


While most job applications focus on qualifications, this one wants to know more personal details.
A graphic designer from Ohio went viral after posting an atrocious question she was asked on a job application on Twitter.
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“New level of job application hell just dropped,” Salem Pierce, 30, tweeted.
The application for a visual design lead position at an unnamed company asked, “How do you feel life has worked out for you so far?”
“Please record a short, roughly 2-5 minute video response, and paste the link here,” it instructed.
The tweet has been viewed more than 2.2 million times and has 40,5000 likes and 3,754 retweets as of Wednesday morning.
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Many people were horrified by the question and found it extremely intrusive.
“Oh my god this is atrocious,” someone tweeted.
“I’d just drop my therapist’s email and tell them she will give them the Reader’s Digest version,” one person responded.
“Wtf. how is this helpful to any decision?” another questioned.
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“hUUHHH? coming from a recruiter. i’d never. what type of job is it?” one said.
“lmao i would simply cry on camera for 2-5 mins,” someone quipped.
“This has nothing to do with a job. This just screams to me that the founder wants to start another corporate cult,” one person wrote.
“That’s a hard pass. I don’t care if it seemed like my dream job, if I run across that in an application, I’m closing the tab and moving on to the next one,” another tweeted.
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Some were also concerned that submitting a video would lead to discrimination.
“Idk where in the interview process this is from, but do not like this. I could see so many ways this is an innocuous seeming way to weed out people from a protected class under the guise of ‘fit’ or ‘attitude’ or ‘charisma,'” someone said.
“I can’t think of a way where this couldn’t be used to discriminate,” another said.
“This is ABSOLUTELY going to be used to screen anyone for ‘excessive melanin’ while retaining plausible deniability,” one person wrote.
But some people saw this as a good thing and an opportunity to discuss how their lives have helped get them where they are today.
“This is interesting. sometimes i wish i had the opportunity to expand on my obstacles in life versus trying to make things make sense on my resume. for me, i think i would use this time to explain why my career trajectory looks how it does. but idk what their end goal is here,” someone suggested.
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Pierce’s job application inspired others to share their ridiculous job application stories as well.
“My husband (Land Development) at 48 was asked if he had any reservations about working with younger coworkers ‘as the entire office consists of young hip individuals,'” one person shared.
“I once applied for a job at Target, one of the questions was what percentage of politicians do I think are honest. I didn’t get the job,” another wrote.