
The boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak.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'm an IT bod (I know, shock right?) and I once went for an interview to be a sys admin for a legal firm in the city. Turned up at the interview suited and booted, passed all the technical questions and all in all it seemed to go really well. Then I got the feedback.
"Sorry, you haven't got the job, you were wearing a dark green suit and they felt it was inappropriate for the business."
Apparently, it's only black or gray for legal firms.
( , Wed 27 Nov 2013, 9:19, 11 replies)

the colour was probably the least of their worries.
( , Wed 27 Nov 2013, 10:18, closed)

it was a "fob me off" excuse, but what a crap one eh? Surely better to say I didn't meet the tech requirements rather than dis my fine suit.
( , Wed 27 Nov 2013, 10:23, closed)

Accountants are cool. Lawyers are cunts.
( , Wed 27 Nov 2013, 11:19, closed)

By green suit do you mean you were dressed as the Riddler?
( , Wed 27 Nov 2013, 11:36, closed)
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