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30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview

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It seems like even in the best job interview scenario, anything can go wrong at any time. This is because we’re at our most vulnerable, desperate to make a good first impression, and even more desperate to get that job.

No wonder job interviews are also the subject of some of the most entertaining and painfully funny (to look back at after many years) stories. So when someone asked “What's the biggest mistake you made on your first job interview?” people delivered honest responses, and it turned out to be one hell of a read.

Scroll down, upvote your favorite entries, and hopefully after you’re done with this post, you'll feel slightly better if your interview just went sour. After all, it can always be much worse!

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#1

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Not exactly a mistake, but I went to the counter of the store and asked if they were hiring. They said they were and gave me an on the spot interview right there in the middle of the store with my mom standing right with me (I was 16 and she had given me a ride to the store). My mom proceeded to answer every question for me and kept talking me up. I ended up getting the job and worked there for over 2 years, so thanks mom lol

pinkyoshi1989 , Fikri Rasyid Report

Final score:

145points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Was hoping they hired your mom.

65points

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#2

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview "What position are you interested in taking in our school?"

"Defence against Dark Arts"

podian , Bryan McDonald Report

Final score:

140points

tail_bite 3 years ago

damn I was hoping I could do something like that that but nooo, most schools I can find are muggle schools where all you learn is derp dee doy

23points

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#3

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Interviewed at a bank. Was going perfectly despite how nervous I was, and I was probably in with a great chance. Then as a final question, the panel asked me "why should we hire you?" And I word-vomit replied "Because I probably won't steal your money!"

I was not hired.

Isthatyourhair , Brock Wegner Report

Final score:

128points

Kitty Queen 3 years ago

"probably" huh??

49points

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To find out what common mistakes people make at job interviews and how to avoid them, Bored Panda reached out to Dawn Moss, the founder of “Your Interview Coach” who has been helping both candidates and hiring managers through recruitment and selection process since 2013.

“The two biggest mistakes candidates make are not preparing enough or practicing the answers,” she said and added that “It sounds simple.” As for preparation, “they don’t prepare enough specific examples to demonstrate the key behaviors they need for that job.”

It turns out, that candidates tend to talk generally about their experience, instead of sharing real examples of where they have applied their knowledge and skills to good effect. “They also don’t give enough thought to the common questions that are still asked during interviews,” she added.

#4

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview The interviewer asked if I had any convictions.

I sat there and thought for a moment and said, "Well I guess I'm passionate about saving the environment."

He was very confused and said, "What are your talking about? I'm asking if you have been convicted of any crimes..."

I did not get that job.

Nik_Tesla , Michael Report

Final score:

106points

Zaza 3 years ago

Because god forbid they hire someone who doesn't have crime on their minds

64points

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#5

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview At the end of my job interview, I asked a few questions about the position, the people involved, and other general questions. For my last question I decided to switch it up and I asked something along the lines of "if you could have any job and make any amount of money you want, what would it be?"

Interviewer A answers. Interviewer B answers. Interviewer C answers. Interviewer D answers and uses something very similar to what I was prepared to say. Interviewer E answers.

I finally answer and since Interviewer D used what I was prepared to say I decided to wing it. I said "Well since I love pizza, I'd travel the world, and eat pizza in different countries." I wanted to smack myself.

sometimesimretarded , Brett Jordan Report

Final score:

105points

JP 3 years ago (edited)

My question is always: "I am passionate about Community Involvement. Can you tell me a little about how your company practices being a socially responsible community partner?" Feel free to steal this for future interviews. :-)

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#6

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Showed up in person to a phone interview.

NotCleverNamesTaken , Polina Zimmerman Report

Final score:

103points

Vic 3 years ago

Cool! So did you sit in front of the interviewer and talk to them on the phone?

39points

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Dawn gave an example of a very common question asked at a job interview: “For example, tell me about yourself, what do you bring to the job, or why should we hire you?” In practice, this is often a missed opportunity. “The confident candidate doesn’t feel they need to practice. However, they may not share the right information during an interview,” Dawn explained.

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Moreover, “if the candidate is confident, they may talk too much and there’s also a risk of going off track or not answering the question at all.”

“Conversely, candidates that lack confidence or get a little nervous will not talk enough and by default the recruiter will not have enough information to assess their capability,” Dawn explained and urged that it’s very important that all candidates practice talking through their answers.

#7

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I was interviewing to be a dishwasher at a restaurant. The chef, who was the interviewer, asked me why I wanted this job. The real reason was the reason any high-school kid wants a job: money. I panicked though. I thought that was an inappropriate answer. So instead I started spewing all of this nonsense about dishes being my favourite household chore. He laughed in my face. I got the job, though :)!

clvde , cottonbro Report

Final score:

103points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

Asking anybody why they want a minimum wage grunt job is stupid. There's only one reason that anybody takes such a job and it's not because they want to be a team player, or they really support the brand.

51points

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#8

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview "Why should we hire you instead of anyone else?"

"I don't even know who else you are interviewing with, how could I know that I'm better than them?"

Led to a really awkward silence.

geeses , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

97points

Irina Deneva-Slav 3 years ago

I would have appreciated an answer as honest as this one.

73points

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#9

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview The interviewer asked if I had any "salary requirements."

I said, "I do. But it doesn't matter, because I understand from employees I know who work here that your pay standards are much lower than most workers' expectations."

Back2Bach , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

97points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Requirement != Expectation... not what was asked.

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According to Dawn, confidence comes from preparation and practice. “Preparation is key to feeling confident you can demonstrate the requirements for the job. Preparing and practicing before the interview will also keep you focused on the information you want to share during an interview and help you avoid saying things you don’t want to share or talk about during an interview.”

When it comes to nerves going through the roof in a job interview, Dawn explained that being nervous is totally natural. “It shows you are genuinely interested in the job and shows the interview is important.” As an ex-recruiter, it was Dawn’s job to build rapport and settle a candidate before steaming in with the questions.

#10

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Asked about my hobbies talked about sewing and reading. Guy pushed a little more,asked if there was anything else. I was confused why he would push at this question and said no. I was interviewing at a [freaking] video store, the correct answer is watching Movies dumbass. I will never let myself live that one down.

[deleted] , Sean Benesh Report

Final score:

91points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

You are not a dumbass. That is why you didn't get the job

31points

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#11

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Oh god, I still cringe at this.

Interviewer: "We expect our employees to be punctual."

Me: "Well, I am somewhat of a grammar Nazi."

Interviewer: wtf look

In my defense, I was 17 and stupid.

dakeyjake , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

88points

James016 3 years ago

Ah, the wisdom of youth :)

21points

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#12

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Said “Well, thanks for coming in.” I was the one who had come in.

morat11 , fauxels Report

Final score:

85points

Vera Mzega 3 years ago

Must've been a born manager

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Another great tip from the interview coach is to be aware of the dialogue in your head. “What are you saying to yourself? Self-talk is underrated and underestimated. It can make all the difference before an interview. If you are thinking to yourself, this is a waste of time, I’m going to get another rejection, it’s likely to affect your interview performance. It may even show in your body language, posture, eye contact, attitude, tone, etc.”

Dawn also confirmed that a bad interview experience can knock the confidence of even the most confident person. “I worked with one lady who’d been out of the job market for several years bringing up her family. She’d received one rejection and hadn’t applied for any further jobs."

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#13

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview My first ever internship interview.

Me: Hi, how are you?

Him: Good, and you?

Me: I'm doing well, how are you?

It still keeps me up at night.

[deleted] , cottonbro Report

Final score:

85points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

We have all done this, all of us, at some point.

31points

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#14

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Asked about a time I had to make a compromise and, not drawing on any past experiences beyond an hour ago, I cited the time I had to give the last blue Jolly Rancher to my girlfriend even though it's my favorite flavor. Still got the job but wow

Kaiy0te , Thatsmuggamer Report

Final score:

83points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Now I'm intrigued both by what a 'jolly rancher' is, and what on God's green earth a 'blue raspberry' is!?!

10points

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#15

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Okay, this is embarrassing but when I was a teenager I was able to get an interview to work at a major coffee chain that offered good benefits and I really wanted the job. I had one job until this point and didn't have a lot of experience with job interviews so I googled up some tips to help me with that. One of the things that I read was the importance of maintaining very good eye contact lest the interviewer thought that you were disinterested or bored. I maintained very good eye contact. It was too good. That guy must have thought that I was some sort of psychopath because I would not break eye contact at all. It was as if we were having a staring contest that he lost several times but that I would not let up on. I had to wait a few more years before I was able to get a job with that company.

hombre8 , Viktoria Alipatova Report

Final score:

77points

Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago

"So, why do you want to work here?" *creepy wide-eyed stare* "Ummm ok.... you can go."

19points

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For anyone who feels knocked down after an unsuccessful job interview, Dawn advises looking at it from a constructive, positive perspective. “Try to think of every interview as gaining more and more experience and an opportunity to improve on your interview skills. Reflect on your performance objectively. Don’t change who you are, be yourself.”

After all, “remember if you get poor feedback, it’s one person’s opinion, for that specific job and that company. It’s not necessarily personal,” Dawn said and reminded everyone that “It’s important to keep applying, and be persistent and consistent. Keep on keeping on.”

#16

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Interviewing for a part time job at Kmart as a summer gig in college.

HR Director: "So everything looks good. If you ever need a job reference or a letter of recommendation, come see me at the end of your employment here and we'all see what we can do!"

Me: "Oh that won't be necessary, I have references from real jobs already."

I still got the job but holy s**t.

[deleted] , Mike Kalasnik Report

Final score:

75points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Why antagonize someone offering you help, whether you need it or not! Ouch!!

24points

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#17

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I freaked out and forgot how old I was. Turns out I was fourteen. Fourteen and absolutely terrified. And no, I didn't get the job.

TheRabidFangirl , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

73points

K. Lange 3 years ago

I made me once a year older when I had to testify in court as a witness. I was so nervous ad the judge was confused. :-D

10points

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#18

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview The interviewer asked if I smoked and I replied "Smoke what?" Immediately lost my chances at getting the job.

Doomfacetrapstar420 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

72points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Salmon, dry-aged pork, eels, ... . A legitimate question!

39points

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#19

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I wore a rival companies shirt to the interview without realizing...oops.

freeloader11 , Charles Deluvio Report

Final score:

71points

Calypso poet 3 years ago

Not a big deal. I was interviewing at a competing car dealership on my lunch break and immediately after work so I had no time to change shirts. You just make sure to tell any customers who notice that your other job sucks😂

8points

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#20

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview My first big-boy interview at a financial advisory firm couldn't have been worse. To start, I had hair down to the middle of my back which I had just put up in a bun, and a patchy beard. I walk into the office to meet with the well-groomed, cologne-wearing, every-fashion-accessory-available-wearing salesman who would interview me. He asked me, "How would you describe a sunset to someone who was born blind?" My response was, "Yellow... Wait a minute.....orange. [Damn]. They're blind."

After the interview was over, he said that I looked like a drug dealer.

CrakAndJaxter , tima-miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

60points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

Why would describing sunsets to a blind person be relevant to a financial advisory role. Honestly, these interviews are just stupid.

40points

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#21

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview when asked why I wanted to work for McDonald's, I said that I wanted money mainly

I didn't get the job

roostar9000 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

59points

Raena Celis 3 years ago

That's probably the only reason anyone would work there, so I don't understand why you weren't hired.

67points

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#22

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview This wasn't at the interview, but in my email applying for the job. It was right after college and I really didn't know what I was doing, so I just had my resume saved on my desktop under "resume."

I finished writing my cover letter, I attached my resume...or so I thought. I had accidentally misclicked when attaching and I attached this gif instead.

I had already clicked send before I realized my mistake, but luckily I was using gmail and was quick enough to be able to unsend it and attach the right file.

Final score:

59points

Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

Wait, you can d that with GMail!?

16points

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#23

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview First time I was honest about why I was leaving my old job and the reason was negative. Next time I had a story about how -while I loved my current job- the new job gave an additional positive push to my career path. You have to bend the truth for sure.

_freethinker_ , Scott Graham Report

Final score:

55points

White Paper Tsuru 3 years ago

Lol! A positive push in my desired career path... which is employed. Honestly? Employed is the career path at the moment.

10points

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#24

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Dominos Manager: "why do you want a job here"

Me: "It's close to my house, and I like pizza"

...I got the job.

ieatpandas42 , TAKA@P.P.R.S Report

Final score:

55points

April Caron 3 years ago

I don’t hear an interview mistake… I hear, “I’m dependable” and “I like your product.”

40points

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#25

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I was offered the possibility to get an apprenticeship as a software engineer when I was 16. That was a pretty great chance and I wanted everything to be perfect. It was about 32°C (90°F) that day and their office was in middle of nowhere.

I planned to go there by bus but I missed it, so I had to take a really slow, weird train which stopped near there and had to walk to the office building.

Since I was really late already (I would've been 20 minutes early with the bus), I ran there. So I arrived there 10 minutes late and was sweaty. I was also dripping with sweat through the whole interview.

Still got the job, somehow.

Sig_Luna , cottonbro Report

Final score:

54points

Ivana 3 years ago

Things happen. Had someone show up late to an interview and they called saying they were going to be late and explained why. They came in, looking like they ran the rest of the way and after I got them some water and let them calm down a bit they preformed really well in the interview. Glad I gave them the time to chat and relax with some water first. Turned out to be a great employee who later left when they got a fantastic offer else where and I couldn't be more proud. Good managers should be reasonable enough to know when something just went wrong rather than when someone just didn't care enough.

30points

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#26

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Was sexist. I was interviewed by two female engineers, who didn't really introduce themselves beyond their name, so partway through the interview I asked them if they're the HR reps.

They forgave me and I passed but it was dumb of me, I wouldn't have asked a pair of men that.

Antrax- , Tim Gouw Report

Final score:

50points

kasa alex 3 years ago

Least you have the self awareness now

36points

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#27

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview This one still haunts me.

It was for a job a trampoline jump house where you pay to jump. My gf and I both applied and both got interviews. I was about 17 or 18 at the time and I believe this was my first one on one interview, only one I've ever done was a group interview.

I felt, and still do, that I was doing so well throughout it all. But towards the end of it, the interviewer asked how would I describe myself in (or "with" can't remember the word) 5 words. It took me a few seconds to think of something, and then I said it. "I am a good worker". There was a weird look on her face and she said," that's it?" In a concerned and I'm waiting for more type of look. I said yes and we finished up the interview.

It wasn't until on the ride home I started to realize my mistake and asked my gf what she said, and behold, she said 5 different adjectives instead of a 5 word sentence. I still felt confident about the interview, but later that week I was with her when she got the call about getting the job and I was excited to get mine soon after. No call :(

Fetusparties , Brian Wangenheim Report

Final score:

46points

$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago

Questions like that are bloody stupid. There's nothing natural about them. It's like saying where do you see yourself in 5 years? Who knows? I might have been killed in a road accident by then, eh?

40points

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#28

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview My first interview was a disaster!

Interviewer says: "I see you've put down that you can speak German on your CV, can you say something to me?"

I reply: "Oh, I can't actually speak German, I just put that on there."

Interviewer asks: "Tell me about a time you had to work under pressure."

I say: "This one time I had an assignment for uni that was 50% of my grade, and I should have spent the last three months on it. I couldn't be bothered and spent most of that time out drinking and did the whole thing in 3 hours the morning it was due."

Interviewer asks: "Why do you want this job?"

I say: "If Im honest, its just because I'm broke and I need money."

By some miracle I got the job though, so I guess I was the only guy to show up or something.

Wellness_Elephant , cottonbro Report

Final score:

43points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

And then everyone applauded and you were made director of the company...

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#29

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Was honest and said I was using it as a temporary stepstone to a better job.

looks_at_lines , tima-miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

43points

Calypso poet 3 years ago

Nothing wrong with being honest and letting your future boss know your expectations. I still have the thank you note a young college grad sent me after she started her 'real job' at a bank. She was on the shy side but I wanted her as a bartender/waitress because I knew she would be a hard worker and honest. My hires had to be approved by the area supervisor and owners son. That meant they wanted sexy. I wanted competent. People are always looking for the best options. That's why bosses fire people 😂

12points

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#30

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I had had several jobs before my first actual interview but my first interview was for a job selling hot dogs. I was asked what my biggest weaknesses were and stupid teenage me listed actual weaknesses like being lazy and not really caring about anything. I wasn't very smart back then.

I didn't get the job but found an article in some magazine(this was before the internet was used by regular people) shortly after that that gave me the right answers to that question.

bajsnoah , Thomas Bormans Report

Final score:

38points

Some Cool Guy 3 years ago

A full interview for... selling hotdogs?

18points

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#31

A company called to schedule an interview with me once and i answered the phone like a complete jackass. Something along the lines of "ohhh herro" in a stereotypical asian voice. When they said who they were and if they could speak to me i said "hang on" in a deep voice, covered the phone with my hand for a few seconds, then answered politely in my normal voice. Got the job and nobody ever questioned why i apparently have a cartoon asian man as a secretary.

BirdThatSteals95 Report

Final score:

27points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Yeah, that's probably one of those basic life rules: Do not put on the voice of a racist stereotype when answering the phone.

15points

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#32

I got asked what I would do in a high stress situation, and I was like "Oh, you mean if an axe murderer came in?"

Blank stares for a few seconds before the hiring managers started laughing. Got the job!

cat_gato_neko Report

Final score:

27points

Curry on... 3 years ago

These days, that could be a real situation.

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#33

Was interviewed by a panel for a security job at a hospital. I answered all their questions how I thought they'd like to hear. Turns out they thought I was a cold, emotionless sociopath who values money over life.

Example questions:
Q - How would you react to bodily fluids making contact with you?
A - I assume I will, by this point, be trained in proper biohazard training, so, follow the steps and guidelines for handling and cleaning the waste.
Q - Even if it was blood or fecal matter?
A - Of course. There are procedures in place for a reason.
Q - Okay. What about transporting bodies?
A - Same thing. Follow protocol.
Q - What about children?
A - Post mortem?
Q - Yes. Dead kids.
A - No difference. All loss of life is sad, but everyone does in the end.
Q - Thank you for your time. We will let you know our decision in a week's time.

MoogleBoy Report

Final score:

25points

Rissie 3 years ago

What do you expect when you bluntly ask in an interview about transporting dead kids? Do you want people to break down and start crying? Or what? Kudos for OP for answering the questions like that.

21points

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#34

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I was applying for a fast food job. We went over my application and all that jazz. So far, so good. Then the manager says "Who's important?"
Me (totally confused) "Excuse me?".
Manager-" Who's important?"
Me (still clueless) "Everyone is important".
Manager (nearly weeping at my cluelessness) "The customer! The customer is important!".

I didn't get the job.

bishkek2lebanon , freestocks.org Report

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Richard Liu 3 years ago

The one thing I hated most is these stupid "guess what's in my pocket" interview questions. Unless they have that slogan posted on wall, you'll never have same answer in different situation. The real clueless one is that self-important manager, not you.

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#35

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Falling asleep during a group activity thing

I'd spent three weeks hiking in Nepal, got off the plane, changed in the car and went straight to the interview. It's annoying as I'd gotten through to the last 20 ish out of thousands that applied (nepotism, woohoo) but I couldn't for the life of me stay awake

TheOkBassist , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

22points

Run Forest 3 years ago

Doesn't say they werent hired though. Nepotism Woohoo...

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#36

It was at a popular craft store. They asked what crafts I like to do and I have zero craft talent. I lied and said I liked making jewelry because I did so in school once. They hired me and whenever a customer had a jewelry question they always asked me. I eventually learned the ropes though.

cakeisgrape Report

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20points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

"I'm not a child! I have cool hobbies! I don't need coloured paper and clay and beads and ... " (looks around... sees more things to list...)

2points

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#37

I applied with UPS at age 18 after dropping out of high school. There were maybe 5-6 other people interviewing that day as well. When it was my turn, I sat down and he asked me why I wanted to work for UPS. I told him that I was trying to save up for a month long roadtrip to Alaska that started in 3 months. Needless to say I did not foresee how that would not make me look like the best candidate. I was the only one in the group not hired.

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20points

Ivana 3 years ago

I asked the applicant where they saw themselves in 6 months and they said living in New York City and becoming an actor. They were 40 minutes late the the interview and had cut off jeans with paint on them. I work in healthcare research. I couldn't help but ask her why she had applied, she looked at me and said, "To get a job." Yes but........

2points

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#38

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview I dropped my suit off at the dry cleaners and went back to get it the morning of the interview and they had lost it. With the interview only about twenty minutes away the owner gave me his suit to borrow. It was a tan suit,way too big, had a striped pattern, and reaked of mustard and sweat. Safe to say I did not make a good first impression at that interview.

GitCommit_Deez , Ruthson Zimmerman Report

Final score:

19points

Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

A dry cleaner with a dirty suit? That's a walking oxymoron

5points

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#39

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview After not being able to answer one of my questions, I had an interviewee lay her head down on the conference table and announce "I'm failing!"... well, thank you for coming in.

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19points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Cheer them up by praising their self-assessment skills?

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#40

I was young and applying for a job in a home department store that I really didn't want but was just doing so to appease the benefit payment gods.

The interview was going too well, so after them briefly talking about health and safety responsibilities associated with the job for a bit, they then produced a couple of laminated photographs of a (clearly hazardous) warehouse and asked me to point out what was wrong. Being the smart ass douche I thought that I was, I studied the pictures for a few seconds and said "Well, they're terribly underexposed and out of focus for a start. The horizon in the second one is completely askew and both are suffering from pretty severe chromatic aberration."

Didn't even end the interview. They just clarified that they meant to point out the hazards and carried on. Didn't get the job though obviously.

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Final score:

19points

Pink Floydian Panda 3 years ago

Well done Spud!

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#41

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Not my first interview, but this one always stands out to me.

I was in the Army at the time, and was looking to get a part time job after work to help out with the bills. Little Ceaser's was doing open interviews so right after work I rush over for the interview. The hiring manager is looking my resume. Before joining the Army I was a manager at Dominos.

So resume shows that I was a manager at Dominos, and then a month later I join the Army. He looks up at me wearing my uniform since I just came from work and asks why I left Dominos. I answered because it was time to get a real job...

I didn't get the job

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18points

Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago

Any job you get paid for is a real job. Maybe not a good or beneficial job, but it is real.

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#42

I kept saying etcetera after every question...

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18points

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Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago

At least you demonstrated that you can speak Latin.

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#43

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Wasn't my first job interview, but it took me a few tries to realize that its a bad idea to NOT ask questions when prompted to at the end of the interview.

It shows that you aren't interested in their company, and implies that you're just in this for the paycheck. I find that a lot of companies these days care just as much about your interest in them as they do your skills and background.

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18points

Mobey Drunk 3 years ago

Why in the hell would you want the job for any other reason?

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#44

Not my first interview, but:

I was working the night shift at a cafeteria all by myself, and hated it. My job consisted of standing around for hours on end, since I had already cleaned and stocked everything by 4PM.

Went in for an interview for a big-box store.

"So, this job will consist of you standing at the registers for hours on end. Are you okay with that?"

"Yes."

"Okay. What do you do for your current job?"

"Stand at the register for hours on end, hating life."

I didn't get the job.

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Final score:

18points

Gail Nicholson 3 years ago

1) Stand at the register for hours on end. Good - shows prior experience & proof of stamina! 2) Good chance to query whether you will be doing this alone, and big up the attraction of working alongside colleagues, helping customers etc. 3) Under no circumstances should the last two words have been uttered.

0points

#45

I was interviewing for a job doing programming. After aceing a phone interview and tech interview, I was flown to their headquarters for more interviews. During the HR interview, she said "We're actually trying to fill multiple positions. We have some openings in customer phone support, would you be interested in that?" Me, being a dumbass, said "not really" when honestly it would have been fine, but the job I was interviewing for seemed cooler. They asked why and I said that my father does similar work and hates it. She then says, "Oh, well, to get our employees to really become familiar with our product, we have them spend 50% of their time in customer support for the first 3 years." I backpedaled a bit but it wasn't if any use.

Pro tip: when you don't get the job, ask where you were lacking or what you can improve. They confirmed that this is where I screwed up. My new interview technique: "Hell yeah, I love that awful thing you just mentioned!"

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Final score:

18points

James 3 years ago

The only thing I see wrong with this is that it took far too long for the nature of the job to be revealed - To have already gone through two rounds of interviews and to be flown out at the company's expense to then find out that 50% of your job will be hated is a massive waste of everyone's time and money.

18points

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#46

They asked if I was ever late and I replied with yeah who hasn't been late? Tried to redeem myself with it was only once or twice due to my car being broke down but I got a taxi straight there... oops

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Final score:

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Megan O'Neill 3 years ago

who hasn't been late before?

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#47

Did 4 hours of research on the wrong company.

Back in uni, had mock interview with a company I wanted to work for and at the last minute they swapped the company rep cuz the other was busy.

"So, why do you want to work with us?"

"...I don't."

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Final score:

17points

#48

I was interviewing for a sweet teachers job at a private school when I was asked the question: How much do you like kids on a scale of 1 to 10? The only answer they want to hear is 10. For some reason, though, I decided to level with the guy and say 6. As soon as I said it I knew I'd [messed] up.

Didn't get the job, obviously

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Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago

Teaching sweets seems very niche...

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#49

went to an assessment centre recently for a job at a very big it/business company

I told the interviewer 'I'm nervous' when I walked through the door

I said no when asked "do you have any further questions?"

I was very bossy and uncooperative in the group activity task

I applied for a job that was unrelated to my degree

I suggested cheating when doing a group activity task which resulted in the assessors sighing loudly (usually they dont interact with the candidates at all)

and to top it off i lost my train tickets so i couldnt get reimbursed for the £100 journey fees

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Final score:

16points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

If you had done a training seminar where you learned all those things, you'd have paid over £100 for it, so that's a win.

8points

#50

30 People Share How They Embarrassed Themselves During Their First Job Interview Interviewer: "So why do you want this job?"

Me: "You took my CV..."

Interviewer: ...

Me: ...

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Final score:

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Tami 3 years ago

Um, CV is Curriculum Vitae? I never heard of CV when I was applying for a job years ago.

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#51

Manager "how'd your drug test go?" Me (without hesitation ) "I don't know, the results aren't in" Manager lols with coworker "haha she doesn't know, see? She should KNOW!" then says with a smile "this question is the best drug test I know." He was an awesome and funny boss. Thank god.

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16points

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#52

Interviewer: So, what job do you think you're talented at?

Me: Yours

I was young, did not get the job.

Final score:

16points

Natalia A 3 years ago

This cracked me up!

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#53

The boss agreed to the first salary I suggested for myself, so I took that to mean I should have asked for more.

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15points

#54

Saying I can work any shift , any day of the week plus holidays hahaha

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Final score:

15points

Tee Witt 3 years ago

Mistake, BIG mistake

4points

#55

Not my first interview... but one of my firsts.

I had a typo in my resume that my B.S. was a B.A. The interviewer pointed it out after I said I was detail oriented. I had interviewed three other people in that company who all loved me up until then and the job was going to be a shoo-in because I knew someone who worked there who really wanted me on his team.

I did not get hired because of that typo.

Final score:

13points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

I had a similar issue. The lady interviewing me was really bitter and mentioned the typo repeatedly.

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#56

Responding with "I don't know" to a few questions

Final score:

12points

James 3 years ago

Nothing wrong with honesty; worst thing you can do is try and bs your way through and get it wrong. In my first programming job interview, I had to admit to not knowing many of the technologies they asked about, but replied confidently and accurately about others within my skill set.

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#57

Interviewer: "Do you think you're capable of doing this kind of work?" Me: "Yeah, I guess. Yes, yes I am." I saw how the interviewer was trying to hide his laughter.

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12points

Tee Witt 3 years ago

Surely you would not have been at the interview if you thought you could not?

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#58

Once I went to an interview and I had to bring with me my curriculum. It was raining and it got wet. I tried to explain but they never called me again.

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BleeBloo 3 years ago

you mean your cv?

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#59

When applying for a position as process technician at a one of the top 5 food producers in the United States, one of the interviewing board members asked, "What is the most difficult thing you have accomplished?" Instead of talking about a work accomplishment, I spoke about recovering from a severe industrial head injury. Up until that point I had the job in the bag.

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Final score:

12points

Lucy Brazier 3 years ago

I don't see why this should be a problem - employers want to know their employees are actual people too, not every interview example should be work related. This is a pretty outstanding accomplishment, to be fair.

11points

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#60

My boss (who is in a wheelchair) was conducting the interview. When he decided to give me a tour of the building, I said, "Autobots, roll out" mainly because this is high school and I was an idiot. Boss was not amused, but I still got the job.

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Final score:

12points

#61

went for a job interview in a basement nught club. they were refurbing and there was s**t everywhere. i confidently walked straight to the bar to talk to the manager who had been pointed oyt to me. turns out the s**t on the floor was a makeshift barrier because thet had just painted a load of concentric rings on the floor, i didnt realise and walked through. didnt get the job.

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Final score:

12points

Tee Witt 3 years ago

Hahahahah !

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#62

Phone sales job. They asked me if I thought it would be easier or more difficult to sell over the phone than in person. My answer was that phone would be easier. Judging by their facial expressions that was the wrong answer.

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11points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

This shows you're untrained and lacking life experience, but then your CV would have said the same.

1point

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#63

Not for a job but for a position for the student government at my university.

"So why are you interested in this position?"

lists legitimate good answers to the question, then

"....and cause it looks good on my resume"

Didn't get the position

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11points

Hugh Cookson 3 years ago

Yeah - same reason every politician anywhere does the job !!

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#64

Black Pants, Black shirt, black tie.

What's up cool guy, have a nice life.

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Marcellus II 3 years ago

Forgot your sunglasses, oops.

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Mimi M 3 years ago

I had 'pubic' on my CV for the longest time. Yeah, it was supposed to be 'public'. Oh well - if I didn't catch it, maybe they didn't either.

7points

littlesaresare 3 years ago

When I was handing out resumes for my first job as a teenager, it was many dozens of resumes later that someone pointed out I'd written my date of birth as that year. I was pretty big for a three-month-old. 😅

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Bobby 3 years ago

Worked at a place that went out of business. The owner tried to hook people up with interviews and referrals with businesses he was friends with. I went to one and the guy asked me why I left my previous job... uh you already know it went out of business. Then his partner asks how they know I can be reliable. I say I have a family to support that means the world to me. He says I have one too but I need to know this job is more important than your family. I walked out without another word

6points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

I would have too.

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

I will never understand why some of the shittiest jobs out there have these complex and convoluted interviewing processes. If you can show that you are reliable and you don't have a criminal record, that's about it. What the hell else do they think you owe them?

6points

Death Metal Kitty 3 years ago

Because 90% of them will have decided within the first 2-3 minutes if they're going to hire you. The questions are there to look like the interview means anything. Other times, they might be on a fence, so the question helps... but these are the in the minority.

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Bobby 3 years ago

Yes because people with criminal records don't deserve jobs

2points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

They want to see if you are willing to jump through hoops to get said crappy job. If you are willing to put up with that, you are more likely going to be the kind of person that will put up with loads of BS before you realize what our skills are really worth.

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Mimi M 3 years ago

I had 'pubic' on my CV for the longest time. Yeah, it was supposed to be 'public'. Oh well - if I didn't catch it, maybe they didn't either.

7points

littlesaresare 3 years ago

When I was handing out resumes for my first job as a teenager, it was many dozens of resumes later that someone pointed out I'd written my date of birth as that year. I was pretty big for a three-month-old. 😅

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Bobby 3 years ago

Worked at a place that went out of business. The owner tried to hook people up with interviews and referrals with businesses he was friends with. I went to one and the guy asked me why I left my previous job... uh you already know it went out of business. Then his partner asks how they know I can be reliable. I say I have a family to support that means the world to me. He says I have one too but I need to know this job is more important than your family. I walked out without another word

6points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

I would have too.

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

I will never understand why some of the shittiest jobs out there have these complex and convoluted interviewing processes. If you can show that you are reliable and you don't have a criminal record, that's about it. What the hell else do they think you owe them?

6points

Death Metal Kitty 3 years ago

Because 90% of them will have decided within the first 2-3 minutes if they're going to hire you. The questions are there to look like the interview means anything. Other times, they might be on a fence, so the question helps... but these are the in the minority.

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Bobby 3 years ago

Yes because people with criminal records don't deserve jobs

2points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

They want to see if you are willing to jump through hoops to get said crappy job. If you are willing to put up with that, you are more likely going to be the kind of person that will put up with loads of BS before you realize what our skills are really worth.

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