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I hate the hiring process. I've been unemployed all my life, and an interview feels like pop idol. Everything is about the looks, the communication, what are you flaws, what do you like, why do you want to work here, etc.

Maybe it's because I live in france and that employers can't easily fire people, maybe I'm not the "best and brightest", maybe I'm bad at communication, maybe I can't manage to sell myself properly, maybe I have issues.

It feels like buying somebody to be a friend in a club, not paying him to do some work.

I think employers like to hire people "they can trust", and I find it stupid. It's normal at first, but I wonder why there aren't any company trying to hire people who are not likable and finding ways to make the company work. I mean a company is not a group a friend doing chores and having coffee, of course you need people to behave a little, but I don't understand why it can boil down to simply exclude elements that can create "awkward situations that can put the company in danger".




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