ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARA NICOLL
Two men sit before me. They ask me questions about why the last thing didn’t work out, and about my “biggest failure” and how I “overcame it”. No, this isn’t a twisted first date. It’s a job interview.
It is 18 months since I last applied for a job and one week since I was given notice at my previous position. I had barely come to terms with my redundancy, let alone the absolute art that is job applications.