She Was Subjected to Inappropriate Questions During a Job Interview—So She Reported the Hiring Manager and Got Him Fired
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A job interview is a time when a company can learn about a potential candidate, and the candidate can learn about the company. It should never be a place where anyone is looking for dating opportunities.
What would you do if you went to an interview and the interviewer kept asking you very personal questions, and he even got upset when you called him out on it?
That is what happened to the woman in this story, so after it was over, she found his manager and reported him, which led to him being fired. Now she feels bad about it and wonders if she did anything wrong.
To me, there is no doubt that she did the right thing, and the interviewer deserved to be fired. Read through the full story below and see if you agree.
AITA for getting my interviewer fired?
I (f27) went to a job interview for a potential job opportunity at this company.
Things are starting off weird.
The interviewer, we’ll call him “Eddie” (30ish) welcomed me into the office and had me sit down.
First thing he did was look at my CV then started asking me questions that seemed a little to personal and unrelated to the job.
He is really crossing the line.
Things like if I was in a relationship, wether my eye color was “real” or just ‘lenses”, also asked about how I spend my time when “alone” and what type of dudes I like.
Like legit personal questions. I don’t know if he was testing how I react, but I kept it cool til he asked me the question of what my greatest weakness was.
Honestly, why would she want that job?
I responded by saying “keeping up with your inappropriate questions and answering them politely!”. He looked at me upset and then told me I had an “attitude”.
It was clear that the interview was over. He told me I didn’t get the job, which I found unfair because I don’t think I desreved to lose the job over what? Nothing.
At least his supervisor seems to be taking it seriously.
I got into an argument with him then told him I was going to report him.
I went to speak to the supervisor and filed a complaint against Eddie. The supervisor apologized to me and tried to reschedule a new interview, but I was hasitant about it.
He got himself fired, and it is what he deserved.
Later I was told that Eddie got fired, which made me feel guilty. My mom and dad agreed that his questions were inappropriate, but said that I went too far by reporting him and having him fired.
Eddie tried contacting me via email saying that what I did could’ve been resolved between us and even said he could’ve arranged a new interview for me but I “ruined” it for myself and cost him his job.
AITA?
There is no way that what he was saying was anything remotely close to appropriate for an interview. The company was smart to fire him.
Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say about it.
Everything that the interviewer did was inappropriate.
This is kind of weird.
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Her parents are way out of line here.
It is unlikely that this is the first issue the company had with him.
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His behavior was absolutely inappropriate, and he deserved to be fired.
She has nothing to feel bad about, but her parents sure do.
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