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The boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.

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(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
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I've twice witnessed someone being turned down for a position
on the grounds that, as they were of Pakistani/Nepalese origin, they would "talk funny" and "not fit in".
Equal opportunity employer, my arse.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:08, 3 replies)
We can't discriminate on the basis of many things
none of which had any effect on our decision.

We are not obliged to offer someone a job, we are only obliged not to consider race, age, sex or religion when we make that decision. None of those were factors.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:17, closed)
Or marital status. Or parental status. Or sexual orientation. Or gender identity.
And the precedent for the definitions of both race and religious belief or lack thereof is broad enough to encompass almost anything short of claiming for being a scouse Jedi.

The only sensible and safe rule is to have an explicit set of requirements and only recruit against those and absolutely nothing else.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:29, closed)
Probably about right.
Still seems daft that you can't refuse to employ someone who publicly hates and physically abuses people who share the same religion as his prospective employer.
(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 8:48, closed)
You could put 'must be able to hold a union jack the right way up and not take a piss against a national monument during a supposedly respectful demonstration'

(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 9:13, closed)
I am a Scouse Jedi

(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 19:51, closed)
Strictly speaking either of those reasons could be fine
if there was a valid business reason and it was clear in the job description.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:23, closed)
This is true but
neither of the people involved had any difficulty in making themselves understood, and the jobs involved were data entry.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 20:18, closed)

www.b3ta.com/questions/jobinterviewdisasters/post2151907
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 20:37, closed)
I've heard about folk being turned down for roles
because of alleged character flaws somehow found out* from analysis of their handwriting

* read: made up
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:33, closed)
It's still dead common in France.
Les fucking imbéciles.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:48, closed)

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