Let me rephrase:

Who repairs a microwave, and uses their PHONE as a light source for the work? Go pro or go buy a new one.

Show it various clips of the Sally Struthers “Pennies a Day” sex tape.

Protonmail is for Bitcoin scammers and tech industry prostitutes.

AOL.com by itself is 7 characters.

If you mean a five character username, that’s not all that impressive.

Even if they’re joking, if they don’t STATE that it’s a joke during the interview, it’s a horrible look for them, and potentially actionable. It’s just incredibly unprofessional.

It’s a joke you make with the new hire about how narrowly they got the job. Not with the interviewee to give them more reasons to squirm.

Yeah but Hotmail is the least cool email.

Any workplace that discriminates against you for having an AOL address in 2023? NOT A PLACE YOU WANT TO WORK.

Not even if you’re sleeping in gutters getting all your vitamins from a baggie labeled “fentanyl”.

That you’re 25 with an AOL address makes you quirky. And yes, there were probably times in the 90s and 00s where that AOL was a sinker on a job app for someone in their 50s trying for a tech role… but just, no. Not anymore.

Seriously, name and shame this place. What asshats are not hiring people over their email’s domain name???

OP is 25. None of what you’re talking about could possibly apply to them.