‘[It was] a 30-minute humiliation session’: Job seeker is berated by interviewer for having a PhD, despite listing higher education as a preference in the job description

Job interviews are one of the most nerve-wracking first-world experiences anyone can be a part of. As humans, we must work for a living, and working for a living means needing a job, and needing a job means needing to interview for that job. In the current job market, it's difficult to land an interview in the first place, let alone do well enough in the interview to be asked back by the prospective employer. In a perfect world, job seekers would have the upperhand when it comes to landing a job… but this isn't a perfect world—it's a world that belongs to corporate companies and their entitled ways.

In this next story, a job seeker is humiliated for having a PhD by their military veteran interviewer, after having two prior interview rounds for the role. Not only did the interviewer call their PhD "worthless", but they also claimed a high schooler could get the open job done. Maybe they should do that instead of berating innocent job seekers…

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This job seeker explains that they had just finished two rounds of interviews with a company, and both interviewers were impressed with their qualifications and degrees. In this third round of interviews, they meet with the director of the department. Instead of having a smooth experience like the last two interviews, the director starts coming for their qualifications, schooling, and soft skill abilities. Then, began going on a rant about their time serving the country.
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"I had an interview just to be reminded that I'm not a native speaker, my PhD is worthless, and they'd prefer a high schooler over me for a research position"

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