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emony Just in case you ever needed any more proof of that age old universalism, here is a little tale of my experience with those lovely folk at the Inland Revenue.
I spent half an hour, maybe more, today filling in an application form for a graduate scheme at said Inland Revenue. Within about a second of hitting the final "submit application" button, I received an automated rejection. Naturally I was rather confused as to how they could rejected me so immediately. Part of the process involved ticking boxes marked "yes" to such taxing (haha) questions as "are you a British citizen", and the other part involved thinking about scenarios and marking the four given options as most to least likely what you'd do. For example:
Q. You find a baby on the street. Do you:
a). Stomp on its innocent little head and laugh as it dies screaming.
b). Cuddle it, pet it, take it home and call it George.
c). Sell it to the highest bidder.
d). Having assertained its condition, responsibly and sensibly take it to the proper authorities so it can be reunited with its parents.
It's not exactly rocket science. So, as you can imagine, the automated "thank you for wasting your time on our application form, but we don't want you because you suck" email confused me somewhat. I emailed them back asking "...wtf?", and got this in response:
Dear [name],
Your application has been rejected as you have not met the minimum criteria in either the eligibility criteria or the situational sift.
We will not be offering feedback on this initial stage of the application process.
Thank you for your interest.
Talent Recruitment Team.
Well thanks so much for clearing that up, you arseholes. You couldn't just say "you're too stupid for us"? Well hey, fuck you. You are now officially on The List, and rest assured I will *never* work for the Inland Revenue. And I will spit every time your name is mentioned. *spit*
I spent half an hour, maybe more, today filling in an application form for a graduate scheme at said Inland Revenue. Within about a second of hitting the final "submit application" button, I received an automated rejection. Naturally I was rather confused as to how they could rejected me so immediately. Part of the process involved ticking boxes marked "yes" to such taxing (haha) questions as "are you a British citizen", and the other part involved thinking about scenarios and marking the four given options as most to least likely what you'd do. For example:
Q. You find a baby on the street. Do you:
a). Stomp on its innocent little head and laugh as it dies screaming.
b). Cuddle it, pet it, take it home and call it George.
c). Sell it to the highest bidder.
d). Having assertained its condition, responsibly and sensibly take it to the proper authorities so it can be reunited with its parents.
It's not exactly rocket science. So, as you can imagine, the automated "thank you for wasting your time on our application form, but we don't want you because you suck" email confused me somewhat. I emailed them back asking "...wtf?", and got this in response:
Dear [name],
Your application has been rejected as you have not met the minimum criteria in either the eligibility criteria or the situational sift.
We will not be offering feedback on this initial stage of the application process.
Thank you for your interest.
Talent Recruitment Team.
Well thanks so much for clearing that up, you arseholes. You couldn't just say "you're too stupid for us"? Well hey, fuck you. You are now officially on The List, and rest assured I will *never* work for the Inland Revenue. And I will spit every time your name is mentioned. *spit*
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Date: 2004-10-11 04:42 pm (UTC)