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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Would you really want to work for someone who cannot accept other peoples beliefs anyway?
ragini95 16
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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Comments (111)
graceinsheepwear 34
Location is Canada, not US, although I imagine laws are comparable.
sugoine 12
1. That's illegal to inquire about. 2. YDI for walking into that trap.
makitokito 14
For some reason I read the first lines as "I went to get a ********."
joopjoop 19
ydi for talking about politics during a job interview... its none of their business!
sam_1221 13
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
Political beliefs are not protected. No recourse for you
lyssgross 16
Maybe he was testing to see how professional you were? More likely, just being a jerk. Sorry, Original Poster!
vauran 5
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
Sorry, but YDI for being naive enough to answer the question in the first place.
rokolodo 10
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!