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Anyone who has checked a career counseling site is numbingly aware of the plethora of lists intended to illuminate applicants on job interview preparation and etiquette.

Now, courtesy of the Toronto Star, add another to the list: Should someone stab you or if you have otherwise incurred an injury serious enough to cause unstanched bleeding in the hours leading up to the interview, it is perfectly acceptable to cancel your appointment.

Credit a 16-year-old job hopeful in Toronto for raising the, um, red flag.

The Star reports that the teen, stabbed during an incident at his high school one morning last week, nonetheless showed up right on time for a 1 p.m. interview with a Toronto veterinary clinic.

The appointment ended abruptly when a clinic employee noticed blood gushing onto the leg of the applicant’s pants and made arrangements to have the student taken to a local hospital where, according to the Star, he was treated for minor injuries no credit check payday loan.

"He did really well on the interview, and we were very proud of him for sticking to the appointment," veterinarian Kent Ackerman told the Star.

Ackerman, the paper said, declined to say whether the clinic offered the student a job.

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