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By touche :/ - 07/07/2013 21:27 - Canada - Hamilton

Today, I went to a big job interview. Eventually, the guy subtly enquired about my political beliefs. He seemed pretty laid-back and cool, so I told him, at which point he just chuckled and told me to leave. When I threatened to report him, he just said, "Who're they gonna believe, you or me?" FML

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By Anonymous - 16/11/2012 23:59 - United Kingdom - Eastbourne

Today, I went to a big job interview. Everything went well at first, with the interviewer being impressed by my CV. I was then interrogated over not having a Facebook account, and practically accused of being a criminal, because people without them "always have something to hide". FML

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By jobless1 - 05/07/2015 04:04

Today, I went to an important job interview, only to be told I'm not what such a "prestigious" company was looking for. This from a pimply-faced 20-something who took a personal call on speakerphone mid-interview, and actually said "LMAO" out loud at his friend's joke. FML

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By Oli974 - 22/10/2015 13:08 - France - N?ves-parmelan

Today, it's job interview day. In the elevator on the way there, I overheard potential candidates talking about the boss of the company, mocking his alleged lack of credibility. Who's the boss? Me. They don't know that yet. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/04/2013 23:37 - Australia - Mona Vale

Today, I walked out of a job interview feeling confident because I'd really hit it off with the interviewer. He called me an hour later to tell me that I didn't get the job, since he was afraid we'd "get along too well and never get any work done." FML

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By Lyingg - 05/10/2011 20:33 - United Kingdom

Today, I had a job interview. The only moment I impressed the interviewer was when I talked about drama. He started to talk about a play I hadn't seen, but I decided to agree on everything he was saying. Suddenly he said, "the play doesn't actually exist." I silently left the room. FML

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By Jobless - 07/09/2010 23:27 - Canada

Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room, the interviewer said, "OK, I will interview you, but there is no way I'm hiring you." FML

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By Anonymous - 08/09/2023 16:00

Today, I was at a job interview which seemed to be going well until the guy saw on my CV that I prefer they/them pronouns. Now, I’m not pushy about it, but he instantly lost interest and kept checking his phone to make sure he gave me my full 15 minutes; at minute 16 I was out the door. FML

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By DeepFriedZombie - 09/08/2016 00:18

Today, I went to my first job interview. I didn't think I was doing too badly, until the interviewer said, "Wait a second, you're in high school?" I explained that the guy who'd called me had said that this wouldn't be a problem. I then watched as my interviewer left his desk to "deal" with him. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2020 05:02

Today, I went to the bathroom after a terrible job interview. My interviewer walked in with another guy, talking about my interview, saying he was obviously going to hire the other guy because my odd-sounding name was too hard to pronounce, yet alone spell in multiple emails. FML

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By parker1993 - 03/02/2011 18:53 - United States

Today, while waiting for a job interview, a woman sat down next to me and asked if I was here for the job too. Thinking she was also an applicant, I tried to demoralise her, and said the job was going to be a complete joke. With that, she stood up and said, "Do you still want to go into my office?" She was the interviewer. FML

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stoych 19

Monday 8 July 2013 2:29

Would you really want to work for someone who cannot accept other peoples beliefs anyway?

ragini95 16

Monday 8 July 2013 2:29

Complain anyway. That's just not ******* cool. If he did it to you, he'll have done it to other people.

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graceinsheepwear 33

Monday 8 July 2013 4:44

Location is Canada, not US, although I imagine laws are comparable.

sugoine 12

Monday 8 July 2013 5:00

1. That's illegal to inquire about. 2. YDI for walking into that trap.

makitokito 14

Monday 8 July 2013 5:42

For some reason I read the first lines as "I went to get a ********."

joopjoop 19

Monday 8 July 2013 5:43

ydi for talking about politics during a job interview... its none of their business!

sam_1221 13

Monday 8 July 2013 5:49

yeah pretty sure that is illegal, a company cannot deny you employment because of religion, politics, gender, pregnancy or anything like that. (did a quick search to see if Canadian laws matched up with US laws) Filing a report may not be a bad idea

r0cks0 6

Monday 8 July 2013 6:03

Political beliefs are not protected. No recourse for you

lyssgross 16

Monday 8 July 2013 6:08

Maybe he was testing to see how professional you were? More likely, just being a jerk. Sorry, Original Poster!

vauran 5

Monday 8 July 2013 6:12

Unfortunately it is hard to prove this one. Yes that is a trick question and you should answer very obscurely, but since you answered honestly, you would have to prove that is why you were not hired, which is near impossible to do :/ sorry OP hope you find something else

SasquatchDeluxe 10

Monday 8 July 2013 6:19

Sorry, but YDI for being naive enough to answer the question in the first place.

rokolodo 10

Monday 8 July 2013 7:06

Complain any way! You might be the 10th person who does this too. Guess what? the last nine didn't complain neither. Start a paper trail on this asswipe!