One woman claims she was sent home from an interview because she was wearing shorts. The recruiter deemed her outfit unprofessional, but the job seeker, who goes by the name of Tiresia, defended her choice of clothing.
In a video posted to TikTok, Tiresia claimed there was nothing wrong with wearing black shorts to a job interview, and also shared a full-body photo of her outfit with viewers, claiming that the interview had a “dress code.”
“The recruiter rejected me because of this!” the TikTok user wrote in text, overlaying the outfit that got her sent home from the interview over the video. Though given the option to change and return, Tiresia refused to do so on principle.
“So, during the interview, they asked me about the dress code. So, I decided to reschedule the interview for tomorrow,” she explained. “But before I could reschedule, the woman asked me, ‘Are you coming back? Are you going to come back after you’ve changed?’ And I said, ‘No,'” she added.
Her video went viral on TikTok and reached X (formerly Twitter), where it was viewed a whopping 34 million times.
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Tiresia defended her outfit in the comments section of her TikTok video: “I can’t believe the recruiter asked me to come back after changing my interview clothes because I look so neat and professional! Nope!” she wrote. But few social media users agreed with her.
The general opinion about X was that her outfit was inappropriate for a job interview.
“Appropriate clothing for the office is different to appropriate clothing for an interview. She learned her lesson,” wrote one X user. “You should never wear shorts to an interview. What are we doing?” said another.
“If she had shown up to the interview in shorts there would have been no rescheduling,” opined user X. “What concerns me more is why she thinks it’s okay to videotape this,” one user said.
A few people also voiced their support: “Counterargument: performative professionalism is an outdated concept that exists only to make the empty existence of power-hungry recruiters feel like something. As long as your outfit isn’t actively offensive or sexually provocative, the only time it matters is if it’s a front-facing job,” said user X.
