Last Summer, Fabia Applied for Three Jobs

question 185

Multiple Choice

Last summer, Fabia applied for three jobs. The first required a resume, but nothing else. The second required both a resume and a long personal statement. The third required a resume and indicated that a long personal statement was optional (recommended but not required; Fabia went ahead and wrote one anyway) . Suppose that Fabia was turned down by all three jobs. Which rejection was she probably MOST upset about? ​

• A)The rejection by the first job
• B)The rejection by the second job ​
• C)The rejection by the third job ​
• D)The rejections by the second and third jobs (equally)​

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