AITA for getting my interviewer fired?
She walked into the interview room with hope and determination, ready to prove her worth. But as the questions turned personal and invasive, her initial confidence began to crack, replaced by a growing sense of discomfort and injustice.
When she stood her ground against the inappropriate probing, the air shifted—her polite defiance was met not with respect, but with dismissal.
The job slipped through her fingers, not because of her skills, but because she refused to be silenced or disrespected.
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A Wave of Opinions Just Hit the Thread:
Support, sarcasm, and strong words — the replies covered it all. This one definitely got people talking.
The original poster felt deeply wronged by highly inappropriate, personal questioning during a job interview, leading to a confrontation and the subsequent firing of the interviewer.
While the OP stood up for professional boundaries, they are now experiencing guilt due to the severe professional consequences faced by the interviewer, despite their parents' agreement that the initial behavior was wrong.
Was the OP justified in escalating the complaint to the point of causing the interviewer to lose his job, or should they have accepted the supervisor's offer to reschedule the interview and addressed the conflict more privately, as suggested by their parents?