First, they asked me to fill out an application in which I had to say how much my expected salary would be. As just the first figure that came to mind, I mentioned 40-50k. As with most cities in the States, Sarasota's not cheap. It's maybe not as expensive as Miami, where I'm from, but just as a reference-- one cannot find a flat for much under $1,000 a month, so I just threw 40-50k out there just for the sake of it, but of course I would've been willing to negotiate it for less if given the chance.
Anyway, I send in the application. About two weeks later, I get an Email saying that they want to interview me. Great! I had the interview with two gentlemen via Skype. I thought it went extremely well, and that it couldn't have gone better. Then, the HR manager came in to talk about all the benefits... excluding the salary. I then asked about the salary but she refused to answer. I thought, "Well, why talk about the benefits--401K, health insurance, etc, but refuse to mention the salary?" In any case, I totally thought I nailed the job. But I then get an Email later that same week asking to have another interview, but for a position on the research/verification team. It wasn't really the job I applied for, but I said yes, since I like to keep an open mind about things. The interview started the same way. First, the HR manager set up Skype, left the room, and then I had the interview with only one person-- the manager from the research/verification team. She explained what the position was about, and then asked me what I knew about comics in general. I thought that was a pretty strange, very broad question, but I gave an answer dealing with the history of comics (I really didn't know what she wanted to hear). Then she asked if I had any questions. I had none, since she explained any questions I would've had and I had no further questions since the first interview the week before. And that was it. I was then told that they would get back in touch later. The interview literally took five minutes, which is always a bad sign, no matter what. Obviously, at that point I knew something was wrong, and that I probably wasn't going to get the job and sure enough, I receive an email a couple days later saying that there were no positions available at that time. The email also mentioned that my expected salary way too high, which I believe was a lie because they didn't care to even negotiate it. And if it were too high, why bother with two interviews anyway? I think that they found the candidate(s) they wanted and they gave me the last interview just as a type of formality, maybe just to go through the motions and then end the process once and for all. Who knows really? But it was a complete waste of time.
I definitely would've been just fine had I received an Email saying that there was no availability from the get-go.
On Glassdoor, in the "salaries" section, it does say that it is $11/hour. I have no idea if that's true, but if by chance the HR manager was telling the truth and that my expected salary was way too high because it's $11/hour, then yeah, one's almost better off working at a fast-food joint. Oh well.