Indignant interviewer turns on a new recruit who didn't even want the job in the first place: 'Like they weren't the ones who contacted YOU'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Feb 7, 2024 7:00 PM EST

When you're applying for jobs, usually the hiring pipeline is pretty straightforward: You apply, they interview you, and then you're hired! However, in the era of online headhunters and recruitment sites, things can get a little topsy-turvy in the hiring department, especially when recruiters have no idea what they're doing. This kind of job market tomfoolery left u/PCmaniac24 asking– Do you even want to hire me? 

After reaching out to OP, one particularly indignant recruiter not only dropped the ball on reviewing their application packet but then dared to blame OP for their unpreparedness. Keep on reading to enjoy all of the sass and all of the snarky comebacks that make all of us happy to apply for our own jobs in the future. 

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  • 01
    "How dare you make me work, beggar!"
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    B. r/antiwork. 22 hr. ago PCmaniac24 An employer that sent me an invite on indeed can't even check my resume and previous employees document
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    •8:56 am I do not see any wire cabeling experience?????? Its a MUST, did you see that requirement? You. 1:23 pm I worked for through making wiring for IT networks as a cable Technician. At I was repairing and installing residential cabling. My education at cluded making and installing cabling for server networks. 1:44 pm I see absolutely no experience as a wire technician or any airplane experience. Why did you send me this resume?
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    You • 1:48 pm You guys sent me an invite. Also if you checked my supporting documents that include my education and previous employers you would see that I have had experience with being a wiring technician
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    2:02 pm There is absolutely no airplane wiring on here any where? image001.png K You 2:09 pm You did not ask for that nor list that as a requirement. You guys invited me to apply because of my wiring experience and you did not even check my previous positions based on your first reply. I don't know why you needed to message me if you didn't bother to check the application fully. Sent
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    Y to me ✓ We found your resume on Indeed and noticed your experience as a cable installer and technician. If you're interested in a full-time position as an Airplane Wire Technician, please feel free to apply now or view the job description for more details. I'm interested
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    Hatchachachacha 22h ago The indignation here is what gets me. 'Why did you send this' like they weren't the ones who contacted you Imao 4.9K Reply ↑ Share PCmaniac24 OP. 22h ago And they couldn't even read my previous employers and education list on the application, not posting it for privacy reasons but literally two of the previous job titles are "cable Technician/installer" with details on what I did in both of those positions 2.3K Reply Share ...
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    nyvn. 18h ago Bullet dodged. 834 Reply ↑ Share ⠀ renro. 16h ago That's what the company said about his resume 491 91 Reply ↑ Share
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    Serious Monkey2019 12h ago Recruiters are idiots. I had one call me to tell me we they weren't going to move to the next round because I didn't have experience in UV lasers while I had extensive experience with other lasers including making them in the lab but it was a different part of the spectrum. nuts. It's like rejecting a painter who hasn't worked with the color blue even though they've worked red, green, whites. The math and physics is the 492 same. Reply ↑ Share
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    fonix232 8h ago Oh, recruiters CAN extrapolate. When they shouldn't. "I see you programmed in Java before, so how 'bout a position as a JavaScript engineer?" 23 ↓ Reply 1, Share Turturrotezurro. 10h ago Im hoping this people is the first replaced by Al 9 ↓ Reply Share ...
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    belkarbitterleaf. 21h ago I bet there is some Al in the middle, and the recruiter thinks they are talking to a recruiter.... That or they have no idea how to do their job.... Probably both. 512 Reply Share BlackPhoenix1981. 19h ago Little from column A, little from column B Reply ↑ Share 131
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    Power-Fighter • 19h ago "How dare you make me work, beggar!" 53 ↓ Reply ↑ Share Working_Chemistry597 19h ago Yup. No need to blur the names if they're gonna take that attitude; we wanna know where NOT to apply.
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    Working_Chemistry597 19h ago Yup. No need to blur the names if they're gonna take that attitude; we wanna know where NOT to apply. 65 Reply Share bravejango 19h ago . They didn't apply there either. They were "found". 23 ↓ Reply Share ...
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    Jaijoles 20h ago lol. I also had an interview recently where the hiring manager clearly hadn't spoke to the manager that asked me to apply. "So what made you decide to apply for this position" "You folks asked me to".
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    VulpineSpecter4. 18h ago Omg. I had an interview recently where I literally told the hiring manager before the interview that I received an email inviting me to apply, and she still asked me that question. Reply Deucethedude 14h ago Yes, but you still decided to apply. You chose to do it, so they want to know; beside us asking you to apply, why did you do it? Anyway 150 ↑ Share ...
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    the_extractor. 16h ago Man, I've had this same thing happen to me in 2022. When I told them they arranged the call and I haven't "applied" that seemed to them off and they cut short the zoom interview! Good riddance because it was a lot of hiring personnel ("CEO", HR guy and chief architect) for just a firm with 10 employees. Not to mention the so called CEO was shirtless on the call!!
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    SnooMachines6791 • 21h ago I think you dodged a kamikaze jet with this one 4 1.6K Reply Share PCmaniac24 OP. 21h ago What's funny is they say it's wiring for airplanes in the job description but I checked their business and their websites and it's wiring for airplane simulators for emergency training and flight training. I don't want to know how they treat employees if they already talk to me like this.
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    Pakoma7 21h ago I wish it was illegal to be so 809 Reply stupid and lazy. Reply Share hot-diggity-dogger · 19h ago The entire recruiting industry would vanish. 250 Share microplasticbrain. 16h ago same with realtors and that stupid L.A. county's building and safety desk at the
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    ChicoBroadway 20h ago You should send this to their boss to let them know why hiring has (probably) been slow. 4 118 Reply ↑ Share
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    lunarteamagic 19h ago I had a recruiter reach out to me (despite my account stating I am not looking). When I asked for more details, I was told only that the position of technical writer was to be fully in the office. Which, whatever, but not for me. So I say no thank you. Recruiter has the audacity to ask "why I even wasted his time". Buddy, what?
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    Thaldrath 19h ago This is a red flag employer. The kind of employer when something's at fault it's your problem, and when there's a problem, it's your fault.
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    castironsexual. 19h ago It's the six question marks for me. So professional. 28 Share Reply + 2 more replies kingullu4 20h ago Death, taxes and idiots recruiting... .
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