Not really a similar story, but the OP brought it to mind.
I once applied for a position as a software developer. It said “Java and RPG.”
I hadn’t done any Java in about 4.5 years at the time. And I’d never so much as touched RPG.
When they asked if I’d done any Java programming, I responded that it had been a few years, but I’d be “brushing up” on it. I wasn’t completely new to it.
But I said since I’d never touched RPG, I had been studying that in preparation for the interview.
And the interviewer looked at me funny and said “why?”
I explained that it was in the job description for the position I’d applied to. And he basically facepalmed, exasperated at whichever department was responsible for the job listings.
I’ve worked there for almost 8 years now and haven’t done so much as a single line of RPG.
Then there was the time I applied to a job listing for a Python developer. I showed up and they asked if I had any C# experience. I told them I’d never touched C#, but am a quick study. They said they were migrating away from Python to C#. Said it as if I shouldn’t have applied if I didn’t have C# experience. But I don’t know by what logic they expected me to have been able to intuit that given that the job listing said nothing about C#. Just Python.
Basically, I’ve never applied to a job that didn’t have glaring inaccuracies in the listing.
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And this is why you never say no to a job posting just because you think you’re not qualified. Apply anyway. You might be exactly what they’re looking for and be an otherwise great fit.
Every job I’ve had except for my first retail job I have not met the posted requirements, but I’ve been able to either learn on the job or proved in the interview process that I know the subject matter despite not having the degree.
I once a applied for a job that said C# .NET in the title, the requirements listed embedded systems programming qualifications, and their automated hiring thing gave me a little “aptitude test” asking questions for a tech support role. Literally one of the questions was if I would be able to install antivirus software on other employees’ computers.
I’ve been studying RPG in preparation for the interview.
Hiring manager to HR: “Good Lord what cruelty have we inflicted upon this person?” 😨
“Ok, then let’s say you give me a coffee so i haven’t come here for nothing and we look if you could use me somewhere else while i drink that coffee.”
Different, but still hiring fuckery
Friend applied for a job, database admin, HR called to set-up and interview. Two days later he got an email from the IT department, of that company, telling him that they weren’t actually supposed to be responding to applicants for the position. He emailed asking if the posted position had been filled, and then received weirdly worded response saying yes, but implying that it never opened for that particular job post. Then they stopped communicating with him. They were just posting jobs they weren’t hiring for.
He passed it all off to a link for, employment law, at the city chamber of commerce. Not that anything would be done.
Another possibility: what if the manager had a bias and immediately lied to turn away the applicant because their race/gender/appearance/eyc.
or autism
Or instead of just immediately playing the bigotry card on some green text…
Person could have walked in and was drunk, or high. Having worked in kitchens way back when I have seen both with great regularity.
Person could have walked in and been immediately inappropriate especially with the front house.
Maybe it was an actual high-end restaurant where it requires somebody to have actual skills,
then just say “you’re drunk go home” not pretending like the application didn’t exist
Your assuming that all the details are in the story, and everything said was accurate. Or hell, the story even ever happened and wasn’t made up.
Here’s an example, of people not really connecting the dots when they tell their side of the story. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t0QqrgWVvWw
Also, if a person shows up drunk to an interview, do you think they wouldn’t show up drunk to work? The kitchen is a dangerous place, I’ve personally seen many emergency room visits because someone was careless. And some people aren’t good at accepting “no” as an answer.
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Sadly some ‘jobs’ post positions just to collect resumes and sell the data. Just kicking us while we’re down really 😮💨
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Happens a LOT on LinkedIn. Be wary of recruiters who seem to immediately want your resume and nothing else before providing you with information.
Not just resumes either. I went through 2 interviews for a company, and then was suddenly ghosted after they’d collected the data they needed. They reached out to me, offering a position and when I told them how much I wanted for it (I didn’t realize I’d told them less than they had it listed for, since I hadn’t seen their job openings before being reached out to) they ghosted me and updated their job posting to match my desired pay
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Someone is getting a lot of no-show reservations.
Someone is about to have rats let loose in their restaurant
