Brace yourselves: These are officially the worst grad jobs to interview for

Are you sure that art degree was a good idea?


It’s that horrifying time of year when all final year students realise their time at uni is nearly over, have an existential crisis, and panic apply for any grad job with a vague connection to their degrees.

Interviewing for grad jobs is objectively a horrifying experience. It turns out that the interview processes for jobs in some industries are way nastier than others. Reboot Online analysed Glassdoor reviews of the interview experiences in different industries, and ranked grad jobs by how nasty the interviews are.

The career with the nastiest job interviews is media and communications. You’d think that people who work in this sector would be good at communicating with job applicants, but they’re really not.

At the other end of the scale, the industry sectors where most applicants left positive reviews of the interview process were transportation, the military, retail services and healthcare. Er, maybe we should have all got healthcare qualifications instead of studying subjects we actually enjoy.

So, here are the nastiest grad jobs to interview for, ranked by the percentage of interview reviews on Glassdoor that are negative:

12. Education – 15 per cent negative experiences

=8. Research and science – 17 per cent negative experiences

=8. Finance and accounting – 17 per cent negative experiences

=8. Engineering – 17 per cent negative experiences

=8. Consulting – 17 per cent negative experiences

7. Business – 18 per cent negative experiences

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At least that expensive art foundation year was fun x

6. Arts and design – 19 per cent negative experiences

5. Marketing – 21 per cent negative experiences

4. Product and project management – 22 per cent negative experiences

=2. Legal – 24 per cent negative experiences

=2. Human resources and personnel – 24 per cent negative experiences

1. Media and communications – 26 per cent negative experiences

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