Queensland teen feels ‘sexually harassed’ after alleged interview with McDonald's store manager

A job interview with a McDonald's store manager has allegedly left a Queensland teenager feeling traumatised and sexually harassed. The young girl was asked questions like if she thought she was "beautiful" and what two plus two equals.

The teenager’s mother Rita Pryce took to Facebook to share that her daughter was "so scared" after the said job interview. She was allegedly insulted scrutinised about coming from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait.

During the job interview, the 16-year-old girl was supposedly asked: "Do you think you're beautiful?" That was said to be one of the many "ridiculous questions" the teen was asked in her first ever job interview.

"Poor thing was so scared, and confused by 'Do you think you're beautiful?' so she answered 'Uhhh...I guess...yeah...,'" Pryce wrote. She said the manager’s questions were inappropriate and believed her daughter was racially vilified and sexually harassed.

The Australian McDonald's store manager was also accused of insulting the girl for not having a job at her age. The man looked at the teenager’s paperwork and asked, "16 and still no job?"

When the interviewer asked the girl how she would describe herself, the latter used the word “bubbly.” He replied that bubbly is someone who makes a lot of mistakes.

The manager asked a follow-up question, which was if she makes a lot of mistakes. The teenager covered her face and held back tears.

According to Pryce, her daughter began to cry before telling her what happened. She personally went to the Cairns McDonald's in far north Queensland to speak to the manager.

A spokesperson for McDonald's said that a review was underway. The manager has been placed on leave to be able to conduct a full and fair investigation. "The allegations described are unacceptable and when McDonald's head office was informed of this matter yesterday we started an immediate review," the spokesperson said, according to NZ Herald.

Pryce will be contacted for details. But she supposedly told the McDonald's spokesperson that she could no longer drive to the branch for coffee, something that has become a habit for years.