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‘It took 3 months to reject me’: Woman applying to TikTok shared job interview horror story

'I'm exhausted of the tech industry's ridiculous hoops you have to jump through just to get rejected.'

On Mar 12, 2023 by Charlotte Colombo

woman speaking caption 'applying for jobs... after applying for jobs and just being depressed (l) finger pointing to resume caption 'applying for jobs... I made a joke resume and uploaded it and apply the resume looks like this' (c) woman speaking caption 'applying for jobs... and for the past 3 days I've been applying tp serious jobs with that oh my God' (r)

‘I’m probably not gonna get callbacks’: Woman says she’s been accidentally applying to multiple jobs on LinkedIn with ‘joke’ resume

'I would hire you on the spot.'

On Dec 17, 2022 by Melody Heald

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‘It’s getting to be quite ridiculous…when the salary has been real low’: Job applicant calls out recruiters for being ‘nitpicky’ about resumes

'Why is it so difficult? If you're going to hire me, hire me.'

On Oct 6, 2022 by Lauren Castro

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‘These keywords will get you past the initial screening process, which is all robotic’: Recruiter exposes job hack to help you land interview

'I merely told you what we did that got candidates in the door.'

On Aug 10, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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‘Still better than 99% of recruiters who just stop communicating’: Viral TikTok sparks debate about honest feedback after a job interview rejection

'Ummm I'll take being ghosted.'

On Jul 16, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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white man in white t-shirt calls out recruiter who reached out to him but refused to negotiate a salary

‘Get a better budget or get a cheaper person’: Worker calls out recruiters who first reach out to him but won’t negotiate pay

'You slid into MY DMs.'

On Jun 26, 2022 by Jack Alban