'I'm naming names': Interviewee gets completely roasted during a “mean girl”-style job interview, then reports the snobby interviewers to their HR department

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 31, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

You're not supposed to haze someone at your work BEFORE they get the job, but this interview committee was determined to run their "mean girl" act on a prospective hire. Most likely to weed out whether she was a malleable weak link, the two interviewers rudely grilled a woman who had taken time out of her life to attempt a career switch in their direction. They belittled her, they rolled their eyes, and they were hardly present in their call, so why bother continuing to pretend?

Because the interview was such a toxic disaster, however, she realized that a bad-attitude work environment wasn't for her anyway. And she decided to pick herself up by the bootstraps and get her own revenge on the two impolite interviewers. 

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  • The "mean girl" interview that made me file a complaint I once had the meanest "mean girl" interview. It was so bad I actually filed a formal complaint with the HR rep who set it up.
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  • It was a Zoom panel with three people: two of the rudest women I've ever met, and one man who was great. The role was PR/Marketing with a state program called Workforce Oklahoma. The introductions started
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  • off cold. I had actually met one of the women before. At the time I was on unemployment, so maybe they were required to pull from that pool of resumes. Either way, I was a good fit for the job.
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  • From the start, it was awkward. One woman gave me slow blinks I could practically hear, complete with an eye roll. The other was half on the call and half glued to her computer. The man, though, was awesome - he explained the Workforce Initiative, which was actually really interesting.
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  • But everything else felt staged. Each had their assigned questions, and I answered the best I could, but they couldn't even crack a smile. At one point, one of the women moved completely off camera, though I could still see her working away. I couldn't
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  • tell if they'd been forced into the interview, or it was a very toxic place to work, or they had just argued with each other, or simply didn't like me. And the worst part? They made me feel insecure about my age. Ageism felt like it was hanging in the room.
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  • After 30 painfully uncomfortable minutes, I emailed the HR rep. I thanked them for the opportunity, then included a polite but detailed complaint naming names. I told them
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  • this was not a good look for a government program that's supposed to help Oklahomans connect with jobs. The HR person was kind, apologized, and said they were looking into it - but wanted to wait to see if I moved forward.
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  • Surprise: I didn't make it past the "mean girl" round. But honestly? I'm glad I spoke up. At least they knew how unprofessional those women were, and I walked away knowing it wasn't me it was them.
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  • Trying to fit in with a “cool crowd” always makes a person feel less-than. Stuck in a cycle of doubt, it's easy to get swept up in the confidence of the Cools and let them trample you. However, this woman was strong in her own way and wasn't going to take any flak from her potential managers, because that's not the kind of work environment that anyone should yield.

  • Commercial_Sir_3205. I once interviewed with a annoying snob who thought he was smarter than me. After the interview when HR was walking me out, I told HR that as much as they were interviewing me, I was interviewing them and that I
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  • would not accept a job offer if one was given. I explained why. Afterwards HR said that what I said made sense since I was the 20th candidate and the hiring manager can't seem to find someone he liked. I said good luck and left.
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  • SquishyBeatle After college graduation I managed to work some connections and get an interview at a big company paying huge salaries to grads. I thought it was my dream job. I sat down at the interview, the guy looked at my
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  • resume, scoffed at where I got my undergraduate degree and said "I interview kids from Harvard, not (Squishy Beatles school), you have 10 seconds to prove to me you're not stupid".
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  • AbbreviationsLow8632 I've had a few of these in my career for PR jobs. In one interview for a fashion PR role, I walked into the conference room and the woman had her jacket on her shoulders and sunglasses and berated me for my interview with the CHRO running over. I ended up getting this job.
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  • At a different company that I will name and shame - Dickey's BBQ - I interviewed with the CEO and she told me that she didn't want someone who was at the sunset of her career. Mind you, we were the same age. I didn't get the job and the person who did didn't last a year.
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  • Miserable-Still-600 That's horrible just had a guy today ask if I was independently wealthy or something? His exact words. when I said I had no job before. Isn't that inappropriate to ask someone. Kind of personal.
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