I went into the facility to drop off a resume, they talked to me and set up an interview. Interview process was simple. All behavioral questions. Afterwards, she asked me if I would accept $9.75 an hour, and I said “absolutely not”. Considering I’m a medical student, and I spent well over a grand to get to be a certified phlebotomist, And the average pay for a certified phlebotomist is $16/hour. She said she would see what she could do about raising my starting pay, since I was already certified. Then I was given a tour of the facility and introduced to current employees. She called back 2 days later to let me know they would only be willing to pay me the amount they offered, which is poverty level in my state. So I politely declined and said I didn’t spend thousands of dollars in school to accept the pay level of an uncertified phlebotomist.

The process has been easy and painless thus far. I look forward to completing it. I hope every thing is this easy continuing forward. I so far have been in the interview process for 3 days.