A recruiter contacted me, I went down to a low-rent office in Covina, CA. I was told to ask for 'Desi,' but I now believe that 'Desi' does not work there. You fill out paperwork and are given a group interview led by a smooth-talking con artist. While in the interview, you are told how 'selective' they are and that, "Most of you will not be offered employment here." Looking around the room at the desperate, unprofessional and ill-prepared applicants, I could see where my "former Brinks employee" interviewer was coming from. The interviewer made it a point to discuss how 'successful' he was and how he owned two Mercedes Benz'. He was attractive in a 'hit it and quit it' way, but something seemed inauthentic with his pitch. After the sell, if you are "lucky" enough to be selected, you are brought into an interview room with a suede shoe Eddy-type salesman. He tells you how impressive your resume is and how they would like to have you on their team. The catch is, you need to pony up $100+ for various classes, background checks, etc. They appeal to your vanity by telling you how 'impressive' and 'perfect' you are and then they try to sell you with the fantasy of significant money and success.
At this point, I am feeling uneasy and skeptical. The office is a joke, the other applicants were unprofessional and the interviewers were untrustworthy. Since I had to park far from the office and walk through the dirt, I asked the interviewer what one had to do to secure a good parking spot close to the building. He told me that the parking lot is reserved for managers and high-performers. Well, it must have been a banner day for AIL because all of the flakes and fools I interviewed with were offered employment. One my way back to my car, I took notice of the types of vehicles the managers and "top-performers" drove. Let me say that nothing in that lot signified success or achievement. They were the same types of vehicles that you see community college students driving or vehicles in the parking lot at Wal-Mart.
They called the next day trying to get me to come back down and discuss incentives. By that time, I knew it was all a scam