpful. I was probably there for 25 mins. Personally, I felt that without an interview, and after being told that they had loads of people coming in for trials, I felt like I didn't get much of a chance to 'show off' my skills. Putting me outside the store, after just meeting me, just made me nervous - and I'm a pretty confident person. I received a call two weeks later saying that I had been unsuccessful, which I was glad of, as the other sales staff told me that they had to meet targets - I don't really want to work in an environment where the staff's hidden motivation is to make the customer buy more and more and more.