Applied for a position that required me to be bilingual. I speak English and German mother tongue, plus I have years of customer service experience. I was rejected because they claimed there were better job applicants. I have not met many English and German native speakers that understand all the German dialects. It is ironic, the recruiter sent e-mails to me with so many spelling and grammar errors. Looks like this company does not need people with brains.

I started with a staffing agency and after several months applied for an open opportunity at Kimberly-Clark. It really helps if the company can see your work ethic before they hire you as I know a lot of people who have gotten hired in after first working at the company through a staffing agency. I know the interview included a written skills test with scenarios. I don't recall what was on the test, but remember it was more complicated than expected.