interviews

‘"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

Job candidate leverages trumped-up title to land executive role at a start-up, begins to panic when the realize they're in over their head: 'If I don't get fired by Friday, I'll be absolutely shocked'

Brad Dickson

Gen Zer shows up to job interview in short shorts, refuses to go home and change when they offer for her to: 'They decided to reschedule the interview with me for tomorrow'

Emmy Pratt

Job seeker purposefully tanks interview after recruiter tries to lowball him: 'I was told this role would pay $Y but sure, I could put in $X amount of effort instead'

Emmy Pratt

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

Job seeker gets flown out to an interview and meets the successful candidate who already started in the role: 'Dude has only been there about a week...'

Brad Dickson

'You were not qualified': Job candidate messages interviewer to decline role, receives unhinged response in return

Brad Dickson

29 Interview Memes for Job Seekers Fed Up with the Search

Isabella Penn