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Hiring manager kindles job-search discourse with a negative remark about an applicant who claimed that their personal interest is "olive oil": 'That is not an interest. It’s been hours, and I cannot stop thinking about it. There won't be an interview'

Brad Dickson

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'Good luck finding a replacement for me': Employee resigns after manager downplays his work, prompting four other employees to quit

Ben Weiss

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Job applicant changes ethnic first name on applications and finally lands interviews after 2 years of job hunting while unemployed

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets promoted over more qualified but "difficult" coworker: 'I know he thinks I'm an empty suit [...] and he's completely right'

Ben Weiss

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10+ Job candidates who were stunned by their interview experiences: 'Been stood up on Zoom interviews twice... they both ghosted'

Remy Millisky

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‘I'm desperate? I'm unemployed, broke, and trying to pay rent’: Job seeker rejected for sounding too eager, with the interviewer saying desperation is a turnoff

Etai Eshet

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'Grown adults bringing their parents to interviews?': Supermarket employee reveals that "18 to 25-year-old boys" keep bringing their parents along during job interviews

Remy Millisky

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20+ Job interview red flags: 'If you pick up an extra shift, they pay in gift cards'

Remy Millisky

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Guy responds politely to job rejection email, ends up scoring an interview in a positive turn of events: “Life is strange’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I call companies and tell them I'm following up': Job candidate beats the system by skipping application process and calling HR directly, gets results

Ben Weiss

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'I'm the one who ended my own interview': Recruiter lowballs job candidate and demeans their resume over zoom, so candidate wishes them ‘good luck’ and abruptly ends the call

Elna McHilderson

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Sister sues brother after he borrows car for a job interview and abandons it for three months, racking up $4,247.83 in tickets: 'He said the tickets are in my name, so they're my responsibility'

Isabella Penn

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Promising job candidate gets a lowball offer, rejects it and leaves arrogant hiring manager aghast in front of his boss: ‘Never sell yourself short’

Elna McHilderson

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Job candidate notices entitled CEO reposting the same position on a job board during his interview: 'We were literally still on the call together!'

Ben Weiss

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‘It was an infuriating but liberating feeling’: Under-appreciated employee finally quits after 10 years, company realizes he's holding the whole place together and matches his new offer, still walks away

Elna McHilderson

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Job candidate hangs up on interviewer mid-sentence after a train wreck phone interview: ‘Clowns hire other clowns, and the whole place turns into a circus’

Lana DeGaetano

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