Blaring Red Flags People Noticed During Job Interviews

At times when unemployment is through the roof, many people are so desperate for work that they're bound to overlook some subtle red flags that no one should ignore. For example, any interviewer who can't give you an answer about why they like their own job should tell you that working there is probably going to suck. One redditor asked people to share their stories about subtle red flags that cued them to nope the hell out of job interviews. We've put together some of the best answers that might be helpful for anyone on the job hunt right now.

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Text - r/AskReddit u/pbourree · 5d 2Top Awarded 1 197 65 S 95 E 76 1 1 What are subtle red flags at a job interview that say "working here would suck"? 90.6k 22.3k 1 Share

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Text - IM_OK_AMA•5d 8 2 Awards "Well, the overtime isn't mandatory, but most folks stick around after hours most days." Spoilers: The overtime is mandatory. Reply 9.3k coherent-rambling · 4d O 1 Award "Fantastic. You should know that if you choose me for this position, I will be declining the optional overtime." I mean, if you're going to walk anyway, it might be funny to call their bluff. 2.9k

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Text - khanman504· 5d 8 1 Award Was interviewed by a Senior programmer and the department head. The department head was continuously making condescending remarks towards the other interviewer. Poor guy just sounded broken. Hope he's somewhere else now. Reply 3.1k

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Text - GentleLion2Tigress · 4d F 3 8 3 Awards On a second interview the general manager brought me into the conference room with his 8 managers present. At first I thought it was a meet and greet but no, they grilled me for an hour and a half. Didn't appreciate that along with a couple other things and politely withdrew from being considered. Couple months later l'm playing in a ball tournament and come across one of the managers. I mentioned how weird that interview was. He says 'Weird for you?

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Text - ManiacDan • 5d 6 Awards I was once part of a group onboarding for an IT job. They handed us all the one-page new hire "contract" and everyone except me signed immediately. When I read the paperwork, I discovered we were signing a mystery document. Clauses included "I agree to abide by the personal search and seizure security policy (attached)." Without other pages, there was no way to determine what I was agreeing to. I kept requesting more and more pages until the HR drone said "ok, I gu

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Text - Vegemyeet · 4d I was asked to sign a contract that gave the employer full access to my medical records (it was supposedly for drug testing, but worded badly) I signed every other page, and got the job. Would've been very interesting if they felt like drug testing me, and they weren't able to.. 3.5k

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Text - Space2345 · 5d When they ask out of no where what clients can you bring with you. Reply 6.3k stupidlyugly · 5d I interviewed with MetLife insurance about twenty years ago. They demanded that I provide them with a contact list of no fewer than a hundred friends and family. Noped out of that quickly. 4.4k WineAndDogs2020 · 5d Sure it wasn't an interview with an MLM? 2.5k ...

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Text - lempiraholio · 5d Once an interviewer straight up asked me if I had any trouble working for free on weekends... I told them my free time is more valuable than anything and that the only way that I would work a weekend is if they are paying me and if I felt like working a weekend. She got really mad at me and ended the interview right away. Biggest red flag l've ever seen because they didn't even try to hide it. Reply 3.2k ...

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Text - Original_Resist_4570 · 5d My favorite is 'there's alot of people waiting in line to work here, count yourself lucky. Huge red flag Reply 1.3k

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Text - DragonsLoooveTacos · 5d 8 9 Awards This actually happened to me: Interviewer: Do you have any questions for us? Me: what is a challenge this department has recently faced? Interviewer: Job security Reply 36.6k PirateGriffin · 4d Imao gotta give them props for honesty at that point he should have just gotten up and opened the door and gestured out 5.7k ... The_Real_Raw_Gary · 4d Dude probably about to quit and was like "better save this guy before I dip" A true homie. 3.8k ...

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Text - Saxon_Shields69 · 5d O 6 Awards When you are signing all the forms they give you and you are taking your time to read over every document so that you can fully understand what you are getting into and people come in and start telling you that you don't need to read this and that just sign here and so on. Reply 15.4k My_usrname_of_choice · 4d 1 Award hate that in any situation, not just jobs. Buying something big like a car and they're like "oh it's just standard contract stuff". Let me de

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Text - BritishAccentTech · 4d O 3 2 Awards "It's just standard contract stuff." "That's nice. But since we just met today, this is a several thousand dollar decision and you have multiple financial incentives to screw me over, I think l'll read the contract." 4.8k decoy88 · 4d O 4 Awards "Thanks it's cool, I just like reading contracts" is one that throws them off. 3.7k

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Text - I didn't know it at the time, but "you'll be wearing many hats" was a sign that they were going to give me the work of four positions and the wage of one. I didn't last a year there before I left and now I won't even finish reading job ads that include that line. Reply 31.7k AffectionateAnarchy · 5d 8 3 Awards That's a nonprofit motto if I ever heard one 11.4k ... SquidgyTheWhale · 4d O 8 2 Awards It's also a tech startup motto. 7.6k yeldarbhtims • 4d 68 Awards And a hat modeling agency m

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Text - Xerodo • 5d 3 6 Awards Jobs where the expectations of the position aren't clear. The person hiring you should be able to give a clear idea of your responsibilities are day to day in a practical way. It shows that the company understands what it wants out of the position. I've worked a couple positions that had a really hard time figuring out who was supposed to do what that lead to a lot of confusion and both of them had this in the interviews. If the company you're working for can't defi

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Yellow - accidentpronehiker · 5d 3 6 Awards "You are required to wear clothing that has the company logo. You must purchase it yourself. From the company." Reply 26.8k Kamikazepyro9 · 5d This is illegal in most US States, unknown about outside the US +1 11.5k ... feverfierce• 5d Wait really this happened to me in Ohio. They also said I had to give it back I didn't lol. Edit: guys stop making Ohio look so bad 1 6.5k ...

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Text - 53raptor · 5d 9 Awards I once showed up for an interview and the manager wasn't there that day. No one called me to let me know. The assistant manager was not apologetic for the scheduling issue at all. She was literally just like "oh, she's not here today" in a tone that suggested I should somehow already know that. She said they would call me to reschedule some time the next week. I told her I was currently unavailable M-W but could come in any time Th-F. She said if I couldn't make tim

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Text - Posaunne • 5d 8 3 Awards At my last place of work, the person interviewing me had a printed cartoon on their wall of someone who looked like a bomb had blown up in their face, with the caption "I spoke with 'boss' name' about it.. I guess we're still doing it". That wasn't subtle at all, but I ignored it. The boss was an absolute tyrant who wouldn't listen to her staff, consider changing her mind about anything, or let people do the work they were best suited to do. She wouldn't show up f

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Text - beard_lover · 5d 9 Awards When you ask, "what do you like about working here" and the interviewer talks about the location of the job ("it's a great place to live!") instead of the actual job. Reply 37.0k T98i • 5d 3 8 2 Awards I asked this at one of my first interviews right out of school. My interviewer went, "That's a good question." and was ruminating for a good 2 minutes. She went with, "We get pretty good parking spots..." and quickly followed with, "...and the people are nice." Umm

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Text - pissingintherain1220 · 5d 3 4 Awards "We only want the best of the best" Me: "how much are you paying?" "Minimum wage" Reply 29.8k ... Cunt_Puffin • 5d Salary: Competitive$$££€€ Reality: Minimum wage 10.8k Greentea_88· 5d 8 4 Awards Salary: Competitive Reality: Competitive to sweat shops. 6.6k

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Text - dachjaw • 5d 3 4 Awards I was once told "Sometimes the hourly workers go on strike and they lock us in to keep the production line running, but management brings us steaks and we have an informal agreement with the unions so you can cross the picket lines once a week to visit your wife." Reply 14.1k splorkt · 5d 3 6 Awards The question was SUBTLE red flags. 12.1k

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Text - glitterpumps · 5d 8 8 Awards I brought up a company's awful Glassdoor reviews and they got so mad they ended the interview. Well. Guess I dodged that bullet Reply 45.7k

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Text - TH3YL1V3W35L33P • 5d 2 3 2 Awards You'll get full-time hours but wont be "full time" aka we'll do everything in our power to avoid giving you benefits even though we have you working more than 40 hours in a week. Reply 25.9k littlelily16 · 5d I once worked in a grocery store, under a union, hired for part time. Consistently, was scheduled 40hr/week until the 3rd week of the month, then I worked 39hrs that week. It kept them from giving me benefits 10.8k

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Text - oreomurder • 5d 8 3 Awards When they tell you "what I'm paying you stays between you and me, don't discuss pay with anyone else" usually means they are trying to pay you less than your coworkers who do the same job and don't want you to know. Reply 13.6k

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