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On the one hand, that's a bizarre reason to block an applicant. On the other hand, if a trivial setback is enough to make you give up the career, better to get
by gohrt 10y ago
On the one hand, that's a bizarre reason to block an applicant.
On the other hand, if a trivial setback is enough to make you give up the career, better to get it early.
What was the terrible realisation? That you don't want to become an accountant?
- bshimmin 10y agoYeah. I applied for Deloitte because a big-4 accountancy firm ticked the right sort of boxes for someone who'd been to a good school, a good university, got good grades, and was looking for a reasonably prestigious job with decent perks (and had no real idea what they wanted to do). I'm not sure the reality of having to spend the next 30 years going into an office and scheming around Sarbanes-Oxley had really occurred to me right until she asked that question. I should note I have absolutely nothing against accountants!