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REVEALED: What do Brits really think about job interviews?

REVEALED: What do Brits really think about job interviews?

The British workplace has its pros - we’re prided by our politeness, tendency to apologise even if we’re not wrong and organise everything to within the finest detail.

We’re also the first to run to the treat table if there’s cake up for grabs, will happily make a sly, humorous dig at a colleague who makes terrible tea and aren’t shy of sending a passive aggressive email if we want to get things done.

All that said, to other cultures, our nuances can appear charming – or just downright confusing, whichever way you look at it.

Highlighted by the popular ‘VeryBritishProblems’ twitter page (a favourite here at Recruitment Grapevine) if there ever was a stereotype of how a typical Brit would behave in an interview (if they could), they might have just nailed it.

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