interviews

'Helicopter parenting just hit the job market': Interviewer shocked when job candidate’s parent calls to ask for higher salary offer, HR says it’s not as rare as you’d think

Isabella Penn

Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: 'It was a test of desperation'

JR Atkinson

HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: 'These people had better qualifications than our current team.'

Emmy Pratt

Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says 'water' and refuses to elaborate: 'C'mon, you can do better than that'

Emmy Pratt

20+ Job Interview Memes for Folks Who Can’t Stand Being Asked What Their Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are

Ben Weiss

Lazy, unreliable employee is chosen for better-paying role over punctual, star employee: ‘I think nature will take its course’

Lana DeGaetano

Man named Daniel Rivera uses a fake name to apply for jobs, immediately starts getting interviews: 'Now considering doing all future applications as Brandon Walker'

JR Atkinson

‘"You're just not the hire we want"’: Restaurant general manager berates job seeker for 10 minutes straight during second interview, job seeker calls her ‘strange’ and walks out

Lana DeGaetano

‘Flexible hours means your time is their time’: 20+ Seasoned employees share interview ‘red flags’ that warn them to stay away from certain companies

Lana DeGaetano

Employee finds their dream job outside the ‘finance bro’ space after getting a wakeup call in the form of a cruel list of ‘mistakes’ post-interview: ‘I’m happier than I ever thought I could be'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Job applicant accused of cheating on a test by tech hotshots, lands better job and pay by proving them wrong: ‘I saw them go from upset to delight’

Etai Eshet

'The manager [said], "You really want to burn this bridge?" I said, "Yes"': 20+ Employees who quit their jobs as fast as possible

Remy Millisky

'The recruiter started to fold my CV into a paper plane': 20+ Job candidates share their worst interview stories

Remy Millisky

'She’s seeing the consequences of her actions': Hiring manager debates hiring fashion critic Tiktoker who featured them in a mocking video

Remy Millisky

'He was the single worst candidate we had ever encountered': 20+ Job candidates whose interviews could not have gone worse

Remy Millisky

'[The] candidate arrived in rollerblades': 20+ Unexpected ways that job interview candidates immediately disqualified themselves

Remy Millisky