Trader Joe's interview questions

I located the opportunity on the Trader Joe's website, downloaded the forms, filled them out, printed and hand-delivered to the store offering the job. Application materials were standard demographics, work experience and relevant skills given the job description. The application was received with sincere enthusiasm in the store and I was introduced to several employees in the vicinity. Got the call three days later for a face to face interview. The relaxed and conversational interview was conducted by two supervisors. They took the interview seriously without being stuffy and, given the high degree of customer contact of this position, it was apparent they were most interested in my personality and ability to help and chat with strangers. They gave a follow-up date of after the weekend, but called the next day with an offer. I accepted over the phone and began work the next week.

I filled out an application after having a cordial conversation with an assistant manager at the Trader Joe's in Nashville TN. About a week later I had an interview with another assistant manager, and it went well. Normal questions were asked to get a sense of what you are like what you did. The second interview came about week after that, and it was horrible. The main manager was really suspicious of me for some reason. Maybe he thought I was a corporate spy or something. He kept on interpreting my questions as inappropriate attempts to find out financial secrets, which is totally not true and no sane interviewer would interpret them that way. I suspect that he thought I was overqualified (I have a B.A. and good grades from a respectable university) or I am a corporate spy (which I am definitely not). I've worked years in retail and grocery stores, so it really didn't make sense. I got a phone call about a week later saying they chose someone else, and they flat out refused to give me any feedback. A really negative experience, and now I really don't feel like ever shopping there again. The head manager seems light years away from the brand image they want to project.