By SolarLunix - 24/12/2016 19:52

Today, after a 10-week internship/interview process, I found out that I was passed up for a job I was competing with the other interns for. I also found out that the girl who sat next to me, who constantly borrowed my notes, and who needed help for every task got hired instead of me. FML
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Alright, so a lot of you guys are wondering why I would lend my notes to my competition - there were three reasons. 1. This internship was also part of our graduation requirements, and she was a really nice girl. I didn't want her to fail so I would lend her my notes when she forgot to write something for that day just so she could have a refresher. 2. The people I worked with at the company made it sound like there was NO WAY she could beat me out - my mentor had worked with her and said she was constantly invading personal space and making it difficult to work with. So I thought it wouldn't be that harmful to make sure she got a good grade. 3. I was told that I needed to be friendlier with the other interns, eat lunch with them, and help them out more rather than actually working with the other people in the company and getting to know the other employees. It didn't seem to matter that my mentors were giving me actual work to do... Honestly, I'm not too disappointed, I'm working on my PhD application right now, and so hopefully I'll have some better news soon.

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Uh, no matter which tense was used, the word "have" was correct. "Does she have big ****?" or "Did she have big ****?" It wouldn't be "Does she had big ****?" Either way, it was a bad joke, but don't be an asshole when you're wrong, too.

Why would you lend notes to the competition?

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It'll be alright in the end. Once she's finally hired no one is going to help her do the work the way you helped her pass. Karma balances everything lol.

Very clever. She's going to go far in life. Success isn't about skill at your field, it's about skill at convincing other people you're skilled. She played on your emotions like a pro. She's going to be rich one day.