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‘I felt my stomach drop’: Candidate believes she lost job opportunity after discovering the interviewer is ‘good friends' with her last boss, who fired her from the job

Bar Mor Hazut

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Out of work employee has an interview for a position in his dream job, but encounters several red flags in the interviewing team and feels really bad about the whole thing: 'The interview went a bit weird'.

María Cetra

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A desperate out-of-work employee opens up about the dehumanization of the interview process till he actually got a job: 'Be human, trust in yourself, and good things will come.'

María Cetra

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Programmer struggling through months of failed interviews walks into technical interview convinced he's about to embarrass himself, leaves with a job offer and higher salary: 'I start on Monday'

Cata Holmes

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Hiring managers accidentally send post-interview discussion to a job candidate, leading candidate to hear everything they had to say about her: ‘Well, that's authentic feedback’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Interviewer demands candidate arrive for the job interview in a costume, forcing candidate to pass on the opportunity: ‘Why… just why?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee expresses guilt for looking for another job while on the clock, gets told to stop worrying and focus on the job search: ‘Nobody cares’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate asks to reschedule final interview, hiring manager’s response raises immediate red flags: 'We value dedication here'

Cata Holmes

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Job candidate charges hiring manager $500 fee in exchange for completing their take-home assignment: 'I am sick of the 24 take-home tests for mid-level roles'

Ben Weiss

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Manufacturing Company Wastes Job Candidate’s Time for 2 Months, Only To Repost the Position Online After Lying About a Hiring Freeze

Ben Weiss

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Employee Accepts New Job and Gives Notice, Then Comes Back Begging for Old Job After New Company Rescinds Offer

Ben Weiss

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Job applicant accidentally emails her grocery list instead of her cover letter, recruiter opens the call with "did you get the oat milk?", internet responds with their own application disasters: ‘I didn't get the job but best interview of my life.’

Inés Soubrie

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Job Candidate Accepts Offer and Resigns From Current Role, Only To Discover the New Position Is Hybrid and the Office Is 47 Miles Away

Ben Weiss

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Candidate spends 6 weeks and 4 interview rounds as top pick for a role that was frozen two months before he even applied, nobody told recruiting: ‘[The] role was frozen before I even applied.’

Inés Soubrie

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Ex-Employee Uses Fake Reference Check to Catch Their Former Boss Tarnishing Their Name to Potential Hiring Companies

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate shares salary expectations on startup screening call, recruiter laughs and says "that's cute," she hangs up immediately and gets a better offer days later: ‘I said “I don't think we're aligned, thanks for your time" and hit leave.'

Inés Soubrie

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