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By Journo - 27/04/2009 19:46 - United States

Today, after two months of unemployment, I got a call from a marketing firm offering me an interview for an entry-level position. While Googling the company, I discovered it's a scam. I graduated college in 3 years with a 3.5 GPA, and the only interview I can get is at a fake company. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/03/2024 06:00 - United States

Today, a day after I applied for a promising job in a nearby city, I got an e-mail saying they'd like to set up an interview. I was hopeful, right up until the call I got was flagged as "ILLEGAL SCAM" by caller ID and the interviewer, who stated she represented that very company, was plainly calling from India. FML

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By jdmarine83 - 07/10/2011 19:32 - United States

Today, I got my first job after having spent months looking, and graduating college in the meantime. I got it based on my pre-college qualifications. FML

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By smidge - 02/06/2009 06:05 - United States

Today, I got a call from an ad agency offering me a job. I was so excited, because I've been looking for work for a few months now and really wanted to work for them. An hour later, they called apologizing, because they'd made a mistake and offered the job to the wrong person. FML

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You deserved it 2 640

By OutOfWork.OutOfTime - 28/10/2015 01:34 - United States - Cookeville

Today, I had my first job interview since graduating from university. The person who interviewed me informed me that not using my degree after two years practically makes it null and void. I guess instead of being a financial advisor at the company, I could always be a janitor there. FML

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Discrimination!

By DamnYou - 04/01/2023 18:00

Today, in this horrible job market, I finally got an interview with a dream company. But like the dumbass I am, I mentioned my baby in the interview and got the "look" from the interviewer. Bye bye yet another job. FML

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You deserved it 1 072

Close but no cigar

By bbb - 03/10/2012 16:19 - United States - Hillsborough

Today, after having tried for months to get a promotion at work, I finally had an interview for a higher position. Everything went great, and I was told I would get a call next week for my second interview. I went back to my desk, only to get an email stating they're canceling the position. FML

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You deserved it 1 602

Say my name, say my name

By Anonymous - 28/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML

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You deserved it 172

Source?

By Anonymous - 05/11/2018 15:30

Today, I accidentally put down the wrong year for my university graduation, so when my prospective boss was checking my references he found no mention of my name in that year's list of graduates. He accused me of faking my qualifications and refused to hire me. It was a 6-figure salary. FML

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By goingnowherefast - 09/02/2013 00:19 - United States - Butler

Today, after three and a half years of working dead-end jobs with a bachelor's degree, I got a call from a potential employer in my degree field, who wanted to set up an interview. The problem: the interview is across the country, and I'm too broke to pay the travel expenses. FML

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You deserved it 2 582

By Anonymous - 25/07/2014 02:04 - Canada - Burnaby

Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML

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You deserved it 3 593

Socrates_fml 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:26

let me guess...sociology?

ForestFire0 1

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:28

good catch, at least. imagine if you went and were scammed. THAT would have been a real FML. This is an FML with a bright side

Comments

roll_fukng_tide 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:32

eesh. thats why i hate the internet.

dillinger_fml 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:32

You write that as though you think a 3.5 GPA is good?

dogcolon 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 2:57

wow don't even.

iplaylax 0

Monday 12 April 2010 17:49

thats what I thought too. then again this economy sucks right now

IStoleTheCookies 16

Wednesday 9 February 2011 14:25

it's better than having nothing there's people who didn't go to school or college or uni and still manage to get jobs OP should be able to get a job soon enough.

captainaerh 0

Sunday 23 October 2011 15:36

true!

mhm_soyeah 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:33

that sucks...damn scams.

aishathebest94 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:34

that really sux... and to #13 a 3.5 gpa is good

taytimestwo 14

Tuesday 25 November 2014 19:26

it would be good for a major like engineering, not something like business or marketing which they were most likely in

tizzo_izzo 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:37

yeah your best bet is friends and networking try linked In

Compwiz1993 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:37

Did you graduate from a GOOD college? Maybe the other people don't like that. Otherwise, it's the economy.

BigLord 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:38

#5 that's another example of a scam, lmfao

blerg123 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:38

Dude, try adding 3 more years of law school onto that and then we'll talk.

24788 6

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:39

There's many scams out there with the current economy.

angeldo6695 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 2:39

So,my gpa is 3.7, im in middle school n i failed science, well i got a c, so isnt a 3.5 like straight C's, nothing special,sorry if im being mean,im just pissed right now