New job | Keen candidate who turned up a month early for interview bags the job

A previous jobseeker who turned up a month early for her Skype interview with Microsoft has landed her dream role with the tech giant.

Laura McLean, now 22, went viral after exchanging a series of messages with the firm following her confusion over the date of the job interview to win a 12-month placement.

The student logged into her Skype interview on 18 January 2019, when her interview was in fact scheduled to take place on 18 February 2019.

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Despite Microsoft’s attempts to inform McLean that she had the incorrect month and date for her interview, she was insistent that she had the correct date, telling the Microsoft recruitment team: “It is the 18 of February and it was scheduled for 11am? And I still haven’t received a call? Sorry for the inconvenience, I am just slightly confused.”