These days, applying for a job is just as much work as the job itself. It takes forever to list every detail of your work history (that can be easily viewed on a résumé), and no one likes drudging through a 100-question assessment, but these are unavoidable parts of the dreaded job application process.
The mental hoops you have to jump through to apply makes the whole thing feel less like a job application and more like the SATs…and I forgot to study. Here are 17 screenshots from r/antiwork and r/recruitinghell of employers who put their applicants through trials and tribulations for a simple application:
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“They died doing what they loved. Working at Wendy’s.”
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The only logical excuse I can think of for this question to be on an application is if the job is “Bible salesman.”
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This would 100% just be my friends pretending to be old bosses.
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What kind of cruel riddle is this?
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The next step of this job application was to have an existential crisis.
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If it’s not an existential crisis question, it’s an ethical one.
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The two things any employer must know before hiring you: your résumé and what’s for dinner.
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Ah yes, the three genders: 🧍♂️🧍♀️🤿.
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Over two hours of interviews and a homework assignment.
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Technically, this one isn’t from an actual job application…but it’s so painfully accurate that it might as well be.
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I would genuinely need all remaining 6 minutes and 10 seconds to figure this out.
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I’m out of breath reading this.
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You will NOT be considered for this position unless we can be friends on FarmVille.
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And finally, the weirdest question ever asked on a job application.
Have you ever had an exhaustingly ridiculous experience while trying to apply for a job? Do you know what the right answer to the elephant question could be? No, seriously…because I have no clue, and it’s going to haunt me. Let me know in the comments!
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelsiehammond1/17-wild-questions-from-job-applications