When friends become rivals competing for the same job


By AGENCY

Friends from college often end up applying for the same job. Do you share interview tips and try and work as a team? Or fight for your own career? Photo: Monique Wuestenhagen/dpa

Whether it’s a traineeship at public radio, a PhD post or a clerkship at a prestigious law firm, in some industries there are very few entry-level jobs and therefore very hard to come by.

Friends, or even two halves of the same couple, can find themselves in competition and the same thing can happen even to those who have already embarked on their careers.

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