Two thoughts from today, in no particular order

[conuly]

1. This is the most entry level of the entry level jobs. Why the hell does it need three references?

2. I'm sure many people would say that I can be needlessly pedantic. However, even I can't see the point of clarifying that this fictional book that takes place during the Tudor period is specifically "historical fiction". Geez, what a waste of a comment thread. There was exactly zero need to tell the OP to say that.

Comments

[jhetley]

Perhaps they think a Tudor is an old model of Ford auto.

[angelofthenorth]

If it's entry level, then 3 references may be a way of screening people out...

[conuly]

Mmm. I've been to that hospital. Either their problems are because they're not screening enough people out, or because they're screening entirely too many people out and are wholly understaffed.

[bibliofile]

Because 3 is the number created originally on the form?

[conuly]

If the form is creating itself, that's amazing.

[alexseanchai]

[image: Ash Ketchum, still ten years old in-universe, finally winning the Pokemon League after the show's been on the air more than twenty years. caption: "the ideal entry-level hire".]

if there's a user-operated tagging system or something where "historical fiction" is a bucket OP did not put the post in, then I get why it's worth telling OP to do the thing, but I get the impression that this is not a that situation

[conuly]

2. Very much not - and thank goodness for that! I've taken to just telling people in advance to flair their posts because it's easier than going back afterwards and saying "Yes, this is solved, please mark it as solved".

But you can only have one flair at a time on reddit, and the only one available on that sub is "solved". (Or not solved, but that's just not flaired.)

[al_zorra]

What do you say about those who write things in which they inform us that William Dalrymple's history, The Anarchy, a novel? (Dalrymple's is not the same Anarchy as the Medieval English historical era called The Anarchyv -- this part of the history of the East India Company in India.)

Myself, I lie down and close mine eyes in despair.

[silveradept]

Three references for entry level work sounds like a place that wants to ensure they only hire people with pristine work records.

Was it the kind of audience that wouldn't know the Tudor period as historical? Or were there dates and enough clues that would make it pretty easy to pick it up from context?

[conuly]

If I thought the other person was being too pedantic and nitpicky, trust me on this, the context was obvious.