Foreign Office
I went for a job interview with the Foreign Office once. The interview lasted a whole day and I even had to sign the Official Secrets Act as part of the process (so I probably shouldn't be writing this!). It was for a very good job and I was gutted to get the rejection letter a week or so later.

However, I was absolutely mortified to find out a few days later that my mum had got hold of the rejection letter and had phoned them up demanding to know why they hadn't given her precious little boy a job! She berated them for their poor recruitment choices and apparently finished her little speech by indignantly telling them that it was "their loss" before slamming the phone down.

I was 27 at the time.
(Lionel Tiger, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:39, 6 replies)

oh dear
still, look on the bright side, now that you've broken the OSA you'll soon be in Gitmo in an orange boiler suit so you won't need a job.
( spesh., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:42, closed)

So YOU'RE the one!
We hear tales of you, no joke :-)
(batmowes Internet Dating Superstud, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 19:31, closed)

I too had an interview there
I stole some loo paper just because it had 'Property of the Foreign Office' printed on every sheet.

thats me for the Tower then
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sat 12 Sep 2009, 1:24, closed)

Yup - my mum's done that
And I got a job :s
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Sat 12 Sep 2009, 2:17, closed)

Y'know
I hear lots of stories of people going for secret jobs where they are not allowed to talk about applying. I suspect that the recruitment process shows up the fact that they can't keep a secret and that's why they're rejected :)
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 12 Sep 2009, 15:13, closed)

I've signed the Official Secrets Act
And as far as I know, that isn't an official secret, so I'm allowed to tell you.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:10, closed)