I was contacted by phone about a week after applying. I believe it was a Saturday when I was called and my interview was on Monday. I showed up five minutes early. The manager informed me that he liked to get to know the applicants as people instead of asking typical interview questions. He asked me about my hobbies, what career I wanted to have when I was older (I was only 16 at the time), he threw in a few "typical" interview questions. I made sure to ask questions about the position I was applying for, he was delighted that I was asking questions. The manager complimented my outfit. I was wearing a grey and white pin striped cotton dress with a collar and black leather belt, panty hose, polished black leather heels, and had my hair pulled back in a ponytail. He said it was refreshing to see a young person dressed so professionally, especially for a job interview. The manager had a list of handwritten questions on a piece of paper in front of him, he checked off each question as he asked it and checked it off again when I answered. I had studied up on the company before my interview and learned as much as possible. During the interview the manager started telling me about the company. When he said "This company has been around for more than a hundred years," I politely gave him the exact age of the company. He looked amused at the fact that I knew the exact age of the company. When he listed the names of the President, CEO, and Chairman, he mixed up the names of the President and CEO. Because I had studied the company I noticed his mistake and gently corrected him. When I corrected him, he started to grin and asked me what else I knew about the company. When I told him that I had studied the company over the weekend to prepare for my interview he asked my why I had done it. I told him "I looked at the statistics of how many unemployed people live in this city, then took into account how many unemployed people from the neighboring cities would apply for jobs in this city and came up with the number 7,000. The I took into account how many open job listings were on Monster.com for this city (1,500). I am only qualified for 65 of those jobs because of my age and the fact that I haven't had a paying job before. So if I have to compete with everyone else applying for this job, which could be up to 7,000 people, and most of them having more business experience and schooling than me, I wanted something to make me stand out from the crowd and show you that I want and deserve this job." He then asked if I had any other interviews lined up, which I did. He said that he didn't want to lose the chance of having me work there, and even though it was company policy to have 2 interviews, he wanted to hire me right then if I wanted the job. I told him I would be happy to work there, and he asked me to return on Thursday at 3pm to sign papers, take a drug test, and watch training videos.