Candidate Feedback: I was asked during my intervi...

Candidate Feedback: I was asked during my interview by the Operations Manager (who was either younger or the same age group as myself) from Cleveland, OH-IO "If your Aunt didn't die would you have stayed in Ohio?" Discourteous, yes he was; my Aunt died of cancer; her sister (my Mom) enlisted in the Army together and it triggered her PTSD so I got as close to home as I could being my commute was 8-hrs away and I'm an only child. My Mom was a medic in the Army; someone who made many troops well and held their hand during their last breath. I was interrogated as though I committed a crime and yet I have lost much by giving more than I have ever received in my career; life lessons you grow from. This young man has much to learn professionally; I apologize for having such an early rewarding career from people who invested in me who couldn't protect me from the realities of "You've got to learn to leave the table when love is no longer being served". I apologize for reaching an age where you learn "Family first" isn't just a phrase. I can't apologize for allowing you to impact my interview with your discourteous methods and assumptions (because I worked the HRC campaign & in government) and to be left with I don't have retail experience, "I worked for Winn Dixie as a teenager, I started a small safety consulting business to groom underprivileged youth in my community in 2012, and I have General Industry Safety experience that landed me in Ohio to cultivate a culture". Life happens and your tombstones won't read work....so start inspiring and enjoy your family when and while you can. The DMV isn't Ohio; you'll see in time....

When I exited I recall seeing on the company wall near the elevators "Success is not final" the rest of the quote not mentioned was "Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts". I'd like to add:

"Throughout your life there will be many people that will doubt you. You don't get to be one of them"!