job interview

Potential employee informs company he's in Madrid before scheduling interview, they demand he leaves trip early to do it in-person that coming Thursday, despite it being almost impossible to change flight: 'They’re this inflexible already'

Emma Saven

‘What's the C-suite's play here?’: Company lets go of 40+ high-performing employees, then immediately posts 40+ better-paying jobs on a job board, leaving employees dumbfounded

Lana DeGaetano

Hiring manager accidentally sends job candidate feedback on their interview, revealing their true thoughts, candidate considers using it for the next interview: ‘They said I lacked enthusiasm’

Bar Mor Hazut

Job hunter is reminded how much a single good deed can change someone’s day after running late to an interview and gets a ride from a kind stranger: ‘And I landed the job!’

Elna McHilderson

'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

Manager overstaffs restaurant during the slow season so he can hire his ex-coworkers, forcing servers to 'alternate shifts' and lose out on hours: ‘I can't simply get another part-time job’

Lana DeGaetano

HR rescinds job offer despite assuring the candidate he had the position after 5 rounds of interviews: 'My job offer has been kept on hold indefinitely'

Ben Weiss

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

Ben Weiss

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 candidate learns after 3 rounds of interviews that the salary for the position has decreased by $40,000: 'Thank you for wasting my time. I withdraw my application'

Ben Weiss

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

‘I've been in a financial hole for years now and this job would help bring me out of it’: Man considers accepting a job that would give him a $20k+ pay increase, but his girlfriend tries to guilt him into declining because he'd be unavailable on weekends

Lana DeGaetano

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

Job candidate roasts panel interviewers to their faces, accidentally impresses CEO and gets the job: 'One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted'

Isabella Penn

'I won't be reapplying': Boss makes employee reapply for the same position because of changes in the school district, employee stands ground

Ben Weiss

'Boss can only blame herself': Boss makes employee miss two days of pay, so he quits for better job and warns new hires so the vacancy wouldn't get filled

Isabella Penn