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leonardoA24
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Colombian born, California raised - Hello everyone :)
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I drove 2 hrs for the interview. Got there and the interviewer was off sick and hadn't told anyone about me coming in. Got back in my car and drove the 2 hrs home. Withdrew my name from consideration.
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At an interview for a tech startup, they asked me "If you could be any animal, what would you be?" I answered "Otter" because you know, fun, active, work well with their hands and cute as f**k. They really debated whether or not to hire me because of that answer because, and I quote, "We only hire predators, never prey." and they weren't sure how to quantify an Otter, because none of them had ever paid the least bit of attention to any sort of animal documentary or read biology or you know, visited a zoo recently. God that job sucked hard.
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Not that bad, but I remember Taco Bell asked me what type animal I would be if I could be anything. Like wtf do you want me to say? “ I would be a fire ant so I could work efficiently with my closest friends!” Sixteen year old me said an eagle, because they’re strong and they can fly. Meh...
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Job was for a vibration analysis engineer. I knew how to do the job well. I knew the pay should be around 95k, and they stated 55k (in the interview). When I tried to discuss my point, they said, "don't worry, there's plenty of overtime". They also mentioned since they weren't involved with many balancings at the moment, I would assist the cleaning crew with a lot of the cleanings. I've never been so uninterested in a job in my life.
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Maybe not the worst, but one that stands out: I was the interviewer, hiring for a position working with individuals with mental and/or physical disabilities. The person I was interviewing used the word "r***rded" multiple times. I pointed it out after the second use, stating "this is a position working with people with disabilities, that is a word that is not tolerated in this environment." They shrugged it off, maybe two minutes later, dropped it again. I stood up, thanked them for their interest, handed them back their resume, and told them I could already tell it wouldn't be a good fit and didn't want to waste their time, and walked them to the door.
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An agency sent me for an interview and said “the starting salary is £33000”. The interview went fairly well until the interviewer said “so what sort of salary are you looking for?” So using the info I had from the agency I said. “Well, I think £33000 is a fair starting point”....the interviewer practically threw me out! He started to shout about wasting his time because I expected to be paid a huge salary and who did I think I was... he was paying £20,000..............
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When he said I'll give you extra hours if you bring me smokes everyday, then put his hand on my leg and said his wife gives him passes to have fun. I also got a speeding ticket on the way to the interview. Was not my month.
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An Interviewer told me that he worried I would be sexually harassed if I joined his team. Red flag.
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Had an interview at an office supply store once. Guy told me straight up it was a high-pressure sales quota job. They're prices on computers and.peripherals were s**t and that's what I'd be selling. Dude straight up said it's a lot of work for low pay, not a lot of people enjoy working there, and he finished off with the fact that he's been there for 18 years. Practically ran out of that interview screaming
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Had a phone interview and the woman kept asking more and more intrusive questions, kept hinting I'm a total piece of s**t who's totally unfit for the job (it was the easiest job description ever) and jumping to conclusions about my life that were completely untrue. For example I found out that being a freelancer who gets a lot of decently paid work each month is apparently living off my parents. She kept going on and on like that for quite a while before I told her to back off and hung up. Didn't really need that job too badly but it was in a different country so the trravel aspect was the main reason. Years later I found out it was a "stress interview" which apparently is a thing. F**k those people.
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I had a skype interview with a private practice and the lady interviewing me literally made it sound like a stern military parent. "You can NEVER be late" (mind you the job was an hour away) "Even if you have a cold you can NEVER call in sick" (idk if this was meant for pre or post-covid) "We're a small company so you won't have much of a work/life balance" "PS our pay for all this dedication is only 3 dollars more than the measely pay your getting now" Just a whole interview of Red Flags. And the last one was when the lady messaged me immediately after saying I got the job and had to leave my job at maximum, five days' notice, regardless of me kind of bombing the interview and claiming there were other interviewees in line. I could see why they were having trouble hring people tbh
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It was my best interview. Great rapport with the interviewer. Gave me the job on the spot. It for a transfer to QA at Johnson Control. Came in to work the next day to have the offer rescinded. The job was already given to the plant managers niece and it had only been posted because of company policy. The story is much longer and complicated afterward but it was the first of several times I had been promoted (different companies) and then been told, "Never mind."
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My first Interview ever was at DQ and I accidently knocked a 90 year old woman over.
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I was the only person that hr was able to source for a role and I still got rejected. :(
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Five interview rounds with the last interview round being with the CEO all for an entry level customer service job. During the last interview, the CEO said you weren’t allowed to get sick, and you weren’t allowed to leave at the end of the day until all of the work had been done. So even though the job was 8-4 the CEO said customer service reps often stayed until 6 PM or later. She also asked if I would be comfortable secretly reporting to her about what the customer service team is up to. I declined the job offer and the company harassed me with emails asking why and what they did wrong. Really glad I didn’t take the job.Show All 31 Upvotes
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Let people know when you have them on speakerphone! Especially when your husband/wife/partner/friend/any other human is within earshot.
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Stand 2m back from the airport baggage carousel. If everyone does it, then enters that ring to grab their luggage and leave, then everyone can see their luggage as it comes and no one is jostling. It never occurred to me until I traveled in South Korea and they had a white line around the carousel that everyone stood on. It was remarkably efficient and I wish the rest of the world adopted it.
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You don't need to attach yourself to the person in front of you when standing in queue
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Don’t play music out loud from your mobile phones on public transportation. I get that you’re going to have a boring ride but don’t ruin everyone else’s.
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Move your cart to the side of the aisle when looking for groceries, don't hog up the middle. "Oh, of course I'll wait for you to pick out a flavor of beans, Sharon, take your time!"
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Asking couples when they’re going to be having kids. Not every couple wants/can have kids
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Don’t ask people to do their job for free, even if you’re friends or family.
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Standing in f**king doorways, go in or out, but get the f**k out of the way.
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If someone says they’re not drinking tonight, don’t make them feel bad or imply they are being boring
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That it's common courtesy to say "thank you" after receiving help/service from someone else.
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