Interview always expected?

When you turn in an application for a job, is an interview always expected or could they only interview half of the applicants? I said I could work 15 hrs when 20 hrs is the max and could work in summer and breaks but negative is no work expirence.

Oh goodness no unless it's a place that desperately needs people and receives very few applicants. I generally would receive a good hundred or so applications within a given week and since it's not easy to work in hours upon hours of interviewing, I would just hit the ones that most met my criteria and would interview two or three a day or week depending upon my schedule.

most places interview applicants they feel would be well qualified for the position

if they dont like your application, they wont set up an interview

There are always at least two phases to the hiring process, the first being looking at resumes and cover letters and throwing away the ones that obviously look like a poor fit, and then only after they've narrowed it down to applicants who seem qualified and capable does the second phase come in which they call people in for interviews. An interview is definitely not a guarantee when one applies for a job.

Jobs at bookstores at school usually draw quite a bit of interests from a lot of people because its so convenient, I wouldn't hold out much hope for it

You don't wait for them to call you. You call them.

Say i do get an interview do you think it will be a one on one interview or a group interview?

One on one interview or group interview?

one on one is better, group interview you have to make yourself stand out much more and have less time to think