China Scene: West

No girlfriend means no job for one applicant

A man in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, was refused a job because he had no girlfriend.

The man, surnamed Zeng, 23, posted an account of a job interview online recently, saying that the first question he had been asked by the interviewer had been over whether he had a girlfriend. After answering he had no girlfriend, he was refused the job.