job interview

Advertisement

A representation of a younger female employee shrugging and looking frustrated while sitting at a laptop

Millennial manager bemoans Gen Z job applicants who can't use computers or read clocks: 'So many struggled'

A recruiter talks to a mother who is sitting in on her adult son's job interview.

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.'

Advertisement

A businessman laughs while sitting opposite a woman with an open laptop

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

A man sits behind a MacBook holding a mug that says “do what you love”

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

A job interviewer holds a pen that he wants job interviewees to sell to him.

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.'

Advertisement

A group of HR professionals interviews a candidate after AI tells them she is worth interviewing.

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.'

Roommates family drama roommate drama bad roommates roommates job interview unemployment sleeping - 45189637

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

A young businesswoman smiles, holding a laptop under one arm and putting her hand in her pocket with the other, as her colleagues sit behind her out of focus

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

Advertisement

A job candidate holding a pen puts his head in his hand while taking a call and sitting in front of a laptop and some papers

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

salary recruiter job searching entry level job search job interview interview money Employment - 45120517

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

Male and female businesspeople sit at opposite ends of a couch shaking hands, a laptop on the coffee table in front of them

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'

Advertisement

A young unemployed woman is stressed about her phone bills because she needs to pay them to attend a phone interview.

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

experience internship feedback job students trade work resume job interview unpaid college Employment - 45024005

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.'

boss antiwork woman job working workplace job interview interview toxic-work-environment Workplace - 44940549

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'

Advertisement

Young Asian bakery employee smiling with a pen and paper, ready to take customer's order

Mom gets 17-year-old daughter fired from her first job: 'She realized I would have more freedom with a job, and she couldn’t let me have it.'

A businessman talks on his cell phone

Job applicant hangs up during third interview after interviewer refuses to disclose salary to him for the third time: 'I need to make sure we're on the same page'