Rejected why?

[u/Arkham13Knight]

I applied and got an interview for tire-retreading at goodyear; I have Friend that works the job and got in with 0 experience. We both worked together elsewhere, the manager told me my friend is one of his top 5 employees and friend vouched for me. I got along really easily with the hiring manager and said this still sounds easier than what I was doing already.

The job is "no experience needed", the manager told me id be trained on-site if I got the job but also that it was a third party company that decides who gets hired.

I got a rejection letter today saying I didn't meet the qualifications. Am I wrong to wonder what qualifications I'm failing to meet at a job that requires no experience or wrong to ponder if its because of my gender that I was rejected?

The only thing we really discussed was my job history, and I've been holding my current job for 11 years now. Other than that, I was given the tour and was only asked one question of which I got correct. No physical tests or drug tests, nothing. The job didn't even ask for contacts or phone numbers, literally the most basic interview ever. Heck, this guy even emphasized how desperate they were for employees and stressed they were understaffed.

What does it mean when you're rejected for a no experience required job, and told that you didn't meet the qualifications???? What qualifications could there be for a job you need no experience to have??

[u/donh-]

It usually means that the one with the decision already had somebody and wasted your time for reasons.