Today, after years of hard work, I had an interview at the highest ranking university in the world 800 miles from where I live. It snowed heavily for the last 2 days closing every road, railway, and airport causing me to miss the interview. There is no rescheduling. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had a job interview. I got there as quick as I could, having to travel two hours into a city I'd never been to. When I arrived, they told me I was turned down for being too late. They'd rescheduled the interview an hour earlier and I wasn't notified of the change. FML
Today, I travelled cross-country to interview for my dream job. The team seemed to love me and I had a lot of fun. In the airport on the way home I saw a news report that the company is closing. FML
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
Today, I had my last assessment for my university degree in the form of an interview at 11am. Without doing this interview, I can't graduate. The interviewer was a no show. FML
Today, after months of searching I finally got a job interview. Too bad I didn't have enough money to buy a bus ticket to get there. FML
Today, I drove 6 hours to make a job interview missing my best friends' wedding. The interview is actually tomorrow. FML
Today, I had a job interview. I was almost late due to road closure and being blocked in my street by the trash truck. The "interview" turned out to be a hiring fair, with lots of other people. I had to wait outside for 3 hours in the sun with no shade, water or food. I didn't get the job. FML
Today, I drove two and a half hours to a job interview. The interviewer never showed up or called. I sat in the hotel lobby waiting for an hour and a half. Even the hotel staff said they felt sorry for me. FML
Today, the director of my university decided to cancel all my attendance until now, as I was unable to attend the inauguration program in my university. I was unable to attend the program because the area I had to travel to was flooded and one of the trains I was supposed to travel on caught fire. FML
Today, wanting to be on time for my first job interview, I woke up at the crack of dawn and walked almost an hour through a thunderstorm. When I arrived, I was told that the manager wasn't in today, because of the bad weather. FML
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jenzan 8
Why can't it be rescheduled? Shouldn't have been possible for your interviewer to make it either...
oh_dear_yes_dear 0
I think that's rather unlikely to be honest, and if they did tell you that then I would be having some serious words. I had an interview for Cambridge yesterday in the UK and they were incredibly accomodating to applicants that couldn't get in from even 20 miles away.
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Comments (60)
Grand_Cookie 21
I'm supprised that they wouldn't make an exception for such an uncontrollable circumstance.
tencentsakiss 19
I'm surprised that you spelled surprised like that.
Copernicus_fml 3
^^awesome.
stacey90 0
im sorry but i really find it hard to believe that they wouldnt re-schedule such an important event in both yours and their calender, I live in the uk and we are having lots of snow and bad weather here so maybe quite a few people missed and they will have to re-schedule .... I durno and last year I did a telephone interview for a uni maybe you can arrange that??? and i wouldnt panic too much maybe that particular college in cambridge wont accept you but there is a chance another one would.... anyhoos fingers crossed you get it all sorted :)
Zebidee 9
Except that for it to be Cambridge, OP would have to be in another country, as it's not really possible to be 800 miles from Cambridge and still be in the UK, so I think it would have been worded differently. Besides, although I like it, I've never seen The University of Cambridge ranked as number 1 on any world scale.
Zebidee 9
Oop! After a bit more searching I just managed to find one that does. I stand corrected.
annabellaahh 2
straight out, that's a sh*t go!
oh_dear_yes_dear 0
I think that's rather unlikely to be honest, and if they did tell you that then I would be having some serious words. I had an interview for Cambridge yesterday in the UK and they were incredibly accomodating to applicants that couldn't get in from even 20 miles away.
fleckney26 25
Lets be honest, 20 miles is considered quite a trek here, but in America, if they can get to someone's house in one day of driving, they're considered neighbours
grandpaearthling 2
I feel your pain and truly that sucks. but if you can even get an interview there you can't say FML. that's just **** that incident. sorry for your lost chance though
espai 0
OP, I'm a second year at Oxford, and have friends volunteering at the interviews this week. Anyone who hasn't been able to make it in person due to snow will be getting either a phone, Skype or rescheduled interview. Get in touch with the Academic and Admissions Office of the uni and explain. You won't be the only one I bet! If you really live so far away (800 miles) then I can't see why they couldn't do a phone interview. You'd think a "top-ranking university" wouldn't allow good candidates to slip through because of an uncontrollable event like the weather...
jazzy514 7
don't worry asu accepts anyone with a pulse
hofstadter 2
Could be Harvard? I'm sure that they can reschedule, somehow. The weather is beyond your control. If not? Well, reapply next year. Okay, so waiting a year sucks - but it's not the end of the world!