India, June 20 -- An Indian job seeker has claimed that they were rejected for a position after they revealed to the recruiter that it took them nearly two hours to get to their office. In a Reddit post, the user shared their disheartening experience with "the new corporate excuse" for job rejection.

The anonymous jobseeker said that they reached the company's office after travelling for nearly two hours in heavy rain for their first-ever in-person interview, only to be told by the HR representative that they were unaware of the scheduled meeting. "That was the first red flag," the user wrote.

During the interaction, they claimed that their commute became a point of contention, even though they were previously reassured that distance wo...