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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

Cancer patient reveals interviewers mocked her head cap when they thought call was over

LinkedIn/Krystal Garmon

A jobseeker who lost her hair after undergoing treatment for cancer has spoken out about a video interview where the interviewers said her head cap was not “professional” without realising she was still on the call.

Krystal Garmon, a project manager based in the US, took to LinkedIn to talk about her experience and thanked “unkind folks” for showing others “how important our purpose remains”.

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