A jobseeker completed a multi-round interview process that included a detailed video-based project assignment. Days after sending a polite rejection, the company posted a near-identical video on their social media pages — same concept, same structure, same creative approach. The work he'd submitted as an interview test had become their marketing content. Reddit commenters urged him to pursue legal action for copyright infringement. "This wasn't an interview," one wrote. "It was a free creative brief they farmed out to applicants."
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They rejected him. Then they posted his work online.
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