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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was simply baffling—it felt like HR was just trying to meet a quota. Then they said that I seemed outgoing and had experience participating in many activities, so I probably wouldn’t be suited to sitting indoors doing accounting all the time. It was the first time I’d heard that having participated in many activities meant someone couldn’t accept indoor work. I was quite speechless at the time.
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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was completely baffling and felt like HR was just trying to meet a quota. Then they said that I seemed outgoing and had experience participating in many activities, so I probably wouldn’t be suited to sitting indoors doing accounting all the time. It was the first time I’d heard that having participated in many activities meant someone couldn’t accept working indoors. I was quite speechless at the time.
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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was simply absurd—it felt like HR was just trying to meet a performance target. Then they said that I seemed outgoing and had experience with many activities, so I probably wouldn’t be suited to sitting indoors doing accounting work all the time. It was the first time I’d heard that having participated in many activities meant someone couldn’t accept working indoors. I was quite speechless at the time.
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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was completely baffling and felt like HR was just trying to meet a performance quota. Then they said that I seemed outgoing and had experience with many activities, so I probably wasn’t suited to sitting indoors and doing accounting work all the time. It was the first time I’d heard that having many activities meant being unable to accept indoor work. I was quite speechless at the time.
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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was simply baffling—it felt like HR was just trying to meet a performance target. Then they said that I seemed outgoing and had participated in many activities, so I probably wasn’t suitable for sitting indoors and doing bookkeeping all the time. This was the first time I’d heard that having many activities meant being unable to accept indoor work. I was honestly speechless.
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I was invited to an interview by HR, only to be told that I had no relevant experience. It was simply baffling and made me feel like HR was just trying to pad their numbers. They then said that I appeared to have a lively personality and had experience with many activities, so I probably wasn’t suited to sitting indoors doing accounting work all the time. It was the first time I’d heard that having participated in many activities meant being unable to accept working indoors. I was quite speechless at the time.