Yes I have. And no...I didn’t get it.

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Jan 12, 2021
10:44:50am

RalphWiggam Truly Addicted User

But I think applying for that job laid the groundwork for me getting the job I currently have. In other words...had I not applied for the reach job...I don’t believe I would have the job I have now.

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Time

Have you ever applied to a job / internship that seemed far out reach?

greatbam

1/12/21 10:41am

No.

SJS

1/12/21 10:42am

Yes I have. And no...I didn’t get it.

RalphWiggam

1/12/21 10:44am

Especially if you can just get a first interview

Captain Rex

1/12/21 11:09am

Yes and no

El Careeb

1/12/21 10:45am

Myself and all of my roommates took the foreign service exam.

dratax

1/12/21 10:48am

They wouldn’t pay for you to fly out and interview?

RalphWiggam

1/12/21 11:08am

It may be different now then when Gerald Ford was president

dratax

1/12/21 11:13am

I had to do it for my federal interview. I paid flight, room, rental car.

Homercles

1/12/21 11:31am

paid my own way a little over ten years ago for interview process in D.C.

Linescratcher

1/12/21 11:33am

Yes and no, many times, but also Yes and yes for a job I had for years.

Thrill

1/12/21 10:51am

not necessarily out of reach, but there were a ton of applicants for a job I got

Avery

1/12/21 10:59am

Yes and yes - twice.

Eddie

1/12/21 10:59am

I hate training someone for a job you applied for . . .

85fan

1/12/21 11:12am

i got to interview with the CIA before I backed out. Does that count?

85fan

1/12/21 11:13am

"backed out", right. we know you just can't tell us you got the job. instead you work for "Department of the Interior"

byujag

1/12/21 12:57pm

I took the psych test and realized that my wife would not put up with any of it

85fan

1/12/21 3:15pm

Coincidentally, a future manager had worked for the CIA for a few years.

85fan

1/12/21 3:17pm

My old supervisor told me she interviewed for a job with the CIA.

Eddie

1/12/21 4:24pm

Some of the questions that made me think:

85fan

1/12/21 7:00pm

Yes, went from host of a reality show to president of a large country.

4th and Niner

1/12/21 11:14am

I tried and almost immediately got a response that I didn't meet the minimum

KingDave

1/12/21 11:20am

My first job out of law school

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