interview

Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would've created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: 'Why tell me now, as I'm leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?'

Emmy Pratt

Recruiter discovers he has been interviewing with an AI avatar posing as the job candidate for a full 30 minutes: 'My gut told me something was off'

Ben Weiss

Senior-level candidate withdrew application from company demanding unnecessary four-stage interview process, later landing higher-paying job after a single interview: 'The recruiter even admitted he was baffled by the process'

Emma Saven

Job applicant declines an AI-only first interview on principle, viewing it as a cultural red flag, despite the company offering him a human alternative after his refusal: 'I'm not interested in continuing with a process that relies on AI'

Emma Saven

Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: 'They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.'

Emmy Pratt

20+ Job candidates who walked out of their interviews: 'I was not paid for... my wasted time'

Remy Millisky

'I decided to test something': Qualified job candidate gets rejected, changes email and reapplies, ends up getting an offer

Ben Weiss

Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: 'John, you really have to shut up and listen.'

Emmy Pratt

15+ Job candidates who didn't impress their interviewers at all: 'He's brought his baby with him to an interview'

Remy Millisky

Job candidate feels confident during job interview, despite CEO arriving 15 minutes late, until he realizes, through a phone notification, that the CEO was simultaneously reposting the same job offer online while on their call: 'Seriously, the audacity'

Emma Saven

Candidate walks out of interview after interviewer is 1 hour late and opens with irrelevant personal questions about their family: 'If you can't answer, then I don't think we can continue'

Brad Dickson

Hiring manager demands candidate send a “thank-you video” to the team after their interview, candidate refuses: ‘That’s one way to filter out people with dignity’

Bar Mor Hazut

Job candidate calls out interviewer for asking 'the strangest' question: 'The entire positive vibe of the interview immediately evaporated'

Remy Millisky

Job recruiter approaches prospective candidate to attend an interview and then ghosts them, accuses them of having an attitude when they try to follow up: 'I waited for a full 20 minutes, thinking maybe there was a technical issue or something'

Brad Dickson

Man lies his way into a job he’s super unqualified for with a fabricated resume, progresses by obsessively self-teaching under pressure through "trial-by-fire", ends up becoming legitimate expert in his field: ‘Ashamed of how I got my foot in the door’

Emma Saven

Update: Job candidate holds his ground after recruiter tries to cheat him out of the proper salary range: 'The number I gave [you] is my minimum'

Ben Weiss