A desperate out-of-work employee opens up about the dehumanization of the interview process till he actually got a job: 'Be human, trust in yourself, and good things will come.'

María Cetra • Writer

Jun 24, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Being unemployed is nobody's fantasy. Day after day, send resumes just to be disqualified by an AI system that doesn't care if you're the next Einstein or a simple worker who needs a job to sustain their family.

This is the current state of the world, no jobs, no work, no suitable candidates that exceed the unrealistic expectations that AI resume electors aprove. Every listing requires workers to create a whole new CV with great qualifications, amazing recommendations, and out-of-this-world experience. Well, the truth is, soon nobody would be perfect enough. The requirements change every time someone archives them. There is no real bar because a computer is better than a human at being productive. In the end, we are not really fighting each other for a position. We are fighting a system that rejects anything human.

In this Reddit story, the unemployed user is describing the feeling of constant rejection that can only be caused by the current state of the job market. We are nothing more that number forever applying to positions that can only be filled by nepo-babies or computers. It has changed so much that it started a wave of influencers and human resources employees to start ranting about what we can do differently, as if there was a formula that worked. But there isn't. This user got the job for being human. He had the same qualifications as probably half of the people who applied. He wasn't better than everyone, he just did the best interview that he could, was relaxed, and treated the questions as a normal conversation. He treated everyone kindly and was confident in his humanity. Eventhough it seems as if there is no more place for actual workers, there is, AI can't replace us all. Our humanity and values makes as valuable and needed for jobs.

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