Okay, story time: About 10 years ago a friend of mine asked me to apply for a job in his team (at this big famous company starting with A). I had exactly the r

Okay, story time: About 10 years ago a friend of mine asked me to apply for a job in his team (at this big famous company starting with A). I had exactly the right qualifications and we had worked before so it was basically a done deal. I send my application through the normal channels and their HR team rejected me before reaching my friend. Among my qualifications I had jokingly added that I could fake a Pink Floyd riff or two on the guitar... I was asked to apply again. I declined.