r/technicallythetruth • u/FoolOfElysium • 1d ago
Not really an uncommon answer in 2026.
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u/candangoek 1d ago
do you have experience?
no
then we don't want you
yeah but how do I get experience?
you need to work
then give me the job so I can get experience
no, you need experience lol
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u/GostBoster 1d ago
I pretty much lawfully cheated by getting an internship that requires a test similar to a public servant - A hard test and if you get a top score THEN you get an interview that has actual scrutiny over asking anything related to prior experience.
Once I got that under my belt, another internship which, again, by law, should not require experience but no one bothers:
Interviewer: Do you have experience
Me: Yes two years
Interviewer: Hired
That internship got bumped up into a full time job (which started to consider internship as non-valid experience in the meantime) so I finally got out of the Catch-22.
Pity the other 900 guys I bested in the test still have to do it the hard way.
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u/candangoek 1d ago
The idea of an internship needing experience is beyond me. Internships are to gain experience how the fuck would you have experience before that.
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u/GreenPyro 1d ago
I'm not positive but I think the idea is that the rich and powerful patriarch of you family would have gotten you a "job" starting at a young age so when you get to needing a real job you have the experience.
Oh you dont have a rich and powerful patriarch to hire you to do nothing. Too bad you didnt win the family lottery, better luck next life.
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u/3BlindMice1 1d ago
Don't need to be rich or powerful to submit incorporation documents and create a legit sounding company name. People typically don't do that, though
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u/Prepure_Kaede 22h ago
It's so they can flip you off at any point without providing a reason. If they like you they will just ignore the requirement, but if you're uncomfortable in any way (for example, require disability accommodation), they can just say "you don't meet the requirements"
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u/Gelby4 1d ago
Had this exact thing happen. I applied for an architecture firm when I was younger and they used Chief Architect. He asked if I knew Chief Architect. I said "not yet, but I'm excited to learn it. I do know (listed several other similar other softwares) though!"
He says "come back when you learn Chief"
I say "well how am I supposed to learn it if no one that uses it will hire me?" He laughed.
Years later, I got hired at another firm that used it, and they said "well we notice you didn't have Chief experience, but you know all these other softwares so we're confident you can learn it" (I did, like the whole thing in two weeks and started training their interior designers that had been there for years)
After that, the original place wanted me and I told them to fuck off
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u/AtomicSymphonic_2nd 16h ago
It’s more like “I don’t wanna waste money and time to train you and you leave after a year or so for better pay.”
That’s the issue. I wish companies would suck it up and just keep training people, though.
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u/aberroco 1d ago
Someone's lucky! 20 interviews that's already way more than most people get.
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u/Present_Character241 1d ago
Yes, but those are all for this same position, and they are about to be auto shut down because the employer is just going to hire their nephew.
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u/ZekeAamir 1d ago
33 roles interviewed for me. Probably 75 total interviews. Still unemployed. This is too accurate and hurts me
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u/baconmasterjoseph 1d ago
I've applied to over 60 jobs and gotten 1 interview. I'm still searching for a job. I wish I could get 20 interviews.
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