A young Aussie has been hit with vile assumptions about how she landed a high-paying job without getting a university degree. Claudia Roussel was walking through the streets of New York during a holiday when she was stopped by a TikToker who asks people about their work.

The 20-year-old said she's still studying at the moment, but has landed a role in tech sales earning an impressive $120,000 a year. But there's been a lot of hard grafting to get to that point.

“I just got into it through reaching out to different companies I was interested in working for straight out of high school,” she said. “I study on the weekends, so there’s a lot of hustle involved, but I eventually landed a really lower-level job and worked my way up into sales.”

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It wasn't long before the young Aussie's phone started buzzing with notifications after the video she did with TikToker Suleyman Dolaev went viral.

Sadly, she was met with several comments from people who questioned how she nabbed the high-income role.

“Some people were saying, ‘Yeah, rich daddies and private schools will get you there’, and others were like, ‘Step one: Be hot’. It was an interesting experience," she told 7News.

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“It’s insane … I was really just trying to tell my story, and then all of a sudden people are like, ‘She slept her way to the top’.”

Thankfully, it wasn't all bad, with some people praising her for her great attitude.

“As an Aussie, we claim her! Well done Claudia. Great attitude,” one person wrote.

“That’s seriously impressive,” another added.

Roussel said she “never” would have thought of herself as a role model and was still trying to figure her life out.

Her advice for getting the job you want

Roussel said you have to be "ruthless" if you want to get your foot into the tight job market at the moment.

She had some blunt words of advice to Aussies who are trying to land their next role.

“You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take. I’ve got it tattooed on me here,” she said, revealing a tattoo on her finger.

“You have to take every f***ing shot that you can … even if you’re going to embarrass yourself, even when it’s not going to work out.

“I spend most of my days cold calling and I cannot let myself be restricted by my nerves, by my fears of being turned down.