Candidate shares bizarre reason why company rejected him despite liking his profile, experience: ‘Your previous company is…’

A Reddit user recently shared how he was turned down by a company, not due to an unimpressive profile or inadequate work experience, but because his former company was near the organisation. Sharing a screenshot of the rejection letter, the Reddit user shared that he was rejected as the new company was just 600 metres from the office of the old organisation. Despite liking his profile and work experience but to the location of the old office.

“They said they liked my profile and experience, but they cannot continue because my previous company is located “approximately 600 meters” from their office due to confidentiality and data security policy…” he wrote.

He went on to praise the company for being honest about moving forward with other candidates. However he refused to divulge details about the organisation’s name and location due to security reasons.


“Before anyone asks, I am not mentioning the company name because I don’t want to create unnecessary problems for them or for myself. I just found this rejection too funny not to share.”

Redditors React

Responding to the post, one Reddit user quipped: “HR really said: “Your ex is only 600 meters away, we can’t risk you cheating on us..”

Another commented: “You should have replied: if you measure it the other way around the distance is 40,074.4 kms away..”

Another Reddit user revealed the reason why some companies are so paranoid. “Yup it makes sense because if the company is dealing with clients who are important and like to keep their data secret then it makes sense for them to reject you because some companies hire people to join other companies and find information about how they work and sometimes those companies will pitch the client of that company so it makes sense for them to reject you.”