Why is the Real World so Brutal????

what the hell did you major in that you needed 31 interviews to get a job

chemistry

yeah I should have done computer science like you

You can get all kinds of jobs with a chem degree if you have decent grades and a little bit of internship experience.

You must be dumb and lazy.

Actually the internship part might explain a lot. You're at a huge advantage if you intern in college and it's much harder for people who don't intern. I'm lucky I had parents who pushed me so hard to find internships early in college even though I thought I wasn't qualified.

Anyways if you look hard enough you can probably find people who care about you enough to spot you food and housing when you need it. Life as a whole is pretty cold, but people are generally pretty nice once you get to know them. Had a professor in college give me lots of food when I ran out of money during my last semester. Then there are all sorts of volunteer organizations and so on.

But unless you reach out for help nobody's ever going to help you. How would they even know?

inflationary policies of our central bank certainly don't help.

you must be the worst interviewee on earth.

The hardest part is getting the interview. once you're there they have ascertained you have the right skill set, all you have to do is show them you don't have the personality and soft skills of a wet blanket.

Because MTV likes to cast agitators like Puck. I'm not sure how "real" the scenarios are on the Real World.

remember that next time you read a news story about 500 non-people in some foreign land killed and permanently disabled and disfigured from missile strikes by our government in retaliation for some white dude getting his head chopped off in retaliation for 1000 people killed and dismembered in retaliation for some shit.

Gen Y wrote:

You have to ruthlessly compete or you starve, after college I went on 31 Job interviews over 2 years before finally getting one, If you have no skills and other people don't need you they are fine letting you starve.

Who actually posts something like this? Get a damn grip.

Because you're in a STEM field. Companies are notorious these days for hiring H1B visa workers from overseas in STEM fields and paying them a lot less. The job posting and interview serves as a formality so that the company can show that they "tried" to find a "qualified" U.S. worker. Then they can claim that no other candidates were "qualified" to justify hiring the foreign worker.

In addition, job applications are basically useless these days. Before websites existed, you had to actually pound the pavement and meet people to get a job. Now you can hide behind a computer and blast out thousands of applications. So, the end result is more quantity and less quality in job applications. By the time a job is posted, the candidate has already been selected from a pool of internal applicants or people with connections to the hiring manager. Most applications are just ignored by HR. The ones getting jobs are the ones who still pound the pavement.

Because you were raised to believe you were special.

Newsflash, you are not special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4

I'm in the same boat OP. 24 interviews over just over 2 years, no job offer. Do I just suck at interviews, maybe? I tried researching the companies and practicing interview questions, to the point where I felt like I was nailing them all. The worst is when someone invites you for an interview 4 hours away and you quickly realize they weren't interested in you to begin with and it lasts 15 minutes. 8 hours on the road for nothing.

yes you suck at interviews.

I agree with the poster that says most jobs are internal / networking with hiring manager but if you actually get called up for an interview you have a legit chance to get the position. They wouldn't waste their time talking to you if you weren't qualified on paper.

I would work hard on your presentation/ general social skills. Companies don't call up 21 people for an interview after screening resumes so if you are 0/21 there is obviously an issue with your interviewing skills.

I think most of it is production from MTV but im sure parts of it are real. I just wouldnt watch it if it affects you this much.

Not a doper wrote:

Because you were raised to believe you were special.

Newsflash, you are not special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4

says the guy who grew up in a different era where one didn't need to be special to get a job.

US is a cold place.

Here in Finland you do not have to work. You'll get housing for free and about $620 free money for expenses plus medical care. Norway is still much better.

In California our chairs are free