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By Female - 29/09/2016 03:26 - United States - Montebello

Today, I was excited to finally get an interview after being unemployed since getting out of the military nearly a year ago. Turns out, they weren't even interested in hiring me. They'd just never met a female Marine before. FML

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By wasteoftime - 07/06/2017 20:00

Today, I went to a job interview. I never applied for the job, they'd sought me out, had a phone interview, and sent samples, all before the face-to-face interview. Turns out none of the people I met with had even read my resume or writing samples. I was told I might not be a good fit. FML

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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

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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

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By AgentKoos_99 - 11/10/2016 07:52 - South Africa - Johannesburg

Today, after waiting 3 months to see if I got the job I had applied for, I was told that they never received my application. Turns out that the email address that they told me to send it to was not being checked anymore and that they would be happy to consider me for the following year. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/12/2015 19:16 - United States - Mount Vernon

Today, I had my first job interview in months. The guy chuckled mockingly at my master's degree in philosophy and wound up admitting that he had no idea why I'd even been selected to be interviewed. FML

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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

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Close but no cigar

By bbb - 03/10/2012 16:19 - United States - Hillsborough

Today, after having tried for months to get a promotion at work, I finally had an interview for a higher position. Everything went great, and I was told I would get a call next week for my second interview. I went back to my desk, only to get an email stating they're canceling the position. FML

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By WTF. - 03/08/2019 20:00

Today, I was interviewed by a WalMart employee for a position in their pharmacy. I didn't get the job. I was more qualified than the woman who gave me the interview. FML

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Exploitation

By Anonymous - 20/12/2021 17:01

Today, after trying so hard to get myself back on my feet, I had an amazing interview and I was hired on the spot. I was so happy, until I read the position I was given, and it turns out I didn't get full-time, I got barely enough hours to even be part-time. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2013 17:59 - United States - Wallingford

Today, while despairing over having been rejected for my dream job, I received an email asking me to come back in for another interview. Then they called me to say they accidentally sent the email to all the applicants, and that they definitely aren't interested. FML

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inappropes 31

Monday 17 October 2016 5:01

What assholes

J352SAURUS 30

Monday 17 October 2016 5:12

Jeez, that's terrible. What were they planning on doing? Stare at you, say "wow, a female marine, it really is true" and send you on your way? I'm sorry to hear, OP. I'm sure you'll find a good job soon. For all it's worth, thank you for your service.

Comments

sarcasmismyno1 22

Monday 17 October 2016 5:31

I can't believe they had the nuts to waste your time and resources like that, and the gall to get your hopes up as well. They are total fuckwads and you are lucky you didn't end up working with that level of moron. Chin up love. The right job will come along.

OldSleaze 4

Monday 17 October 2016 5:50

Sooooo. Did you get the job?

Bearsmomma 30

Friday 21 October 2016 20:43

Holy shit, are you for real right now? Did you read the FML at all?

whatoftoday 6

Monday 17 October 2016 5:53

Use your GI Bill and go to school. They pay you to go to school.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 17 October 2016 6:09

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time getting interviews. Ex-military are usually highly desirable for many civilian jobs. Why do you think you're missing out?

Bearsmomma 30

Friday 21 October 2016 20:48

This could've been the first application submitted. Being unemployed for a year doesn't necessarily mean OP was actively searching that entire time.

GhostFox 33

Monday 17 October 2016 7:05

Spread that little event everywhere. And makes sure to include the names of the people who interviewed you. Any time the business comes up, mention hat they basically yanked you around because they wanted to gawk. Hopefully, people will actually show some of that pride in the military that they spread when trying to tell people to go IN to the army, and make the ******* suffer.

nykkilynn16 7

Monday 17 October 2016 13:24

That's terrible.

ralphnader 13

Monday 17 October 2016 16:16

Move out of California, other states have much lower unemployment rates and actually value military experience.

TheLawtman 3

Monday 17 October 2016 16:20

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ThrottleJockey 35

Monday 17 October 2016 18:34

The real reality is that you're being an asshole.

Siriusproblem 10

Monday 17 October 2016 19:35

You, are an idiot. Let's pretend for a moment that you're right. If American troops were invading other countries, stealing oil, and whatever else you deluded assholes complain about. Why would you target a soldier directly? The soldiers in ANY military deserve respect, because of how hard it is to achieve that. We could be talking about Axis soldiers in WWII, and they still deserve more respect then someone like you, or a common civilian. Now, back to reality. There will be a time in our life where America will go to war. When this happens, are you going to be prosecuting the soldiers then? I'm willing to bet the answer is no. As long as they're dying instead of you, what's the problem? Right? You need to clear your head and reset your priorities, a vast majority of people in the military are respectable and good people. Now to address that, of course there are going to be the crooked people serving. It doesn't matter where you look, there are going to be people looking for problems. However, you can't form your opinion on the whole branch based on a couple people. If you start to group people based on their role in life, you're no better than what you're falsely prosecuting them for.