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Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, many employees have been made redundant. EasyJet, John Lewis and Harrods are just some of the companies that have made redundancy announcements so far. This will have left a large portion of people seeking new work.
As such, the level of competition in the UK jobs market is rife. Data from CV-Library found that the number of jobs being advertised on its site fell by 47% in July, compared to the same period the previous year. To put the jobs shortage into context, the BBC reported on the Leeds-based firm Northern Monk Brewing Company who received more than 1,000 applicants for a single role.
To ensure that employers hire the right talent for the job, inviting candidates to a (virtual) interview is common. If a candidate has applied for several jobs, this may mean that they are scrambling to prepare for multiple interviews at once.
The struggles of preparing for two job interviews – both with different requirements – at the same time was something that one jobseeker recently highlighted in a Mumsnet post. User Easttt explained in the online forum that they had two interviews coming up within a couple of days of each other and that they had started to feel “quite overwhelmed with prep”.
