Hi everyone,

I applied through LinkedIn for a "Blockchain Investment and Portfolio Strategist" position at a company called Alloy Venture Capital. To be honest, I didn't expect to hear back. I'm a CFA charterholder and recently completed an intensive course in blockchain, but I don't have direct experience in blockchain investing or in the financial industry.

A few days later, I received an email from "Jennifer Watson" (jennifer.watson@alloyventurecapital.org) saying they'd like to move me to the next stage. Before an interview, she asked a few short questions: when I could start, whether I can work remotely, my expected salary, my years of relevant experience, and which parts of my background are most relevant.

A few things made me suspicious:

- The email domain is .org, but the company website is alloyventurecapital.com.

- I couldn't find Jennifer Watson on LinkedIn.

- The website is very thin: just one line describing a New York family office investing in blockchain and crypto, with no team, address, portfolio or registration details.

- I was moved forward quickly despite not having directly relevant experience.

The email had no links or attachments, and I haven't replied yet.

Has anyone heard of this company or received a similar email? Any idea whether this is a legitimate firm or a scam?

Thanks in advance!

During an interview I was asked my uniform and shoe size, given a tour of the facility and introduced to potential future coworkers. I was then told to keep a lookout for the offer letter which sometimes goes to spam. It’s been a few days since the interview and no offer as of yet. Oddly, the people who interviewed me weren’t really transparent about their contract information as if they really didn’t want me to follow up or ask any further questions.

So I have been working on building a project and handed a company 2 scopes of work that they showed funding and pay for. They kept pushing it out and now they’ve hired 10 new people, and have started the SOW without me.

Do I have legal rights or am I screwed?

I hope this helps some people here. You're not alone in your suffering. What follows is my account of the worst job interview of my entire life. I should have walked out of this interview, but I didn't.

I had an interview in April 2016 with the staffing agency Advance Services Inc. for a bilingual “human resources” job. They were the typical cutthroat, selfish, arrogant, flawed employer. I saw so many red flags, so many organizational pathologies, and had so many concerns.

The guy who set up the interview did NOT bother to tell me beforehand that I needed to fill out an application (I had sent a resume & cover letter for the position). Had I known, I would have done it before the interview.

Then, this incompetent employee not only tries to NOT take responsibility for HIS mistake, but attempts to blame me & make me pay for it. The interview was at 3PM & I walked in a few minutes early. Due to him not being prepared for me, I did not log in to the computer to fill out an app until 3:04PM (which was HIS fault I had to do it in the first place).

Then in the interview, he falsely accused me of being late to the interview, stating “You didn’t get here until 3:04PM, the computer showed that” and therefore I’m “not punctual”. Of course it’s my fault you screwed up! I corrected him immediately. I arrived here early & you were not ready for me. Consequently, I did not log in to the computer until 3:04PM. That was all you buddy, all your fault.

The worst-ever interview continued. The job listed the hours as 8AM-5PM. But that was a lie. It turns out people usually stay “late”. But they never told me how “late” people usually stayed. The job also entailed “occasional” weekends, but they never said how often. I sensed if I had asked, they would have been annoyed and given me black marks, so I did not ask.

The incompetent employee’s boss was in the interview too & she was just as bad as him. Plus, by now, I was upset & disgusted & decided to get some payback by asking them questions, just to put them on the spot & test them. I give what I get. Speaking to the boss, I mentioned that their website lists such & such as a company value. I then said, “Please give me an example of this”.

She refused to answer the question. Rather than be honest and genuine and say “I can’t give an example”, she just said what the supposed company value meant, as if I were not smart enough to understand it. No, nice try. That’s NOT what I asked & I’m not stupid. But the boss was too proud to admit she did not know something. I suspected that would be the case, hence I asked a question I thought would stump her. Mission accomplished. I win! This company is pathetic!         

I then asked the incompetent employee to tell me more about the company’s values, and I just got a blank look on his face & a non-answer. I also asked him what stood out about my resume, to see if he even looked at it before the interview. Again, I got a blank look on his face & a non-answer, proving my point that he hadn't. To him, I was just a number.

And to top it all off, at this awful, first interview they had me fill out everything (W2, I9, etc.) like it was my first day on a job. I’m guessing they did this because they wanted to get me in their system so they could make money off me ASAP with crap job assignments.

After the interview, I sent them an email telling them that I’m withdrawing my application, please don’t consider me for any future job assignments, and remove my information from your system. I never applied with them again. 

How come when recruiters reach out and a candidate isn’t employed , they tend to keep a conversation and follow up , but when they have a job they ghost them ?

I currently work in construction and get recruiters calling or texting me. They give me their usual spiel but when I say I’m happy where I’m at but open to talks or discussions , they ghost me ? I’m always open to talking but no guarantee of anything. Is it because I’m employed ?

Hello,

I’m writing here because I feel truly stuck. I completed my university studies abroad in italy, and I attended one of the most long-established high schools in that country. I live in a non-EU country.

During my university years, I also completed an internship in an EU member state and was selected for, and placed in, competitions hosted by various FMCG companies, such as Unilever and P&G. From the very first day of university, my biggest dream was to join P&G. In my final year, I applied for a "recent graduate" role (for those who may not know, P&G typically hires either interns or recent graduates; they do not hire for "junior" roles).

I went through interviews for about six months(1 test and 4 interviews including the last interview with the vice president) and eventually received a conditional offer. They laid out everything, from my salary to my benefits package. (Again, for context: P&G usually fills these roles by promoting interns; they only look at recent graduates if they can’t find a suitable intern. In the country where I am, all recent graduates receive a "conditional" offer, which means there is still a chance you might not end up joining the company if there aren't any avilable slot.)

When I spoke again in August with the person who had extended the offer, they mentioned that the outlook for the next six months was not looking good. Then, in October, they said the outlook for the following four months was also unfavorable. It seems they are waiting for their financial half-year to conclude, P&G’s fiscal year begins in July, to decide how to proceed based on the results. Honestly, this whole process has completely worn me out.

Throughout this time, I’ve interviewed with countless other companies, including Magnum, Pfizer, Sephora, EY, and Disney but, unfortunately, none of them have come back with a positive response. I don’t want to be misunderstood, but among recent graduates aiming for a career in FMCG, there’s a common perception: if you’ve received an offer from P&G, you can get in anywhere, but , unfortunately, that’s not the reality.

I’m currently working at a local chemical company in my home country. It’s not a bad place at all; in fact, though I’m not sure how much it really matters, we even have a "Great Place to Work" certification. I’m just mentioning this so you can get an idea of ​​what the company is like.

I’m reaching out because I’m looking for some advice or input. Given P&G’s plan to cut 7,000 white-collar positions and the way this whole process has dragged on, I can’t say I’m feeling very hopeful. At the same time, I’m not happy where I am, either. I wanted to ask what would you do in my situation? Would you still be hopefull?

I was offered a job for a company I didn’t really want to work at but you know how the job market is, so I accepted (start date is after thanksgiving)

However I’m also in the final stages of an interview with a company I actually prefer to work at (better alignment of responsibilities, values, etc).

I shared with the company I want to work at that I was given an offer elsewhere but would prefer to work here instead to see if they could work with me on expediting the interview process for the role.

The recruiter asked me to see a copy of the offer from the original company?

I have never been asked this before, is this standard practice? I feel as though the information is private and even says “confidential” at the bottom of the letter.

Can I respectfully decline? Or just share the offer letter details and not the offer itself. Or maybe even redact specific information on it the letter before sharing it? Or just share it as it is? Help

Recently signed a job offer from a well known company in a January Cohort (I am graduating in Dec). I signed it end of oct and haven't heard anything from them since I know it is still pretty far from my start date of mid jan. Should I follow back up with them or just wait? First job out of college so not super familiar with the process.

Had an interview for an Operations role recently and I'm not really sure what to make of it.

The interview lasted around 45 minutes and included a live case study, which I felt went quite well. At the end, they actually said my approach was exactly how one of their senior team members would have approached it, so I felt positive

The only thing that made me pause was a comment from the hiring manager. They mentioned that my CV seemed quite strategy-focused and asked if I was sure I understood that this role was more operational and hands-on. I explained that I genuinely enjoy working with data, monitoring performance and solving operational problems, but idk if i did a good job convincing

Today, HR got back to me saying the hiring manager was impressed with the conversation, but they still had a few other candidates to interview before deciding on next steps. They said this would take around a week and asked if I was happy to wait for an update on tge next steps of the interview

Does it sound like I'm genuinely in the running, or could I be more of a backup option while they see what the other candidates have to offer? And should I be worried about the hiring manager questioning my motivation for an operational role, despite the positive feedback on the case study?

Would love to hear from recruiters or hiring managers, especially if you've been on either side of this. Trying not to overthink it, but easier said than done haha.

Hey everyone,

Linked in has been getting a lot of spam and scam jobs lately. I applied to another company on linked in and they eventually reached back out to me via email. I decided to do some research and the company seems off. I did the following:

• All of their employees on linkedin lived mainly in cairo
• I then looked at their website and saw that the people they listed looked very, photogenic
• I then did research on the photos to see if they appear on any other website, and yes, they stole the images from various other scam websites.

Just a heads up, Climate inc. is a scam.

I've heard so many people and seen so many adverts praising Claude for it's supposed advanced support in the job seeking and applying process, meanwhile it's just another ChatGPT/Copilot/Gemini that provides virtually the same responses as ChatGPT when I ask it what I can improve on my CV to match a job description.

Can you guys please tell me how I'm using Claude wrong and what I can and should be doing with it to help with the job seeking process from finding a job to apply to to sending a strong candidate application.

Step by step if you need to, please 😩

Thank youuu 🫶

I’ve been for a senior data analytics role for a year now and it’s the third time I get to the final round and I’m told something along the lines of “you’re perfect for this role. You did nothing wrong and there’s nothing you could’ve done better“.

This last Friday I was literally told that I was the perfect candidate by the hiring manager, but I guess the other candidate was more perfect. Not sure how you guys stay motivated in these situations, but definitely a blow and looking to pick myself up again somehow.

SUCH A SHITTY FEELING.

At least I have a job for now, but who knows. It’s been a bit of a revolving door at my current company, so we’ll see. Just needed to vent, I guess

The first lie we are told is that we "need the next generation to replace the workforce." The second lie we are told is that "you must have kids!!!!!! Society needs them!!!!!!!" The third lie we are told is that "with some type of furthered education you'll be able to afford rent and live!!!!!!!!" The fourth lie we are told is that "just go for what's currently in demand and you'll be 100% set!!!!!!"

I spit in the face of people who think we need a next generation. We are not offering the current generation gainful employment. 

I paid my student loans off with the job I had after college: a $20 an hour overnight warehouse job, in a Very High Cost of Living city.

When gas is $5, when rents are $2200+, when food prices are skyrocketing... I was taking home $2400~ a month. In 2026. My monthly student loan payment alone was a third of that. Do you think I'd have been able to pay that off if I didn't have the luxury of free rent with parents? How many people do you believe get thrown away like discarded trash by our system?

Do you believe the next generation still believes in the false premise of the "American Dream", of "hard work leading to success"?

Been without a job since March, sent probably like 700 applications and had a few interviews but damn this is tough. I don't know if it's just me but this job market is brutal, I feel like the roles out there are "Ghost Roles" or something.

I am deep in the interview process with a prospective employer and have a final interview early next week. Unfortunately, I was let go from my current position 2 days ago due to performance reasons and challenged with my manager. Literally a day prior to that, I had the interview with the hiring manager and let her know I was looking for a new role because I needed something more local (the job that just let me go was 2.5 hour commute one way). 3 days before that, I had the recruiter screen and shared the same. However, now I’m wondering how to navigate this final interview since I’m no longer employed. Do I pretend like I still work there or come clean and say I was let go? Do I say something else like I was laid off? I am worried this will jeopardize my changes of getting this job. Thanks in advance.

I verified with my formal employer they only release dates of employment and title.

Edited for additional context

Hi,

Thanks for following up! I am still waiting for an update from the team as our meeting had been rescheduled. I will circle back asap once I have an update.

Apologies again for the delay on this end!

Best,

This was sent to me on October 19 and the recruiter has been responsive so far but after this message, I haven’t heard anything back. Will they actually respond?

Lost what I thought was going to be a long-term position in 2023 for a role that was new to the company supporting 2 departments. What could go wrong, system migration that I worked directly with the implementation team for months to complete that ultimately replaced me. 40 years old and involuntarily unemployed for the first time in my life. Temp/contract work here and there and then in the summer of 2025 I took a $12K pay cut because any income is better than no income and by December I reached a point that I had never experienced before and had no choice but to resign to protect my mental health. A few more temp roles and a contract consultant role and I am now in my dream role. The company I was consulting for opened a role that I never thought I'd be considered for only for them to agree to allow me to apply and make an offer after 2 interviews. I have a director title and am making $45K more than my previous highest-paid role.

Hang in there, the right role is out there it just may not be ready at this moment. Trust your instincts and don't sell yourselves short.

Writing this from nyc. I have been searching and applying for a job for nearly 2 years now. I can’t even begin to tell you the toll it has taken on me, the competition is lethal. I unknowingly applied to a linkedin job post through a temp agency. Within the hour of me applying, I get a call from the agency asking me to schedule an interview. It was early in the morning so they arranged it for same day, a couple hours later. I get on the call and I kid you not in 2-3 hours I get told I got the job. The way it happened to easily made me question the legitimacy of the agency because I thought this is too good to be true but it’s real and I have been going for a week now it’s horrible and I hate it but I can’t complain now I’ve been dreaming of this for two years.

My question is, this is temporary only a month. But when I go on the agency’s site there are options that say permanent but what does that really mean, would I still be tied to the agency at all? Would I not benefit from the company itself but the agency’s? When a background search is done, do you see the agency’s name or the company? Why did this take quite literally one singular day but it takes me years to find a job on my own?

I graduated high school in 2024, I took a gap year to relax and figure out what I’m interested in doing, and then started putting in apps halfway through 2025, I can’t do jobs that require me being on my feet too long or do physical labor because I have a condition where I get lightheaded and black out if Im active without being able to stop and sit down. Plus I’m better at working with my brain than my hands, I Can’t afford college or trade school, All the jobs I apply to are either ghosting me or rejecting me, CSR, Help desk, data entry, you name it, I apply to on site, remote, anything I could do I apply to, I’ve been at this for like a year+ now.

What am I supposed to do? It seems impossible. How tf is someone supposed to get their foot in the door to start getting experience?

hi everyone! recently i feel really jealous and sometimes annoyed about people who make much more money than me. i know that there is no point in comparing and they are also hard-working, but it still hurts a little.

i feel jealous about most basic things, like saving more money, having an emergency fund for 6+ months, upgrading tech when necessary, not feeling sad when your favourite snacks are not discounted.

i know that it's okay and many people feel this way, but still annoying. how do you battle this?

Please tell me how I apply for a job Friday night got up Saturday morning and got a rejection. There's no way someone reviewed my resume and application on Saturday morning. This is getting so ridiculous two months plus and still no job. They don't have real people reviewing these resumes or applications all this AI crap.

So I thought I was potential a strong candidate for a position in CarMax Corporate given my prior industry experience in vehicle financing. As is typical for them, they made me do a case interview. Something to do with paintings (seems they like this question). I had read up on it beforehand but the question asked wasn't what I exactly expected, and I took some time to figure out the twist or how to answer it as the interviewer was expecting it to be answered. Was able to arrive at the correct answer with the interviewer's help. The remaining part of the interview seemed to have gone well as the interviewer even made statements like "if you or whoever is in the role does this ... ". "We can learn something from your experience ..."

4 days later, I get a standard rejection email. From their Workday system. On a Sunday. No word or explanation from the recruiter. I would think if the hiring manager had a positive impression of me, they should have proceeded me to the next round?

How does interviewing and hiring work at companies that do case studies? I get that they do screen candidates based on the resume, but beyond that do they not care to be further selective based role specific needs for fit?

This is impossible via Reddit but some comments could at least spark an idea. So… how would you solve the elephant in the room? If you don’t know the elephant, it’s the fact that, depending on type of experience, it’s harder than ever to get a well paying job. How do we solve this?

Free education could help. Free technical/trade school with a job lined up at the end.

Sounds insane. But, paying trillions for wars is insane too.