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Insanely Incompetent Interviewers Fired After Candidate Exposes Them

This insurance guy was approached by a recruiter for an insurance sales position at a company. Despite his repeated protests that he was overqualified for the role they were hiring for, they refused to take no for an answer and aggressively entered him into the interview process. As the interview progressed, it became increasingly clear that the hiring managers had no idea what they were on about. They repeatedly handed him wrong information and asked him to do things that he knew were complete…
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Thread: Recruiter Wants to "Negotiate" Lower Salary, Actually Wants to Trick Candidate Into Taking Lower Pay

This job candidate was asked by the recruiter if they would negotiate a lower paid rate, which turned out to just be a way of trying to get them to take the original offer. The recruiter's actions have drawn the ire of the internet after photos of the exchange were posted online. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by Reddit user u/Jbeez4117 who shared the thread, which featured screenshots of the exchange, to the popular sub. They posted the thread with the title “That soun…
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Recruiter Finds Job Applicant's Twitter Account, Sparking Mixed Reactions

Uh oh
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Russian Interviewee Gets Told Their Russian is "Insufficient" by Job Interviewer Who Couldn't Speak the Language

As someone who took at least five linguistics classes in college, you might call me a language expert. And as such, it's my duty to share a few undeniable truths about language learning that many people do not know. Did you know that if you're a native speaker of a language, congratulations, you are an expert in that language? It doesn't matter if you can't explain the exact reason for conjugations or word order. If you've spoken a language since birth, you will automatically know when somethin…
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Legend Nukes Job Interview with Whiny Boss, Gets Offered Position Anyway

Nobody wants to work anymore
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People Share Ways to Turn the Tables on a Potential Employer in a Job Interview

Job interviews don't have to be one-sided
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Weird Recruiter Requests Tour of Interviewee's Room During Virtual Meeting

Imagine if, in the middle of a job interview, your potential future employer demanded that you open up your bag and reveal its contents? That would feel like a bizarre invasion of privacy, wouldn't it? Well that's basically what a recruiter did to redditor u/nuestl during a virtual job interview—the recruiter asked OP to give her a look around the room so that she could determine whether OP was organized enough for the gig. Keep scrolling for the whole story.
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Article about a Reddit thread about a recruiter lying to an applicant about her getting a job.

Oblivious Recruiter Lies To Applicant That She Got The Job

There’s nothing worse than being in that wishy-washy phase of the job interviewing process. You know what I’m talking about: you’re a few interviews and everything seems to be going as planned. The recruiter likes you the boss likes you the only thing you haven’t gotten yet is an offer letter.
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Job Applicant Duped By Parking Scam, Both Anger And Hilarity Ensues

What a let down
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Honest Job Application Answers That Somehow (Sometimes) Got People Hired

Honesty is the best policy.
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Creep Gets Fired For Harassing Female Co-workers, Still Asks For Reference

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Job Applicant Applies For Fully Remote Position, Walks Out Of Interview When Employers Reveal It's Hybrid

Unacceptable
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Shady Law Firm Tries to Trick Job Applicant Into Doing Free Labor, Gets Brutally Out-Lawyered

There's no shortage of shady employers out there laughing maniacally as they exploit the meek and unassuming. But a law firm attempting to illegally trick a fellow lawyer into doing free work for them? Some people are as audacious as they are stupid.
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Job Applicant Tries to Send Resume to Employer, Sends Dog Pic Instead

At least it was funny
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Bartender Enacts Revenge On Perpetually Late Boss Who Hates Tardiness

Contradictory, much?
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Relatable Posts That Explain the Collective Rage of the Underpaid & Overworked

Boomers of the mainstream media love to accuse millennials of being lazy, spoiled brats who love quitting jobs and spending all their money on Netflix and avocado toast. Boomers always told us that if we worked hard enough, a prosperous and comfortable life was more than possible—it was a promise. Well, turns out that was total bullshit. It's plain to see why, all you have to do is compare inflation and the growth in median rents to the growth in median income over time. In today's economy, "wo…
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