21 Horrible Things Interviewers Said In Job Interviews

16.

“2016. Had a bank manager at a trust bank that was being bought by a bigger national chain. They needed someone for at least the next 11 months before the official rebrand. My recruiter knew I was perfect for the job: I had 6 years experience and came from a large bank (bigger than the chain buying this branch) where I trained their employees. … [The interviewer] grilled me in the interview after getting all my qualifications from the recruiter. She told me the position would include travel to other branches that were converting on my own dime, that I may find myself as the only operator in the branch at peak times often, and other unfavorable situations that didn’t seem worth the minimal pay. I simply agreed with her and provided experiences I had managed under much worse conditions; it didn’t quite register she was crafting carefully worded microaggressions, but I could feel something was up as none of those things were listed on the referral for the position.”

“She finally came from behind her desk and sat on it, in front of me, and said something like, ‘Our clientele is used to a higher level of service. They likely wouldn’t take well to someone who, for example, looked like they may have worked at Walmart.’ It hit me, this woman was looking at me, past my formal dress and overqualified credentials, and just seeing a Black woman, and saying she didn’t think I belonged there. I left that interview and called the recruiter as soon as I got home, and I was shaking. I told him I had never been so insulted in all my life, told him what she had said about me and about the job (he refuted her job claims; none of it was true, and none of it had been told to the two other white people he recommended). She didn’t think I fit the ‘affluent’ nature of the branch.”

—l455ded38b