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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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Employee gets offer from rival company, decides to take the job, until current company gets word of it and demands employee stay: ‘Please be joking'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job candidate refuses to have Zoom interview recorded after recruiter won't turn her camera on: 'If cameras are required, both should have it turned on'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate denies job offer after they sit through an interview without being asked a single question by the hiring manager: ‘He told me to be quiet’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Ben Weiss

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'I had such high hopes for this company, but now I just feel disgusted': Job candidate left stunned after business manager spends 95% of the interview bad-mouthing his coworkers and colleagues

Ben Weiss

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'Took a counteroffer 8 months ago. Don't do what I did...': Employee's warning to others about accepting counteroffers after their manager's verbal promise of a promotion never eventuates, and the company undergoes reorganization

Brad Dickson

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‘Oh my gosh, what a trick’: Management job candidate walks out mid-interview after finding out mid-way through the role is actually entry-level customer support

Etai Eshet

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