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An expensive path to graduate rejection

If graduates are lucky enough even to get an interview for a trainee scheme, the price to pay for getting there can put a dampener on the experience, especially if the journey is all for nothing, save for a rejection email.

Last week I had my first interview. It was for a graduate editorial trainee scheme at a well known newspaper in London.

Over 700 people had applied and human resources had whittled it down to 24 candidates. But there was one problem, I was on holiday when the interviews were taking place.