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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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“Feels like we’ve gone back in time”: Japanese game company asked job candidates to draw on the spot to prevent AI use

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“Go to court?”: After 11 interviews, tech company rejects candidate but keeps the code he wrote

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“You’re still fired and good luck”: HR gives new hire the wrong start date—then fires her for not showing up

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“You’re losing to people like me”: Man brags about lying on his entire resume to land a job

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‘Ulta workers are way more rude’: Woman walks into interview for Sephora. Then the interviewer rejects her and asks if she wants to work at Kohl’s instead

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‘Leave a Google review for that company and warn everyone’: Woman goes in for job interview. Then she asks how many hours she can expect

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Worker issues warning about Indeed after it informed her boss that she applied for other jobs

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‘I was pulled aside twice by my managers’: Worker issues warning about Indeed after it informed her boss that she applied for other jobs

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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‘I’m surprised they offered to reschedule’: Job applicant gets dress-coded during interview. Viewers aren’t sympathetic

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‘I would call hr and I’m not even that typa person’: Woman says job interviewer asked her ‘what was wrong’ with her teeth

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Job candidate talks about ‘toxic hiring process’ he went through, then outs company

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‘Here’s a company you shouldn’t work for’: Job candidate talks about ‘toxic hiring process’ he went through—then outs company

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‘I think I had a more professional experience with Starbucks’: Woman walks out on final interview with CEO so clueless he thinks she’s already been hired

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

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