“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.

“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.”
twoh7
3.

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.
retrocrebbon
5.

“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?

I was interviewed by the immediate boss and the VP of the team.”
fettuchiny
7.
“My previous manager didnt hire someone because she let it drop that she had a burnout years ago.

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.

I’m glad they went bankrupt.”
kelani_x
9.
I answered honestly and said that my dad had stage IV cancer at the time.

tiffc3
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.

kcbrady92
13.
I walked out laughing."
We lost out on hiring a lot of qualified people."

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