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Recruiters and candidates share their concerns about the current state of the job market and the interview world with the new industry trends: 'Been recruiting for a while now, and something has shifted, but it's hard to put my finger on what.'

María Cetra

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Unemployed person introduces themselves personally to hiring manager, causing the recruiter to say that she didn't care whether the candidate came in person or just sent their CV: 'I knew she meant me.'

María Cetra

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Candidate rejects job offer due to low compensation, leading recruiter to call candidate's current employer out of spite: ‘They asked to speak with HR’

Bar Mor Hazut

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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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Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate hangs up on recruiter who calls their salary expectations "cute": 'Did I overreact?'

Remy Millisky

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Job candidate gets stuck in a chair during interview, security has to remove him, recruiter comes to candidate's defense: 'This HR manager's attitude was completely over the top and unprofessional'

Ben Weiss

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Experienced job candidate tells off recruiter after getting offered $12/hour with no benefits: 'I told her she needed a reality check because her offer was a joke'

Ben Weiss

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Job seeker circumnavigates 1,000 character minimum application essays, manages to land an interview: 'Your application box wanted 1,000 characters, so you got exactly that'

Ben Weiss

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Man gets strung along and then ghosted by hiring company for 3 months, is told position is eliminated along with an ad, sends hilariously sarcastic ‘Thank You’ email: ‘In a stroke of tone-deaf genius…’

Elna McHilderson

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Company headhunts job candidate only to retract an offer after they've already signed their contract: ‘Enjoy paying me my 4-week notice period salary’

Lana DeGaetano

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Agency tries to steal assignment from rejected job candidate, candidate revokes their access before they can get away with it: 'If they wanted to use it, they would need to hire me'

Ben Weiss

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Recruiter discovers he has been interviewing with an AI avatar posing as the job candidate for a full 30 minutes: 'My gut told me something was off'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate mistakenly receives email about his interview performance from hiring manager, sends an epic response: 'His attire wasn't professional enough for our office culture'

Ben Weiss

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‘I saved you’: Rejected job offer turns out to be a blessing in disguise when a recruiter admits that the prospective company was corrupt

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Reputable company lowballs overqualified ‘unicorn candidate’ with 10% below her asking salary, candidate questions their intentions: ‘She's already taking a pay cut’

Lana DeGaetano

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