Job Application Experience

Over the years I have had many different experiences with applying for jobs, interviewing, and getting jobs. Some have been good, others have been meh. The last job I applied AND Interviewed for was for an internship with Harley Davidson in Salem, OR. The position was for a social Media Marketing Manager Intern. The application process itself was easy enough and just a few shorts days later I was interviewing for the job. My family has had some history with Harley Davidson. I have had multiple family members go to Harley to get motorcycles before and they have always been pretty friendly and that was the case with the first round of the interviewing process as well. The Co-owner I interviewed with was very kind and very excited about the position and excited about me and my background. The second round of interviewing wasn’t the best however. It was with the second co-owner and he was 45 minutes late. You heard that right, he was late. When we began the interview he didn’t apologize for being late and he started off with this question “Why should we hire you if you don’t know how to ride a motorcycle?”. I responded with telling him how I actually do through my years of motocross even though I don’t have a license to ride on the road, also that the job is for a social Media Manager Intern. The rest of the interview was only about 5 more minutes and he seemed very stuck on that one question like as if his mind was already made up. In the end I didn’t get the position. This was an okay experience for me but it showed me that the company wasn’t looking for what they said they were looking for, or at least half of the company wasn’t. This would have inevitably lead to uncertainty and issues down the road.