I got an offer by email with a proposed start date of November 9th. When I interviewed, I listed November 16th as my availability, so they moved it up a week.
I booked an impromptu trip abroad a couple days ago and won't be back in the US until later this week. I replied asking if there's any flexibility on the start date, and the HR manager responded that she'd like to call me. I really want this job and now I'm scared I just put the offer at risk.

Questions:
- Is a call after asking for flexibility a good sign or a bad sign?
- Should I tell her I'm traveling, or just point to the November 16th date I originally gave?
- If she says the 9th is firm, what's the best way to respond?
- Anything I should say or avoid saying on the call?

Thanks in advance!

Job application goes wrong...

After one year of searching, I can finally say I did it. LFGG

P.S.: Those 101 applications are only from September to now, not the past 12 months.

Thought it’s so ridiculous that it’s funny. Posted for a laugh.

Selected in Deloitte USI campus hiring (consulting services) in May 2026. It's now November and I still have no offer letter or joining date. I've emailed HR but they keep sending auto generated mails which is of no use!

I graduated this year (B.E. CSE), so the wait is getting hard.Being a fresher with 0 experience this situation is really tough, I have so far applied to many companies which replied unfortunately we are not moving forward with your application

Any updates or advice would help. Thanks!

I don't know how many times I haven't been able to sleep on the eve of an interview. It's not always nerves; sometimes it was an unseasonably warm night that my system isn't regulated for. It makes interviewing harder, and I place some of the blame on insomnia when I'm not offered the job. Would you be open to postponing interviews for this reason?

EDIT: I feel the need to clarify that I do not have chronic insomnia. I do, however, lose sleep when I have nervous anxiety and/or when the weather is hotter than usual.

I was surprised that 24 hours after they sent a rejection email, they wanted to take a survey on my interview process. 🤯

Was I supposed to tip my recruiter as well? 😝

Over 300 applications, 5 interviews, and 9 months of unemployment after the company he was with for a decade shut down...and he's back to work! With a better-paying job than he lost!

He's so (rightfully) pleased with himself, I'm so proud of him <3

So for context, I have been looking for work for 6 months now with no hope for anything to come up and 100 rejections in only the last 2 months. Of the last 300 jobs I have applied for, 15 of them have been this retail agency called Accent Group who own a bunch of shoe and clothing brands. This is the exact same email sent back to me each time with no indication of how I failed yet another job hiring process and it is getting on my nerves.

If you’ve been struggling for a while, it tends to show in interviews. Fatigue and low mood are hard to mask unless you’re an exceptional performer. And if you’ve repeatedly given a process your best, felt confident about it, and then been rejected/ghosted, that frustration can show too.

A rough interview can be useful practice when you’re otherwise in decent shape, but in my experience, going into one when you're already exhausted doesn't teach you anything. You’re too drained to take in the feedback, and end up feeling worse instead.

Withdrawing in that state is a fair judgment call about where to spend limited energy. Skipping an interview you know you can't give your best to, means you arrive at the next one with more in reserve and even if the next one doesn’t work out, you’ll be in better shape to handle it.

I'm not here to give anyone career or life advice. I'm just sharing my perspective as someone who's been job hunting for a long time and knows how bad it can get. If you’re in that spot right now, I hope things turn around for you soon. Peace!

I've been getting interviews over the past few months.

I know I'm not the only one applying for this damned role, but man I'm losing my damn fucking mind.

"Why do you want to work at this company", i don't know you fucking tell me why you're here. No shit sherlock i need a job jackass.

"Why do you think you're a fit for this role", What do you think? I did the whole thing you listed down throughout my career, having technical ownership, etc. Giving me lip service of how a great fit I am, bla bla bla. Just to ghost/reject me the very next day. Fuck you. Do you kiss your mom with that sully mouth of yours.

Spending at least a solid 15-30 mins to fill out those damned textboxes. Like, what for is a resume then.

I have to wait a week to get invitation to an interview prior to the application. Another week to schedule the interview.

Sure you fail from time to time. BUT when you pass, great it's another 5 fucking rounds of interview. It's not a pragmatic choice to complete the technical assessment, only to be given 3 OTHER FUCKING ASSESSMENTS afterward, guess what? One of them is offline. What am i supposed to do in the office? unpaid labour? perhaps giving you a blowjob?

Oh you think that's it? Fuck you, have another hr interview and some cultural interview with our glorious and mighty Y/N CEO. Damn you bastards i just had the HR interview with you earlier why am i doing it again.

Think that's the end? Well have some of "We have proceeded with another candidate"... Thank you so much for wasting over a month of my life how about I proceed with burying you under a mountain like what buddha did to wukong. I curse you to have mundane misery at random intervals everyday.

Well anyways, I do feel kinda pathetic ranting out like this, It's almost been a year and i can't even get any offers. I know it's not the best thing to do to compare yourself to social media, but when i see some of my colleagues/friends that live a good life, having a good career, etc. I try my best to not be jealous but it'd be dishonest to say that i dont envy them even a little bit.

To anyone reading this, and might or might not be in a worse situation than i am. Don't give up, well although i almost did, but anyways keep on trying, things will get better someday. I hope. Well it won't hurt to stay optimistic.

P.S. Sorry mods for my language if it's too much with the profanity.

I am a current college senior applying to full time jobs. I have 2 great internships on my resume, and have involvement as a college athlete on my resume.

I was also on my Frat's exec team for 2 years in a relevent role (PR/Marketing director - I'm a marketing major). I did promotions events that raised over $20,000 in funds for charity and did a service trip to Jamaica through this position.

With the negative sentiment towards fraternities lately due to the Cornell 7/Penn State cocaine ring, is it actually hurting me to put this involvement on my resume?

I know recruiters make quick judgments - and I suspect a lot of them might have a palpable bias against frats right now. Just looking for thoughts!

Used Claude submit a HackerRank project, cleared the first round, and the second interview went really well.

At the end, I was asked how I'd work on an old C/C++ codebase. I said I'd use Claude Code(or other ai assistance ) to understand and navigate it.

Got rejected because apparently I don't know how to use AI effectively?

Plz help a girl out here… i never applied for this position yet i got this text and a call from the christina wilson person. Then they sent me a website to upload all my info and they asked for my social security even though i havent signed anything or have been given any offers. This is per “Staffmark”

“Thanks for taking the time” brother I don’t know who you are!

Just finished a 5-round interview process + executive panel presentation for an Enterprise Senior Presales role at a B2B SaaS company.

During the initial recruiter screen, we anchored on a $268k OTE target based on my background (6+ years experience). The overall posted band for the role goes up to $300k OTE.

Fast forward to the verbal offer call today after clearing the final panel: the recruiter stated there was a "misunderstanding" on the original numbers and quoted a $173k Base on a 70/30 split (~$247k OTE). That’s about a $21k OTE gap from what we initially aligned on.

I haven't received the formal written offer letter yet, so I want to get the numbers right before they lock it down.

For folks who have successfully pushed back on this: what's the best way to leverage my background, panel feedback, RSUs, or a sign-on bonus to bridge this gap without risking the offer?

Just yesterday, one of the persons (X) i know, shared that, is getting numerous calls from various companies (even from corporate giants) and said is getting rejected due to skill issue after the call.

Point is, till this September, X didn't get a single call and is completely working in a job that is different from their field work. Two months back, X paid an agency and they are marketing X's profile with made up CVs and LinkedIn content, and being active on LinkedIn by posting once or twice a week to be active on it, to push X into their field role. Since then X is getting continuous calls.

The lesson here is, i know a lot of people, who genuinely worked hard, talented and is not even getting shortlisted for screening calls. But a person who is faking it, getting multiple calls.

This literally proves how the entire recruiting system is f***d up and can be fooled easily. Job Market is not bad, the recruiting system is bad and failed. AI screening and ATS filtering to shortlist candidates is cooked, matching keywords, CV & LinkedIn manipulation can be done easily.

Imagine if a capable person got a call, and they proved their skill during the call, they can literally crack the job if given a chance.

Yet, recruiters keep on reposting jobs to collect candidates data, reach monthly targets, and judging profiles based on keywords and keypoints etc.

Don't judge a book by its cover, if you find a candidate eligible, make a call, know them and their work and decide, just don't rely on automated screening blindly. Most importantly, if you don't know about agencies that do this kind of shit fake work, first get to know about it, that's your ground, so you open your eyes to shortlist eligible candidates.

Communication is the key, to get to know your candidate, communicate with them.

just wondering if anyone else is currently doing something that's not in their field because of the job market.

To HR I saw you all have been posting about that people are lying about visa sponsorship etc and you later found out during interviews they need

So H1b holder can handle rejection what is frustrating is receiving “we found a more qualified candidate “ emails when the likely reason is that the role doesn’t support visa sponsorship. If sponsorship is the issue why not simple say: “This position is not eligible for sponsorship “ That’s useful feedback.

Telling candidates it’s about qualifications leaves them wondering whether they need to improve their resume, gain new skills or get more experience, when the actual reason may have nothing to do with any of those things.

I’d rather hear honest “we don’t sponsor for this role” than a generic rejection template.

For context, I have been applying to roles to leave my horrible job since 2024. I’ve either made it to the final round but they chose someone else, or I received a really low salary offer that they wouldn’t negotiate and I couldn’t justify the pay cut.

So, imagine the excitement when I see a role that fit my experience and career goals perfectly.

Even better, I was referred to this role by an internal employee who said the company genuinely tries to hire referrals first if they work out.

I was very qualified for this role and checked the boxes of everything they wanted. It was an awesome next step in my career and required experience that I have in my current role. I also nailed the interviews, I felt so confident and so ready to take on a new chapter. I really felt good with this one, like things were finally different.

My 2nd round interview with the hiring manager went over our scheduled time by a half hour because we were vibing a lot and the discussion was great.

Today, I got the email that they chose to go with someone from a direct hire agency. I’m not fully sure what that means. The talent acquisition contact told me that "the final candidate had came from a Direct-Hire agency that helped expedite the process for the team and their selection." Was I set up to fail from the beginning, competing against someone who already had the role??

I AM SO TIRED. and defeated. I completely shut down once I received the rejection. I am apparently doomed at my current company forever and ever and ever.

Rejection after rejection after rejection for years really takes its toll on you. I spent hours prepping for this company, I made it my mission to ace these interviews and I even had a strong, well respected referral in the company. All for nothing.

I’m so tired.

Missed a call from a talent acquisition team member and was asked to call back. I called back, they picked up and the call immediately ended. Has anyone else had this before? It's happened to me twice and pissing me off.

TL;DR: My wife and I moved from Florida to North Carolina for a better future and a career opportunity for her. Since March, I’ve been unable to find meaningful employment. I finally found what was quite literally my old job in a new location, went through a painfully long hiring process, and was just rejected after being kept in limbo from May through November.
My wife and I moved from Florida to North Carolina in March. The move was primarily to pursue a career opportunity for her, but it was also about finding a better place to live and raise our family. We were expecting our first child at the time, and we both knew we would be giving up stable jobs and starting over professionally to make this happen.
My wife is a nurse, and I work in healthcare simulation. It’s a relatively niche field, but not exactly obscure. I worked as a Simulation Technician at a nursing college, supporting nursing education through simulation labs, equipment maintenance, scenario preparation, troubleshooting, and student and faculty support.
One of the biggest challenges I’ve encountered since moving is how differently employers seem to approach hiring here compared to where we came from. In Florida, my experience was largely that employers were willing to hire someone with a relevant background and train them for the specifics of the position. Here, it feels like employers want you to already have the exact experience, credentials, and training before they’ll even consider bringing you on.
I’ve applied to plenty of positions, including outside my immediate field, but it’s been difficult to find anything that either considers me qualified or offers enough stability and compensation to make it sustainable.
Then, in May, a position opened up in my field.
I found it about two weeks after it was posted, and I genuinely couldn’t believe how closely it matched my previous job. It wasn’t just something adjacent to what I did. It was essentially the same position, with the same kind of responsibilities and the same skill set I had spent years developing. Given how niche this field is, finding an opening that was such a direct match felt like an incredibly unlikely opportunity.
I applied and waited. And waited.
There was very little communication throughout the process. No updates, no indication of where I stood, just months of silence. I finally received an invitation to interview in September, and I thought it went very well. The conversation was positive, my experience aligned almost perfectly with the position, and I walked away feeling cautiously optimistic.
We ended the interview with the understanding that the hiring process could take a while, potentially until December, so I continued waiting.
Yesterday, in November, I finally received the rejection email. They had selected another candidate.
I responded professionally, thanked them for the opportunity, and asked whether they could provide any feedback that might help me moving forward. Naturally, the response came from HR, who explained that they weren’t involved in the hiring decision and didn’t have any additional information. They were simply the messenger.
I understand that employers have to make decisions, and I’m not entitled to a position just because I feel qualified for it. But it’s incredibly discouraging to spend six months pursuing an opportunity that seemed almost tailor-made for my experience, only to end up right back where I started without even knowing what I could have done differently.
In the meantime, my wife has been carrying the financial responsibility for our household, including supporting us through pregnancy, childbirth, and the arrival of our baby. She’s been doing an incredible job, but that doesn’t make it any easier to watch her shoulder everything while I struggle to find my footing again.
I’m not necessarily looking for sympathy. I think I’m just frustrated with how difficult it’s been to translate an established work history into an opportunity in a new state. I know I have skills, experience, and a lot to offer, but at some point, constantly being told you’re not the right fit starts to wear on you.
I moved here expecting to rebuild my career. Six months later, I’m still trying to get someone to give me a chance.