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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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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 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

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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 Beth - 03/05/2023 12:00 - United States - Stamford

Today, I found out that I didn't get a job I really wanted, despite doing well on third round interviews (3 hours with 6 people), and having a good connection with the person I would've reported to. Now I'm upset and dropping the ball on emailing interviewers for the other good leads I have. FML

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By smellslikeahangover - 29/07/2015 02:55 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML

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By Downanout - 04/05/2019 18:00

Today, I found out I did so horrible during my interview that I didn’t even get a rejection email. FML

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eddeeezzyy 19

Friday 11 October 2013 1:16

Though it was an honest mistake of them, I find it rude that they included "definitely not interested" in the email.

LimeGreenCutie 9

Friday 11 October 2013 1:14

Nice of them to correct the mistake before you went in again.

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mk8833 9

Saturday 12 October 2013 1:46

Damn. That must've been salt in the wound! Try for another company though, don't let that one stop ya.

BFons 19

Saturday 12 October 2013 1:51

Hahaha that sucks man.

tranced_ 45

Saturday 12 October 2013 3:49

that's fate telling you to settle for something less.. for now..

darkfireflame 15

Tuesday 15 October 2013 12:53

Kick a man while he's down why don't they?

QueenMari 1

Friday 1 November 2013 16:57

Guess there's a new job at the HR department at your dream office!

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