Today, I was rejected for a job I really wanted, they said I didn't have enough experience. I designed the systems they are implementing. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at the one job interview I got after months of applying, I was rejected for what turned out to be a phone customer service role, because I "wasn't technical enough." Previously I worked as a website developer and I have a computer science degree. FML
Today, I was rejected from a volunteer position because I "didn't have enough experience." I have a college degree in the specific field they were asking for. FML
Today, while despairing over having been rejected for my dream job, I received an email asking me to come back in for another interview. Then they called me to say they accidentally sent the email to all the applicants, and that they definitely aren't interested. FML
Today, after I applied and interviewed for a technical position in IT two weeks ago, they informed me that I didn't get it, because I'm "too technical." How the hell is that even possible? FML
Today, I found out I didn't get accepted into a program I was nominated to attend at work that all other applicants with less experience than myself did. I found out when they asked if I had gotten the acceptance email. They didn't even bother telling me I was rejected. FML
Today, I was rejected from a job for which I was perfectly qualified, as it was in my area of expertise. The interviewer was the most annoying prick and kept on talking and "helping" me debug from the moment I opened the technical task. I ended up asking him to please shut up so that I could think for a minute. FML
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Today, I was rejected by a company I applied to. When I was writing my application, I spent so much time on their website researching that the ads on my browser are almost all for their products. It's like getting rejected again with every click. FML
Today, I applied for a job as a dishwasher. I was denied because I don't have enough experience. FML
Today, I applied for a new job as a maintenance technician. About 10 minutes after submitting my resume, I received a rejection letter. My girlfriend is their HR person. FML
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Top comments
sierralm 4
You built the system, right? So create a virus and crash it, it'll cost them tons!
iranoutofnames 6
go somewhere else that uses the same system. and thank you ^ for not sayin first.
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Comments (63)
polico_wolf 0
if you designed their systems... why are you out of a job? Did you point that out to them?
TrollTrollTroll 0
firsties
Kingdutch 3
Epic Fail
Mewtwo_fml 1
Name and shame, OP! What company turned you down, what system are they implementing, and who are you? If your story is true, you can give the company quite a bit of bad press.
quinnteh 0
^ this Do it, OP. Oh wait but what if the company sues him instead?
Kylias 6
What can they sue him for?
Saccharide 0
They can deny it and sue him for slander.
razorp 0
yep If you built the system like you say, then I would say go fucke there work up with a nasty ass virus. or just make a better sytem copywrite it and sell it to another company
idkweird 0
I seriously doubt the OP was the SOLE creator of said system. He was probably on a team that created it, and if it's something that's easy to implement, why would they need him? Also, he knows nothing about the other candidates. Who is to say that someone else wasn't more qualified?
dudeitsdanny 10
Maybe you're a software genius with no job experience. FYL, either way. Hopefully its not because you forgot to include it in your resume.
jayyPee 0
dummy
Reality_bites 14
OP, You dont mention the role that you applied for. Its possible that they thought that you were overqualfied for the position, seeing as you developed the system that they were implementing and would leave after a short period of time. Also as you developed it, you know things about the system that your would be employer doesn't, meaning that had you got the job and your employment with the company didnt work out for eg you hated your boss you could reconfigure everything, bypass security measures, delete important system files, lock every user out, install hidden viruses and leave them in a royal mess when you left as a way of getting back at them. Not saying that you would of course, just saying that you could. No company likes their employees to have THAT much power.
CallMeHush 1
^^^ Truly evil mind.
him51772 0
He COULD do that but id put 100 bucks down that anyone who does that, and the company knows they did it, gets sued at the very least and probably some jail time. Didn't the kid who hacked Google get arrested? same deal more or less
APenguin 0
They may have turned you down as a security risk. Knowing too much about the system can make you capable of anything and in the IT world that scares people.
Major_General 10
A similar thing happened to my grandmother. She applied for a position and was turned down as over-qualified, but wanted to keep her resume as an example to judge other applicants by.
SirTerryWogan 0
WTF? Seriously?