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'She didn't even look at my resume': Job applicant with eight years of relevant experience gets rejected by unqualified hiring manager

We love when an unqualified hiring manager tells you that you're unqualified! This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/Saarnath, serves as a friendly reminder that sometimes you can do absolutely everything right and the reason you don't get the job is that the gatekeeper is incompetent.

Not only was she wildly unkind and uninformed about the candidate, but also she showed her cards and made it quite clear that she hadn't even read the applicant's resume. Mind you, this was after a second-round interview. Furthermore, the hiring manager's messages on LinkedIn were poorly written and indicated a complete lack of professionalism.

Stories like these can be nothing short of maddening. In this day and age, so much emphasis is put on workers who don't want to work. Sure, there might be an element of truth to that (I'm so not talking about myself…or am I?). But the point is that this person was actually eager (a word I haven't used in quite some time), and, of course, he was qualified as well. Keep scrolling below to see what people had to say in the comments. When you're done, take a look at these post-vacation back to work memes.

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