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laundry_queen

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2. The rest of the article describes my current workplace pretty well
Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:30 PM
Jan 2016

and it's maddening.

The last time I applied for a job without having every.single.qualification I was thoroughly shamed by the HR team doing the hiring - hey, at least I got the interview, although I suspect they only wanted to interview me so they could have some fun shaming me - it was without a doubt the rudest interviewing team I've ever seen. They 'shushed' me several times. I was told I was not allowed to tell them any extraneous information about myself, that they would ask the questions and I would stick strictly to the topic TYVM or they would cut me off. And boy did they. I was definitely not allowed to sell myself, LOL. It's made me a bit leery of doing that again. It wasn't like I was WAY under qualified either. They weren't looking for a degree...I had one. They wanted 2 years experience in one area, and I had 1 year experience in a related area (acted as a support for the area they wanted). Sheesh.

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