I’m 57. The age discrimination is prevalent. I interviewed for two door to door sales jobs and two retail store positions in the last few weeks. I have experience in both. They were Teams meetings interviews. The interviewers were trying to talk me out of the job. They would say “You had to be on your feet 10 hours a day, it’s not easy.” “You have to be able to deal with three customers at a time, it’s very stressful.” I don’t think they would say that to young candidates.

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It's called ageism, I get 'the team is very young, can you keep up', from someone same age as me. Or 'this is a fast pacing environment' and we work long hours... Very sad, they want the expierence but not the age. I am more agile than most of the younger generation.

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I am really sorry to hear that. You aren't the only person who I have heard this from. It seems like if you are over 40 it is really hard to find something. Hang in there.

That sounds like age discrimination dressed up as concern. If they are trying to talk you out of the role instead of assessing capability, that tells you a lot about their mindset.

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