"I was rejected in final round of interview, as my?skin tone was little fair?for the team," is what a Bengaluru-based woman has claimed in her recent post on?LinkedIn that has gone viral now.
Bengaluru-based Pratiksha Jichkar, in her LinkedIn post, claimed that she failed to secure a job because her skin tone is 'too fair'.?She also shared a screenshot of the email she purportedly received from the organisation that?rejected?her application after three rounds of interviews and one assignment.??
However,?doubts have been raised about the authenticity of her story and the screenshot, with many people on social media claiming that no company and no HR professional would draft the kind of email that Jichkar apparently received.??
Several people also pointed out that Jichkar had turned off the comments on her post after being called out. This can be seen on her LinkedIn profile too.
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Her post has gone viral, with more than 13,000 ¡®likes¡¯ and over 350 reposts on LinkedIn.?Even on Twitter, many users are claiming that the post seems?fake?or written for the purpose of clickbait.
A user commented, "That girl Pratiksha Jichkar is the biggest clickbait influencer of 2023 for sure."
Another commented, "It seems she is not married else she would have accused her husband for her failure¡"??
One more Twitter user said that the claim is fake, mentioning, "That's was a made thing done for publicity on LinkedIn this is fake."??
Another Twitter user agreed that the post seems fake, saying, "She didn't even offer any evidence for the allegation, hence I'm not buying this story!"
However, it still remains to be seen if the post is fake or actually true.?
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