I applied in person for cashier or copy and print associate. I had been looking for a job for a while due to a bad market and was hoping for anything but would have preffered copy center because I have a tiny bit of print experience doing mostly large format post production and finishing work and find cashier jobs to be really boring. I was glad to find out that they were interested in me for that position. Got called for an interview about 2 weeks later, then invited back for a second interview with a different manager at the end of which I was offered a job. The second interview was more challenging than the first and lasted for about 45 minutes. The manager was pretty laid back though and made me feel comfortable when he saw I was a bit nervous. The questions were pretty straight forward, some I didn't really know how to answer because they seemed geared towards students with little job experience to find out how they handle conflict (for example, "what is a time where you have had conflict in your personal life?" And I don't tend to have much conflict in my personal life, but I was able to assure him that I had experience working in a busy retail environment at the customer service desk and that I had learned how to deal with difficult customers politely and professionally as well as multi task and handle stress- I worked at lowes during their busy season).
Anyway I've been there for a bit under a month now and I really enjoy it. The work is engaging and I'm always busy, I like my coworkers and managers, the hours are good, and I've gotten extremely positive feedback from my managers which I appreciate because I've felt that my hard work went very unnoticed at previous jobs (ie: lowes). My days fly by too and my hours are good so far despite being hired as part time (30-40 hours per week). Only complaint is the pay (was hoping for 13 or 14 based on previous experinece, only getting about 11.50 which is barely living wage and I need to buy groceries and pay bills (luckily my boyfriend works full time and gets paid twice as much and pays rent) plus saving up to get a degreee.