Job Applicants Who Walked Out of Interviews Share Their Stories

Last one in, first one up

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I had an interview for a teacher training position and was still recovering from a pretty major surgery, so was still on crutches. I arrived 30 minutes early, and they then told me that the interview was taking place in a different building on the opposite end of the campus.

When I asked if they had any form of help with transport, I got a weird look and they said “It takes less than 10 minutes to walk there.” It took me nearly half an hour.

When I got there the two other candidates were already there with the head of faculty, who welcomed me with a “glad you decided to finally join us.”

We had to do presentations and I was told “it’s only fair, last one in first one up”. I did my presentation, then went in for my individual interview. The first question was: “do you make it a habit to be the last one everywhere?”

I’d had enough. I asked them if they made it a habit to discriminate against people with disabilities (they’d have had no idea it was just surgery recovery), and iterated that I had no interest in being educated by an establishment that ridiculed people for something they had no control over, then I hobbled out.

A week later they offered me a place on the course.

I rejected, wrote in with my grievances, and never heard back.

/IdgePidge

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