job interview

Ex-Employee Uses Fake Reference Check to Catch Their Former Boss Tarnishing Their Name to Potential Hiring Companies

Bar Mor Hazut

Candidate spends 6 weeks and 4 interview rounds as top pick for a role that was frozen two months before he even applied, nobody told recruiting: ‘[The] role was frozen before I even applied.’

Inés Soubrie

Employee gets offer from rival company, decides to take the job, until current company gets word of it and demands employee stay: ‘Please be joking'

Bar Mor Hazut

Candidate shares salary expectations on startup screening call, recruiter laughs and says "that's cute," she hangs up immediately and gets a better offer days later: ‘I said “I don't think we're aligned, thanks for your time" and hit leave.'

Inés Soubrie

23-year-old brings his mom to a job interview, lets her answer questions for him: 'I'd ask him how he dealt with a tight deadline, and she'd jump in about how organized he is at home.'

Emmy Pratt

Job candidate refuses to have Zoom interview recorded after recruiter won't turn her camera on: 'If cameras are required, both should have it turned on'

Ben Weiss

Job candidate denies job offer after they sit through an interview without being asked a single question by the hiring manager: ‘He told me to be quiet’

Bar Mor Hazut

Job applicant rejects tech company that offers a job 4 months after interviews, pays half his desired salary: 'I even gave them a discount'

Ally Perry

Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Ben Weiss

'Took a counteroffer 8 months ago. Don't do what I did...': Employee's warning to others about accepting counteroffers after their manager's verbal promise of a promotion never eventuates, and the company undergoes reorganization

Brad Dickson

College student applies for graduate job, company demands he complete 40 hour assignment for application: 'I thought I was crushing it'

Ally Perry

'I had such high hopes for this company, but now I just feel disgusted': Job candidate left stunned after business manager spends 95% of the interview bad-mouthing his coworkers and colleagues

Ben Weiss

‘Oh my gosh, what a trick’: Management job candidate walks out mid-interview after finding out mid-way through the role is actually entry-level customer support

Etai Eshet

Job interviewer asks job seeker 'Sell Me a Pen' as the only question in the job interview: 'I know a guy in Tanzania who can forge it into pure gold pens for 60 cents on the dollar.'

Emmy Pratt

HR department admits they receive 2000 job applications for one position, and don't look at any of them: 'AI sorts through them, and then they just go based off intuition.'

Emmy Pratt

Employee leaves company after 14 years for better opportunity, only for his offer to be rescinded at the last minute: 'Now I’m left unemployed with no severance or healthcare for my family'

Ben Weiss