Finish Line Store Manager interview questions

Applied online for a store manager position. I emailed the DM via LinkedIn to express my interest in the position. Another store manager reached out to me and did an interview on the spot. She was very nice and the interview lasted about 40 minutes. Once she was done she forwarded my information onto the DM. The DM set up an interview for later that day. He called me and we did an interview and he asked me what position I was looking for. I told him store manager, as I've been very successful in store and district management in the past. He told me that they only promote within and that I'd have to come in as an assistant manager and promote to store manager later on. I didn't really agree with that considering first off, I didn't apply for assistant manager so I clearly wasn't interested in that position, secondly I was misled because I did two interviews before they told me that. It really seemed to be a waste of my time and I don't really appreciate my time being wasted and getting my hopes up. The ASM salary isn't even something that would be feasible for someone who really needs to make a living. I think it would've been a great company, had they offered me the job I applied for.