Drawing from Social Comparison Theory (Festinger, 1954), we predicted that perceived underqualification would have motivational and affective implications for employees, in the form of higher levels of envy and help seeking, to indirectly affect interpersonal deviance and job performance. Further, we hypothesized that a state of hope would serve as a moderator of the relations between perceived underqualification, envy, and help seeking. We tested our hypothesized model with a sample of 150 medical school students who were undergoing the start of a clinical rotation and their rotation coordinators at a university hospital located in northwestern Turkey. Data collection spanned 4 waves, from the first day to the end of the 1-month rotation. Results were supportive of positive indirect effects between perceived underqualification and job performance via help seeking, and between perceived underqualification and interpersonal deviance via envy. Further, the emotion of hope was a moderator of the perceived underqualification – help seeking relationship. Theoretical and practical implications derived from our findings are offered.