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Rejected a follow-up interview with a massive hydraulic actuator company for fun

I’m a second year fluid power student at a technical college, and a very large actuator company gets first pick of the students due to the fact that they fund a large part of our program. They bring an HR rep in to try and get some of the top students to apply for an interview and a full tour of their facility, AND free pizza. They are DESPERATE for new hires, and the HR rep made that VERY obvious. When I asked what big name contracts they had and she answered, I knew then and there I wouldn’t work for them (Department of Defense and their various subcontractors, Blue Origin, etc). I took the interview for the free pizza (which they spared NO expense on), and I even got a neat coffee tumbler and a laser stylus pen in a gift bag. When they called me for an additional…


I’m a second year fluid power student at a technical college, and a very large actuator company gets first pick of the students due to the fact that they fund a large part of our program. They bring an HR rep in to try and get some of the top students to apply for an interview and a full tour of their facility, AND free pizza. They are DESPERATE for new hires, and the HR rep made that VERY obvious. When I asked what big name contracts they had and she answered, I knew then and there I wouldn’t work for them (Department of Defense and their various subcontractors, Blue Origin, etc). I took the interview for the free pizza (which they spared NO expense on), and I even got a neat coffee tumbler and a laser stylus pen in a gift bag. When they called me for an additional follow-up interview this morning, I again asked what big-name contracts they have just to fuck with them. She answered again in the same cheery corporate robot tone, and I just said “gross” and hung up. Luckily, I live in a very industrial area and as such it wouldn’t be hard to find a better job closer to my home. I rejected them for my own personal enjoyment.

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