Job interview, Pranks and Work: The Apprentice

The Apprentice

By panther of the desert - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - Puerto Rico - Rio Grande

Today, I was to have an important phone interview for a job. I got a call and everything went perfectly, and they said I was hired. Later, I found out that one of my "friends" had gotten one of his buddies to prank call me and make sure the line was engaged when the real interviewer called. FML

I agree, your life sucks 36 851

You deserved it 2 305

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By Pho_Rheal - 25/09/2009 00:11 - United States

Today, I got a phone call for a interview at Target at 4:30 pm. I got super excited, so I got dressed up and headed over there. I told the manager that I was there for my interview. He didn't know what I was talking about. My friends had prank called me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 40 974

You deserved it 3 566

Coming or going

By almost governmental - 05/09/2014 22:02 - United Kingdom - Peterborough

Today, I got a call about a job interview, saying I was hired. I was ecstatic, until they called me back and said they'd called the wrong applicant. They called again later, saying there'd been a mistake and I really was hired. When I went in to confirm it, they said they'd never heard of me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 51 644

You deserved it 3 084

By stilljobless - 21/05/2015 02:49 - United States - Willimantic

Today, I got a call from a really great company that I applied to work for, asking me to come in for an interview. When I went in, they had no appointment scheduled and no idea who I was. It turned out it was all a prank by my brother and his friends. My brother is 30. FML

I agree, your life sucks 31 548

You deserved it 2 180

Not working out

By Anonymous - 25/07/2014 02:04 - Canada - Burnaby

Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML

I agree, your life sucks 45 253

You deserved it 3 593

Say my name, say my name

By Anonymous - 28/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML

I agree, your life sucks 2 076

You deserved it 177

By goodtiming - 20/05/2010 16:58 - Canada

Today, I finally got a job interview, and I thought it went amazing. They were supposed to call me today or tomorrow with the news. Today is also the day that my phone company decided to cut my phone off. FML

I agree, your life sucks 34 974

You deserved it 5 614

Classic

By Wrong number - 25/02/2022 21:00 - Canada - Vancouver

Today, I got a call and was offered a position with a company that I really wanted to work for. I just had to wait a week to confirm that everything was good to go. Ten seconds after ending the call, they called back and said that they'd called the wrong person. The offer was for someone else. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 224

You deserved it 87

Aced it

By Kanata - 31/08/2019 02:05

Today, my phone cut out during a call for a job interview. I tried calling them back, but there was no answer. Later, I got an email from the interviewer, saying I was no longer being considered for the position due to my being "rude and unprofessional." FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 878

You deserved it 160

Canceled

By gonnabeunemployed - 08/12/2016 21:33

Today, I got a call from the only company that asked me to come in for an interview of the many applications I submitted. I answered it even though I was at my current job. My boss heard and chewed me out. The call was to cancel the interview since the position was filled. FML

I agree, your life sucks 9 090

You deserved it 1 749

By urrrppp - 26/03/2010 09:44 - Netherlands

Today, I got through to the phone interview stage for a great job. When the phone rang, I answered and suddenly, spontaneously, burped really loudly. The interviewer hung up. FML

I agree, your life sucks 28 833

You deserved it 11 032

Sub_Zero_is_God 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Drop your friend. He sounds like a dick.

baileygirl88 8

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Time to make new friends.

Comments

Sub_Zero_is_God 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Drop your friend. He sounds like a dick.

RaggleFrock 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:21

Sounds like? He most definitely is a dick. Who needs enemies with friends like that?

Sub_Zero_is_God 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:22

is*

TarieBoo 2

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:50

a dick sounds better than her friend. jobs are hard to get nowadays!!

SliceOfCake 9

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:55

31 - is it just me or is that comment really awkwardly phrased?

Comet_Candy 23

Thursday 3 May 2012 2:06

35 - is it just me or does your profile picture look absolutely delicious?

SliceOfCake 9

Thursday 3 May 2012 2:09

39 - it is not just you. I am delicious.

JustDerpin 11

Thursday 3 May 2012 2:57

OP should set up their friend on a blind date. with an old lady/man. (maybe they like the sag)

Lauren324 18

Thursday 3 May 2012 3:46

40- because of your picture I went out and bought chocolate carmel covered cake. Nomnomnom Thanks :D

CanWeMicrowaveIt 11

Thursday 3 May 2012 7:59

You should get one of your buddies to keep him engaged so he can't cry for mercy when you're shoving that phone up his ass. Then call it every 10 minutes so it vibrates.

baileygirl88 8

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Time to make new friends.

Cad6 24

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:41

It's not as easy as it sounds.

TarieBoo 2

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:52

appearently neither is making a good friend

ImWhiteBoy_WhoRU 10

Thursday 3 May 2012 5:55

Craigslist is always an option. Just make sure that you have some suspenders and stockings. Oh, and don't be afraid to model in them....

Il_Maestro 6

Thursday 3 May 2012 7:04

Make new friends, sure. Or you could just demand they pay you the agreed upon salary and see who gets the last laugh.

doctorhook86 24

Thursday 3 May 2012 15:32

I dunno, dick-move aside, any friend who takes the time to organize a fake interview just to prank you has got to be pretty fun...

alicat72998 0

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:19

Sorry about that OP. :/ that sucks.

llamafish 25

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:19

No offense, but you have poor taste in friends.

mybright 8

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:19

You need to find more considerate 'friends'....

_ebbonyy 11

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:21

your friends are cruel and selfish then! f*ck that :)

SliceOfCake 9

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:26

That smiley emoticon has no business being there. :)

_ebbonyy 11

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:48

wah wah

Furrywhiplash 14

Thursday 3 May 2012 3:24

30- There is just something about you that makes me want to spray you with a fire hose. :)

VictoriaSchultz 8

Thursday 3 May 2012 3:45

Then go Lindsey Lohan on her Regina George looking ass and push her in front of a bus. :) (from Mean Girls) It's a classic!!

JoHan55_fml 7

Thursday 3 May 2012 6:05

No shit

KiddNYC1O 20

Thursday 3 May 2012 23:32

She doesn't look like Rachel McAdams.

Airman1988 9

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:23

That sucks, there's a point where pranks go from funny to just plain shitty, this was obviously taken too far.

prettyladyjo 2

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:41

I second!! That was a crap move on your friends part

Margemander 4

Thursday 3 May 2012 16:50

Thirded. There's a difference between pranks and back stabbing sabotage. Obviously your "friends" are too immature, selfish, and cruel to know or care about the difference.