Brief interview with HR from another store. Asked basic questions about previous food service jobs, how I handle customers, etc. While in the interview the dept. manager came in and asked a few general questions but nothing difficult or unspecific to job. After questions were answered I was asked my availability and whether I can work during their needed times. I was able to and on the spot I was offered the job. They then performed an on-the-spot oral drug test and had me fill out paperwork. Started the next week!

This particular Safeway is in South Lake Tahoe and the interview process was strange, at best. The manager took me into a partitioned room near the bathrooms where twenty or so disused desktop computers were sitting on desks unused, like a dystopian memory from 1998. She proceeded to read questions from a paper document, writing down my answers herself, as if she didn't even trust me to write things down. She then argued with me about having applied using Indeed. I had a confirmation email from Indeed, so I could have proven that I used it to apply for this job. But the manager was adamant that Safeway cancelled their contract with Indeed and they no longer listed jobs on that site. The interview only got worse from there. I was offered several jobs in different departments - all entry level. This would have been a survival job for me, as I'm way too experienced for such things. A day later, she emailed a rejection letter, and I was very relieved to see it.