Is it just me is or is this employment situation weird?

So, I need a part-time job and the Blockbuster near my mom’s is hiring.. it’s a good location, the employees are cool, and I found it appealing as a lower-stress break from waiting tables.

So, I walked in to ask for an application and ended up having kind of a pre-interview with the manager. She seemed really cool and sharp, but was immediately talking about hiring me with an eye to make me shift lead and/or eventually management. I was kind of stoked, sounded like a good deal, so I went on to the next step, a group interview the following day.

I didn’t do very well at this interview.. I do MUCH better on a one-on-one interview and usually rock them out hardcore. The group interview was four other people at the same time as me, which completely threw me off, not to mention 2 of the 3 interviewing managers were 20-something guys who seemed kind of dickish and full of themselves. In other words, it was a tough crowd and I left knowing that I kinda bombed. It’s really a lengthy, involved process and I find it ironically amusing that Blockbuster takes it so seriously.

Anyway, I didn’t expect to hear anything back and when I didn’t, I just kept looking. Then, last night I got a call from the first manager, saying that she really wanted to hire me, that she wants me to call the general manager today to make an appointment for a final interview. The lowdown is this:

- I was perceived by the two male managers as not doing very well, and they latched on to something I said (about it being less stressful than restaurant work) and kind of twisted it around, like I don’t even know. Ugh.
– Female manager apparently sees a lot of potential in me and really wants to hire me. She is trying to circumvent the process (and the two male managers) by fighting to hire me directly with the GM.
– She said that she was also fighting to get me a higher wage, as well.
– She was being kind of secretive, because she wasn’t supposed to be telling me what the two male managers thought, didn’t want her other employees to overhear, etc.
– She then called me on her cell phone instead of the store line so she could speak to me privately, but we got disconnected and she didn’t call back.
– I’m supposed to call this GM today to set up a final interview, which they don’t usually do, but the first manager wants to convince him to override the interview consensus (both guys said I was a ‘no’).

So, this whole thing feels a bit weird to me. On one hand, it’s f-ing Blockbuster and I don’t get what the big deal is. Another thing is I don’t really get why she is so gung ho about hiring me, why she feels so confident, especially how she could tell me she saw me as potential without really knowing me or whatever. Part of me wonders if she wants in my pants or something, but I’m mostly kidding.. I think she’s married.

Should I be suspicious? Is this weird?