“A candidate was declined because they brought their resume in a Jonas Brothers folder.”

Some employers can be totally heinous when it comes to rejecting people from working for their company.

Here’s what they had to say:

1.

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“In my field, I have a thousand of these stories.

My favorite is when a candidate was declined because they brought their resume in a Jonas Brothers folder.”

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3.

Man in office looks stressed with hand on forehead, sitting at desk with laptop and smartphone

The only thing they had that was right was that all the exit signs were lit."

“I got rejected from an office job because I wasn’t doodling in my sketchbook at the interview.

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5.

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“I was working as an apprentice mechanic for a mechanic shop that happened to be a franchise.

Most of them wouldnt hire me because I had no experience.

How will you get experience when no one will hire you?

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I was interviewed by the immediate boss and the VP of the team.”

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7.

“My previous manager didnt hire someone because she let it drop that she had a burnout years ago.

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Its never her fault, though.”

“I was denied a sales job at Circuit City for being too short.

As it turns out, that was an open policy at quite a few of those stores.

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I’m glad they went bankrupt.”

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9.

I answered honestly and said that my dad had stage IV cancer at the time.

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11.

I had no luck for a few months and decided to start studying to hopefully increase my chances.”

I was applying with at least 10 years of customer service experience as a cashier at a grocery store.

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13.

I walked out laughing."

We lost out on hiring a lot of qualified people."

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