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'Withdrew my application and told them to...': Candidate gives strongly worded response to recruiter's unreasonable request

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'I always put in 8 hours': Micromanaging boss doesn't believe top-performing worker is actually working at home

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'My screen was idle for 28 minutes': New manager accuses highest performer of being unproductive because of failed "screen audit"

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'We're going to be pursuing other candidates': Candidate loses job offer after "failing" salary guessing game interview tactic

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'A great deal of free labor': Candidate withdraws their application after being asked to prepare entire presentation using real company data

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'I don't hire people with beards': 20+ Candidates share the reason they walked out of job interviews

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'Made to apply for a position I've already been doing for five years...': Floundering employer forces workers to reapply for their own roles

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'Ever since then I’ve had this terrible feeling of disappointment and betrayal': Veteran worker finds out their new coworker, who they are senior to, is actually making more than them

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'I turned my badge into their admin and left': Bait and switch interview tactic tricks candidate into interviewing for a lower role than they applied to, they walk out

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'Come in and volunteer in the meantime': Company cancels interview as it's starting, asks candidate to volunteer for them instead

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'I don't understand what's going on': Confrontation escalates when interviewer falsely accuses job seeker of parking in a handicap space

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Terrible interview leaves candidate questioning the entire process

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'They put little weights in [...] to make them feel more expensive': 30+ Professionals share their industry secrets

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'How is this becoming so common?': Shocked social media manager declines after being asked for full list of list of tasks following interview

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'What do I do?': Candidate told after "multiple interviews" that the salary range listed was incorrect

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'The interviewer was surprised': Candidate does their research, surprises interviewer by firmly requesting role's salary range

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