# Apply First, Then Pay Them to Learn About Them — Just in Case They Interview You

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Candidate · via r/recruitinghell

The reply to a submitted application came with a request attached: spend money on the company, to learn about it, on the chance that they might then decide to interview you. The candidate read it once and declined. Paying for a company’s own information in the hope of earning a shot — buying the right to be considered — was not, in this economy, a step worth taking.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · viral post](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1wwnci8/excuse_me_you_want_me_to_pay_you/)*
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