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Thursday, August 17, 2006

There's one record left that you haven't played

"I'm sorry," my dad said into the phone. "Apparently your scores were too low on the assessments."

"No shit. That was how they were assessing me," I said.

"You got 2 out of 4 on all the assessments," he said. "But it does say that even people who got threes didn't get through because of all the competition."

"Great, so I was even further off."

I don't think my dad had looked at it that way.

I opened my email inbox, thankful for a lack of power cut, and discovered two charmingly worded emails from my favourite firms. One would like to thank me for my interest in the firm but they unfortunately will not be taking my application further. Unfortunate for who?

The other, open-day people for whom I braved the razor-blade shoes, said competition was very high. Is it really? God, I never knew that. It's not like I spent hours on your form or googled you 18 times trying to find info.

Oh, and that second one? They would also like to point out, on the bottom of their email, that they're in The Times 100 Best Companies to Work For because they pay so much and are so kind to their employees.

Thanks for pointing that out whilst simulataneously refusing me entry into your assessment centre/offices in general.

Pah.

by billygean.co.uk at 7:18 PM |