job interview

Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Ben Weiss

Unemployed woman refuses to wake up for 1pm job interview, chews out roommate for not waking her up: 'I’m not her caretaker'

JR Atkinson

3 coworkers all get passed over for the same promotion, company hires someone externally, now they all have to work for her: 'Why weren't [we] considered good enough for a role we've essentially been orbiting for years?'

Ben Weiss

Coworkers spend 6 weeks competing for management position, company hires external candidate instead: 'We're trying to recalibrate'

Ally Perry

Job applicant ends Zoom call after recruiter calls their salary expectations 'cute': 'We expect 50-hour weeks, but the base rate is non-negotiable'

JR Atkinson

Company ghost candidate for 3 weeks after final interview, get rejected when they send a job offer: 'No call, no explanation'

Ally Perry

Job seeker ghosts hiring manager for role that pays $30k more, she becomes his boss 3 years later: 'I am no longer interested in working here'

Ally Perry

Job seeker considers skipping phone interview because she doesn't have enough money to pay her phone bill: 'I desperately need a job.'

Emmy Pratt

Employer rejects unpaid internship applicant for lacking experience, despite the internship being designed for inexperienced students: 'I can tell they were disappointed that I didn't have any real-world experience.'

Emmy Pratt

Unsympathetic job recruiter learns valuable lesson after one of the interviewees he belittled lands a senior position and gets him fired: ‘I’m glad he has the life he deserves.’

Elna McHilderson

New hire quits 3 weeks into new job after being abandoned, receiving no training, and being made to feel like a burden by their manager and team members: 'Day two: He is just sitting there. No one is talking to him'

Brad Dickson

Hiring manager laughs in job candidate's face after he requests exact same salary range that was in the online posting: 'Yeah, that's not going to happen here, we were thinking more like $62k for someone at your level'

Ben Weiss

Job candidate withdraws his application after HR emails him by the wrong name, then gets upset when he corrects them: ‘My name is Zach, not Ryan’

Bar Mor Hazut

40-year-old woman wears a suit to director-level job interview, HR tells them they didn't like they wore a suit: 'I didn't get the job'

JR Atkinson

Principal leaves a new hire hanging for 45 minutes, so the prospective Spanish teacher walks out of her interview: ‘You know what? I’m no longer interested'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Massachusetts job candidate demands $900 for unpaid interview project assignment: 'The scope of work produced holds legitimate commercial value'

Ben Weiss