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The redditor revealed that they've been recruiting people for years and years. "I've been in HR, and recruiting for most of my life," they shared with Bored Panda.

"I asked [the question] because in a recent position I had as an interviewer, it seemed like the art of interview etiquette has been completely lost," they explained what inspired them to come up with the question in the first place.

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) This guy was an absolute rock star applicant, applying to be a teacher. He was super nice, young, dynamic, and had won awards. He also had great references. Then, when asked 'Any questions?' he replied 'Could you tell me if you'd have a problem with a teacher dating a student?'

mkaibear , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

296points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

That flag is so big and red that Stalin would fly it above the kremlin

281points

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) A woman casually mentioning that she wanted to set her ex on fire. Totally unprompted and unrelated to anything that had been asked. Later, when asked how to handle difficult customers she said she would set them on fire as well.

DjangoVanTango , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

264points

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Fat Harry 2 years ago

At least she's consistent.

207points

Marcellus II 2 years ago

"IRS inspection?" "Fire!" "OK, technical problems?" "Fire!" "Hm... and floods?" "FIRE!!"

24points

Devil's Advocate 2 years ago

And honest

6points

LazyPanda 2 years ago

I like her. I would make a horrible hiring manager.

1point

Fikri Fikri 2 years ago

and honest hahaha

0points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Maybe this is the woman that customer service needs...

26points

Steffen Rehm 2 years ago

I love that woman. The right answer, for everything.

14points

$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

"I admire your honesty" - "Thanks, you big-nosed twat."

7points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

Snort-laugh!

0points

T. D. Bostick 2 years ago

The customer is always alight.

7points

El muerto 2 years ago

wouldn't we all....but yeah, I'm not trying to get the jobb

3points

Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago

My ex threw gasoline on me and threatened to light a match and I still wouldn’t care enough about him to want to set him on fire lol

0points

Nupraptor 2 years ago

"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire."

3points

Wendy Lam 2 years ago

Metallica style Fight fire with fire!

0points

Paul Davis 2 years ago

Should have asked how she'd handled workplace conflicts in the past...or checked her police records

2points

Efia 2 years ago

I can't blame her with the difficult customers :D

2points

Robert T 2 years ago

An absolute progidy.

2points

Jānis Meiers 2 years ago

Well - if the job was at the Crematorium...

1point

Jag Yu 2 years ago

as far as consistency goes, set that resume on fire as well

0points

Meami 2 years ago

Hmmm. Might want to notify the police.

0points

Mickie Shea 2 years ago

Yes, setting folks on fire as been a popular resolution for many disagreements.

0points

Ari Trionfo 2 years ago

Valid

0points

Phil Boswell 2 years ago

Flames! Flames on the sides of their heads!

0points

Robert Thompson 2 years ago

Some how I think the above is a stock photo and not the actual applicant.

0points

September 2 years ago

I'd hire her for off the books jobs, she seems motivated and focused 😉🤣

0points

Silre 2 years ago

She's definitely worked in customer service before

0points

Suzi Q 2 years ago

Clearly doesn't want the job! Lol!

0points

Noah Schafer 2 years ago

She has the pyromaniac trait.

0points

Uber Mensch 2 years ago

Just keep her away from the flammables, okay?

0points

Douglas Mock 2 years ago

As long as she's not selling firewood, I see no problem. /s

0points

Roe Rainrunner 2 years ago

I am a technical supporter and tell everyone that "we guys" are good with weapons and getting away with murder. That's the way my boss likes it XD

0points

Kishibe Angelo 2 years ago

well ig honesty ain't always the best policy

0points

Radek Suski 2 years ago

Weird choice of picture

0points

Sage Gusano 2 years ago

'A furderer....A fire murder....A furderer." Shawn Spencer (Psych)

0points

Alma Muminovic 2 years ago

😂😂 hired!

0points

Katya Myers 2 years ago

Sounds like nanny Plum.

0points

deanna woods 2 years ago

This lady sounds like my uncle's wife. She set my aunt's house on fire with her and my uncle in it because she was mad at my uncle. Of course, we didn't find out about this until two years later.

0points

Rick Hoppenbrouwer 2 years ago

Not a great person to work in a smoke shop.

0points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago

I imagine setting everyone one fire would get boring after a while.

0points

John L 2 years ago

I would be interested on how she would accomplish these act of assault/arson.

0points

Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

Hm, and it was customer relationship-work?

0points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 2 years ago

This sounds like a person who's botching interviews on purpose so they can stay on unemployment. (To which I say "more power to her" since unemployment in the USA is an insurance plan and it's her own money already anyway)

0points

EEF🤓 2 years ago

Humour or crazy

0points

Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

I usually wait until I have the job before I start being honest.

0points

ZonkeY_the_DonkeY 2 years ago

Sounds effective, burn the LGBTQ flag as well possibly hm?

-3points

Bored Panda was interested to get the OP's take on what job applicants should or shouldn't do. For instance, they told us that as far as personal and professional achievements go, they like them highlighted on the resume. "If I get asked, I'll explain how I achieved it. It's not boastful in my opinion if you're asked," they said.

"I think one of the best things a person can do is simply be attentive. Do some research on the company, especially if it's for a job you really want," they gave some great advice for anyone who's planning on going to a job interview soon. Meanwhile, the worse thing someone can do is "check your phone or watch." Also, try not to seem bored or uninterested. "If that's the case, why did you even take the interview?"

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) When I worked in a bank as a manager, one internal candidate I interviewed put her finger in front of my face while I was talking and said” I’m gonna stop you right there” . I went with the other person who didn’t put their finger to my face

Iamstillalice , wayhomestudio Report

Final score:

232points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Someone put a finger in my great-grandfather's face once and he bit it very hard.

136points

An individual I was about to interview had strapped a bag of urine to themselves in preps for a drug test and accidentally sat down on it. The bag popped and pee went all over the person and the floor. My office smelled like urine for a month...

McMurphyo Report

Final score:

217points

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EEF🤓 2 years ago

...what

79points

Aggravating_Squirrel Report

My most recent standout was when I found my own resume with someone else's name on it. Someone had come across my resume at some point and copied-pasted it into their own, with no changes except for the name/contact information.

Final score:

217points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

I would have invited that person and ridicule them about my resume.

110points

Earlier, career coach Jermaine Murray explained to Bored Panda that one of the biggest mistakes that applicants can make is being too humble. If they don’t highlight their achievements and accomplishments, nobody else will do it for them.

"They humble themselves when they need to be boasting. If you understand why the work that you were doing was important and how it impacts your org (project) then you should be explaining that to the interviewer without holding back. How did you go above and beyond to make sure things worked? What creative ways did you come up with? Show off."

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) During my first management gig I was sifting through resumes for an internship program we had and one of the candidates printed her resume on glittery paper and sprayed it with perfume. I didn’t even look at her resume. To this day they probably still find glitter on that desk.

rusalkarusalka , Inkwina Report

Final score:

213points

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Steffen Rehm 2 years ago

"Try to impress them, stick out with your resume to get noticed, be creative to get a job". I can hear the suggestions. :D

108points

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Interviewed someone for a teaching position in China.

Me: Do you have any preference in regards to which city in China you would like to live in?

Candidate: Hmmm, I'm very interested in either Shanghai or Korea.

Nope.

Totally_Scrwed , Nothing Ahead Report

Final score:

211points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Math teachers aren't very good in Geography.

43points

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Had a guy who was a little rough but was looking quite promising for a design role. He blew it with me by saying “I’ll turn this company around in 6 weeks” and a few more comments along those lines with a theme of “you are currently messing it up”.

This is a small successful company. I wanted him to fit in, not “turn us round”.

wivsi , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

210points

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Viviane 2 years ago

Maybe this ambitious dude should turn his vision into his own business.

60points

According to Jermaine, our tone of voice and body language are vital to success during job interviews. We should always do our best to be perceived as confident and capable. Failing to do so can cost you the job because your talents and skills won’t seem as impressive if you’re a nervous wreck or just downright scared.

"If your body language or tone says otherwise [i.e. that you’re not confident], you destroy the perception of your skills. Once that's gone so are your chances of landing the job," he said.

#10

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Currently doing all video interviews (cause well Covid) and I recruit for a healthcare company. many, many, many times people answer the video call either naked, partially naked, on the toilet, etc. yeah you’re not getting the job bud.

katie31410 , Ludwig Schneider Report

Final score:

201points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

I don't understand people who take phone calls while on the toilet. Very few calls are that important.

117points

#11

My wife got someone who applied as an emergency room physician who didn’t have a medical degree or go to medical school but they were a “hard worker” and a “quick learner.” Yeah, you can’t legally practice medicine without a license. That’s gonna be a no.

the7thfollower Report

Final score:

196points

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De Gueb 2 years ago

Yea, I watched all season of Gray Anatomy, ER and house. That should do it.

107points

#12

I recently interviewed a Chef. I hadn't even gotten to the point of telling him what our menu theme was and he took off his mask and said he won't wear one if I told him to. Then he starts telling me how my restaurant was going to run, and a bunch of menu items that aren't even close to our theme.

I told him he should go start his own restaurant, call it the Covid Cafe.

mauinion Report

Final score:

190points

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Raven DeathShade 2 years ago

Nice ring to it, but I already got Covid once. I have no desire to do so again.

39points

ZoeAWashburne , Alexander Suhorucov Report

"You can teach someone to be a better coder but it's near impossible to teach them how to be a better person. Recruiters will always value personality first, but technical skills are a very close second," Jermaine said.

"Hiring managers keep that in mind and try to make sure candidates they like can perform competently. Different things contribute to this bar that aren't based on the candidate but the organization's internal ability to support and develop someone. Once those two elements are present a hire will happen.”

#13

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Interviewee dropped multiple F-bombs. Job interviews are one of the most formal things a person will go through. Now, I’m not shy for swearing language, but they didn’t know that. It just showed I couldn’t trust her in any formal situation or important business meeting. It wasn’t the swearing, it was the lack of judgement.

Final score:

181points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

So, what they actually say is: I don't mind if they swear when they are at work, but they need to know when they shouldn't do it.

99points

LewyBodyDementia , August de Richelieu Report

#14

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Not a HR but I'm currently conducting interviews to recruit a new team member. We saw a guy who was great on the paper but when asked about hobbies he said "seduce and bang women". He was done at this very moment as I yeeted myself out of the place.

Final score:

171points

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Guido Pisano 2 years ago

playing an instrument is so outdated?

20points

#15

Bring your parent or spouse with you... if you need moral support leave them in the car, do not bring them with you to our office and definitely do NOT let them speak for you. Instant “no” from me.

DinosaurMelvin Report

Final score:

170points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Unless the parent or spouse proves to be a better candidate than the applicant.

51points

Jermaine told Bored Panda that first impressions are vital. That extends to our online presence, e.g. on LinkedIn, as well.

“You can always improve your profile and show up in a Recruiter’s future search based on the SEO algorithms on LinkedIn. Also, if someone is a good Recruiter, they wouldn’t discount someone’s profile in the future because good people make bad resumes on LinkedIn all the time,” he gave us a peek at the side of things from a recruiter’s perspective.

#16

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) I worked for a big, well known company and we were recruiting interns straight out of college. The questions are more of a get to know you questions, rather than actual knowledge of the work or experience. The company actually gave us a paper with some example questions, like the one below, that we could ask if we ran out of ideas.

So it's going pretty well, very bubbly, chatty girl and I have impression she would fit the team. Until:

Me: how do you handle multiple deadlines in a short time period? E.g. if you have 2-3 exams close to each other or an exam and a big class project?

Interviewee: well, you try to do your best, but if I realise I cannot meet both deadlines, I just call in sick

Zem_42 , Alexander Suhorucov Report

Final score:

168points

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Monkey Spunk 2 years ago

Well, she was honest at least.

90points

#17

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) My manager once told me a guy came in to interview and didn't know about Ohm's law. The position was for electrical engineering.

small_h_hippy , Sami Abdullah Report

Final score:

160points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

So there was a resistance to hire him?

239points

#18

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Very clearly googling the answers during a remote interview.

Diresu , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

154points

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Monkey Spunk 2 years ago

Or muting the call while the person sat with them feeds them the answer, as an interviewer you can hear it.

28points

#19

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) "Is that a photo of your wife? Wow, she's hot! Is she at home? What's your home phone number?"

Demonstrating self-confidence: 100%.

Demonstrating stupidity, and many other bad qualities: 100%

LozNewman , fauxels Report

Final score:

153points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Note his name and address and immediately demand a restraining order.

46points

#20

Joint interviewed a candidate with a female colleague, and the guy addressed all his answers to me, even when my colleague was the one who asked

shepanator Report

Final score:

146points

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Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago

It is crazy that this kind of thing still occurs.

82points

#21

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) When I was younger I worked in a bar and people would come in and give us (the bar staff) their resumes to give to management. One guy had "picking up chix" (His spelling not mine) listed under interests. After a good chuckle with my colleagues that resume got binned.

quietchild , Van Tay Media Report

Final score:

145points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

I co-owned a restaurant with several people. We got some wild applications which we had a lot of laughs over.

28points

#22

My dad is a QC/QA manager with an asphalt company (they build roads and stuff like that) and he said that once a guy with really good qualifications came in for an interview as a lab tech and said "you can go ahead and fire all your other techs because I'm the only one you're gonna need." The interview lasted 5 seconds before my dad told him to f**k off.

Chewhuahuas Report

Final score:

137points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Reminds me of one of my daughter's exes who I hated with a burning passion. He used to talk about how he would be the best sports writer ever. Except he had no writing experience. Couldn't speak well, let alone write. Knew nothing about journalism and didn't even attend sports events. I still hate him. Hate him. (He abused my child physically and emotionally. Hate him.)

111points

#23

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) I was interviewing someone who had previously worked at the American embassy in his home country. The language barrier was very difficult and he was having a tough time with the interview. Part way through, he showed me some certificates he received from the embassy job, as awards for good work. The conversation then went like this:

Me: Can you tell me the story about some of these awards?

Him: Huh?

Me: I'd like to know why you received these awards. Maybe you can pick one of them and tell me the story about how you got it.

Him: ...awards?

Me: Yes, these things you're showing me right now. Tell me about them.

Him: They are awards.

Me: Right. Tell me how you received them.

Him: How?

Me: Yes. What did you do to get them?

Him: ...I dunno. It's your embassy, you tell me.

That last bit was the longest sentence he spoke to me during the entire interview.

Seemose , Yan Krukov Report

Final score:

136points

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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

How do you work for a foreign Embassy in your home country, and not at least have enough understanding of your bosses’ language to get by (while brushing up and trying to become more proficient in it)?

39points

Downvote_me_dumbass , Anna Shvets Report

#24

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) When I worked in HR, one applicant, who was in her 40s submitted a 40-page list of achievements/certificates and “sorority girl achievements” from 20 years prior.

Needless to say she failed at even getting an interview.

Final score:

132points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Part of the problem is the refusal of people to accept that a lot of women spend a considerable portion of their lives raising children and taking care of home and family. No credit or respect is given for that, which leaves women with the only option of talking about what they did 20 years ago. But a 40 page list of achievements was overkill!

116points

masspersuasion , SHVETS production Report

#25

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) She was throwing out questions out of the blue, then answering them herself without even waiting for a reaction from me, the interviewer.

"Sir, do you know why I welcome challenges other people would immediately avoid? Well, sir, let me tell you..."

Final score:

129points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

She got the part where it says : "Be prepared for your interview." a bit wrong.

45points

#26

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) So many:

1. making comments about getting into an employees skirt as they walked past (also how to get reported to HR before even getting the job).

2. explaining how they took copies of all the companies code home.

3. explaining how they used to work two jobs at once, pretending to work for one from home

4. explaining how they program games for their playstation with notepad... While being interviewed by programmers for a sales role

5. telling the interviewer that the problem they are trying to solve is impossible (even though it was literally 3 lines of code... It was a warm up question)

nashidau , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

126points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

6. Telling the interviewer that he excels in formatting hard drives to solve computer problems.

29points

#27

I was once around when my old boss interviewd a potential bouncer candidate. This guy lived about 45min drive away from the location, had no licence to drive nor a car. And no, there were no busses or other method of transportation available around the time the club closed.

When asked if he had a friend or some other accommodation figured out, he simply told that he's going to pick up some girl every work night and spend the night at her place. Because hey, isn't there always a line of chicks just waiting to bang the bouncer, right?

Never saw him again.

TheHellbilly Report

Final score:

125points

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K 2 years ago

Yuck 🤮

53points

#28

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) I was interviewing an apparently well qualified Senior Project Manager for a major, full time project.

She hadn’t worked for six months and while that certainly wasn’t a deal breaker, I asked “How come you left your last job without another to go to?”

She said “Oh I had problems with my Manager...”

Tiny red flags waving - I asked her to explain...

She said, rolling her eyes, “Well he like wanted me to come to work like EVERY day...”

I must’ve looked shocked because she added “Would you want me to work like every day?”

I thought that maybe I was on camera and was being pranked - but retained my composure...

“Well this IS a full time job, running a major project...”

She cut me off and said “I don’t think I’ll like that...”

Let me clarify “everyday” - the job was a simple full time role - Monday to Friday 9 - 5.

shadow125 , Polina Zimmerman Report

Final score:

120points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago (edited)

Well, it is quite bold to ask employees to work 40 hours when you're paying them to work 40 hours. /S

41points

#29

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Telling me you obviously know more than me and that's why I need to hire you for a position I am the direct supervisor for in the most condescending tone I've ever heard in my almost 15 years of my career.

Knowing more than me was required - I'm only in charge of this position because I know more than my bosses about it, but we were looking for someone who specialized in that role. The attitude of "I'm obviously better than you" was not required, and lost him the second interview. Until that point, I was loving his confidence and obvious knowledge, but he just took it too damn far.

Emmyisme , Edmond Dantès Report

Final score:

118points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Guess the interviewer had no desire to make his job a constant d!ck measuring contest.

40points

#30

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Preface: I work in a medical cannabis dispensary.

Had a candidate drop off his resume. Seemed like a promising candidate, until I flipped over his resume and saw that he had a "wish list" of dispensaries he wanted to work at, and a reminder that he had an interview that same day, later that afternoon. My company wasn't on his wish list. He later called to ask if his resume had any writing on the back, and asked me what time his interview was. I wished him luck. I didn't hire him.

Have had countless candidates who only wanted to work at a medical (meaning you have to have a qualifying condition like cancer) dispensary because they "thought it would be chill af", "could be high all day", or "get free samples". None of them were called back.

l34u05 , Add Weed Report

Final score:

109points

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Suzi Q 2 years ago

"Dude! I totally forgot my list, can you read it to me!" Lol! I bet those are some interesting resumes!

1point

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#31

Walked into the interview with her phone up, texting. Sat down, continued texting, finally looked up to meet my eyes when done. I just motioned to the door. This was for a TEACHING POSITION.

Scoutnjw Report

Final score:

37points

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Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago

The short and sweet yeet.

9points

#32

I had a female applicant show up to an interview in a bikini. I called it right there.

MyWifeRules Report

Final score:

35points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

No. Really? I Mean unless the interview was for adult models

13points

drinkthecoffeeblack Report

#33

One time, I asked a guy what his proudest accomplishment was. He answered, "When I was a kid, I fell on my bike and hurt myself *down there* (points to his crotch for emphasis), and they said I'd never have kids, but now I have 3!"

Final score:

35points

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Elliot Fowler 2 years ago

Impressive actually

25points

Optimal_Sleep_2789 Report

#34

I had an interview set up with a potential employee. She called the day of, hysterical because she didnt know how to get to the office, she was new in town etc. I was nice, we rescheduled for a couple days later, I thought maybe it was nerves, I'll give it a chance.

She proceeded to call every hour that day in the same or very similar state of hysterics. She started slurring her words together. She keeps telling me she's lost and doesn't know the bus routes. At this point I'm pretty sure she's abusing some kind of substance, probably alchohol. I'm stuck with the interview slot I've already told her about, in case she actually remembers about it.

The day we rescheduled arrives. She showed up 5 hours early.

She did not get the job.

Final score:

34points

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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

I would’ve been sure security was close at hand when I told her she didn’t get the job. Just. In. Case.

10points

#35

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Former head teller. My old manager once came over to my desk after an interview and let out a massive sigh and declared (quietly so only i heard him) that he needed a double of scotch. Apparently the person showed up to the interview in a white “wife beater” tank, ripped khaki shorts, and had the n- word in his email on his resume (interviewee was white if it matters). Needless to say, my boss did not hire them.

rosepinkcamo Report

Final score:

33points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Why would you even invite someone for an interview who has the n-word in their email?

43points

PsychohistorySeldon , manfredrichter Report

#36

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Refusing to remove your rollerblades and sitting on the table is a pretty big no.

Final score:

33points

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Itstheoneandonlydave 2 years ago

Yeh i would get no vibes to

3points

#37

Being late, having your mother call to ask about your application status, telling me you have to apply for jobs so you can continue to get unemployment benefits.

Montanapat89 Report

Final score:

33points

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Béla Kun 2 years ago (edited)

A dude was interviewing at the company where I work and when they asked him what pay would he be satisfied he said "It doesn't matter, my granny will take all of it anyway."

6points

#38

Had a job interview with a woman. In her last two Letters of recommendation, at the end, where usually would be a sentence about why that employment ended, there was a weird vibe in between the lines. So we asked why she left those companies.

She just smiled and said "Well, both times I was dating my manager and it didnt turn out so good". It was almost as if she was proud.

After she left we asked the supervisor of the position if he needed a new girlfriend (with a wink ;) )

She didnt get the job.

Uebergangsjacke Report

Final score:

32points

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R. S. 2 years ago

It worked twice though.

4points

#39

ME: Thanks for coming in and we'll be in touch soon.

HIM: Thanks for inviting me and I just want to say good luck with the baby

ME: Sorry, what baby?

HIM: Well the contract is for 6 months and you're interviewing for your role, so you're going to have a baby, right?

ME: No.

HIM: Oh, well you can understand why I might have though that?

ME: No, not really.

HIM: But...well...ummmm...but you are a woman.

Me: Yes, yes I am. Thanks for noticing. Now, thanks for your time, just press the green 'exit' button on your way out.

Staff sat near reception couldn't believe what they heard!

AitchNic Report

Final score:

32points

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Raven DeathShade 2 years ago

Ah yes, every single woman in the whole world is pregnant if they take some time off work for a period of time less than or equal to 9 months.

14points

#40

For me, it’s when candidates divulge what is clearly sensitive information on the part of their existing/previous employer.

kplatinum777 Report

Final score:

32points

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Béla Kun 2 years ago

If they don't have an NDA why wouldn't they talk about anything?

6points

stanley_leverlock , Michael Burrows Report

#41

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) This guy's resume had a ton of IT skills/technologies in it and that should have been a red flag but we didn't have many candidates for the position so we gave him a shot.

First question I asked him was "So I see you have PHP on your resume, can you tell me what types of environments you've worked with it in?" His answer was "What? I don't know know that." And he didn't say it like he didn't know PHP, he said it like he'd never heard of it. When I showed him a copy of his resume he scratched out PHP with a pen and said "My friend did my resume for me, I'll have to update that..." That was the end of any consideration of hiring him. I texted the recruiter to come get him and it took them 20 minutes to get there. To be polite we continued the interview but it was a long 20 minutes. I don't remember everything but every question was a train wreck.

He insisted he knew Active Directory because he kept it on a usb drive he carried with him.

He got a text and stared at his phone for about 10 very uncomfortable seconds and then said "Hold on, this guy is trying to sell me some windows" while he texted back.

When asked what types of teams and groups he's used to working with instead of saying "very structured" or "easy going" he rattled off about 10 names, first names, as if we knew who they were. When we asked what that team was like he was like "Oh, you know" and then repeated the names again.

Someone asked him to walk them through a typical day at his current job. I don't think he said anything about work and instead talked about his wife and his kids. Then he told us a story about a funny thing his uncle did years ago.

I asked him how his work was presented to him and whether he used a ticketing system or if he used any project management software and he said "They call me." When I asked if he meant a help desk environment he said no "They call me at home." He couldn't elaborate on how any of that worked or what he did after they called him.

Final score:

30points

POST

Canadian in Cornwall 2 years ago

Train wreck of an interview. I once saw someone's CV (resume) where he listed every little job he'd ever had, and made it all sound much bigger and better than it was. I questioned him and he was actually just totally deluded !!

14points

ProblematicResistor Report

#42

GREAT on paper. Came to the interview high, admitted he'd fail a workplace drug screen for PCP, and wanted to drive heavy machinery.

Final score:

30points

POST

Béla Kun 2 years ago

There is no such thing as functioning PCP addict

12points

#43

I had a candidate bring his mother to the interview, with the expectation that she would go through the interview with him.

RecruiterSecrets Report

Final score:

30points

POST

Jo Choto 2 years ago

I feel like you could do the guy and his mother a favour by stating clearly that nobody will ever hire someone whose mother comes to the interview.

18points

#44

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) In high school I was in a group interview for a cr*ppy mall retail job and they asked us if we had any fun nicknames. This college aged kid next to me perked up and looked excited to answer. He then proudly proclaimed that his friends liked to call him DJ Big Balls.

TheSpaceMonkeys , Olya Kobruseva Report

Final score:

29points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Dj Big Balls to lingerie department. Repeat; Dj Big Balls to lingerie department.

27points

#45

Was helping my manager interview some people for elderly care work in a residential home (UK). A lady came in and immediately declared she WOULD:

. Help serve food and drinks, but no washing up or cooking

. Would help ONLY the ladies get dressed but no intimate personal care and will not dress men

. No evening or night shifts

. Will not change "nappies" (incontinence pads)

. Will not push wheelchairs

My manager was pretty stunned, i couldnt help myself and asked "so what the f**k will you do?" I handed her the CV back and told her we will call you. We did not.

JustPassingShhh Report

Final score:

29points

POST

Béla Kun 2 years ago

If it was so obvious you wouldn't hire her why'd you say you would call, that is about as bad as her "demands"

2points

#46

I once had a person explain how they once got into a fist fight with another employee. And this was an example of “how they handled a difficult situation with a customer or coworker”.

PunchNessie Report

Final score:

29points

POST

Monique Reed 2 years ago

Better than the candidate I had who answered that question by proudly explaining how he'd filled his roommate's bed with dog feces...

10points

WeLiveInAnOceanOfGas Report

#47

One that’s famous in my company is the anti-vegan

He was doing a great job in the interview process and was apparently the front-runner until he was having an interview with his boss’s boss. He’s half way through the interview and unprompted says “none of you are anything weird like Vegan are you? Haha” and goes on a bit of a rant about them.

Little did he know the man interviewing him had been vegan for 4 years to support his wife. She’d been having some serious health problems and found a vegan diet helped her, so he adopted it out of solidarity and stuck with it.

The rant ended... there was silence amongst the interviewees who ofc were aware of this story, and he was asked to leave.

Final score:

28points

POST

Béla Kun 2 years ago

And he probably walked out thinking that the "stinking vegan deep state took his job because he is not one of them"

16points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#48

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) I used to work in staffing. I have a few.

Showing up ridiculously late. You should never be late for an interview but a few minutes may be forgiven. An hour will not be.

Smelling like weed, regardless of the position.

Being rude to anyone in the office before the interview

(My favorite) Interrupting the interviewer by answering a phone call and sticking your finger in the interviewer's face

05110909 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

27points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

The "Showing up ridiculously late."-part goes both ways. I walked out of several applications because the interview wasn't on time. If that's how you treat your candidates, than that's how you treat your employees.

29points

#49

A guy wrote on his application that he “dropped out of public school in 8th grade and was self educated after that. “ And 9 words were misspelled

Nacho_Beardre Report

Final score:

27points

POST

Scagsy 2 years ago

Plot twist; He was applying to be a teacher. And they hired him.

6points

#50

Years ago I was tasked with opening a new branch in another state. We needed to hire many people in a relatively short time. I spent my days interviewing 8-10 people a day in a tiny makeshift office while the building was under construction. One person will be forever burned into my memory. She came in professionally dressed and the conversation started off great. As we gradually went through the interview questions things got weird fast. She started to tie her horoscope sign into multiple answers. She’d say “that’s just the Scorpio in me” and “I’m a Scorpio so that’s why I do it this way”. Then she proceeded to get louder and angrier with each question. Simple questions like “how many years experience do you have in X “ would leave her basically shouting and glaring. The most unnerving thing was how her eyes seemed to change from the original hand shake to sitting down and answering questions. She would stare at me in an unsettling, wide-eyed way that was confrontational and aggressive. She went from seemingly upbeat and happy to be there to me feeling like she was going to attack at any moment. I wrapped it up and walked her out, making sure she left the building. And as she was leaving she turned around with a huge smile and said sweetly “I hope to hear back from you soon”. Umm WHAT?!?!? I’ve interviewed thousands of people since then - she remains the most disturbing one ever.

everling_eve Report

Final score:

27points

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Jill Bussey 2 years ago

Sounds like she took "something" just before the interview.

10points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#51

One time I was interviewing a guy for a position in a book publishing house. One of my questions was -naturally- "What do you like to read mostly?"

His response: "Naah I don't like books, too boring."

acariux Report

Final score:

27points

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Jessica Bertram 2 years ago

well, that's a disappointing nope

8points

#52

Show up to a job interview without wearing a mask, for a Safety Manager role.

dragula15 Report

Final score:

27points

POST

#53

I interviewed a guy and asked him about his approach to Diversity & Inclusion and his reply was “all the girls in my team that are my subordinates are lovely and some of them are very pretty, so yes, women are important to have in the team”

4orty-sixandtwo Report

Final score:

27points

POST

EEF🤓 2 years ago

Jesus

11points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

#54

The guy took a call for another interview in the middle of his interview. Needless to say, our interview was over.

Stupid_bullhit Report

Final score:

27points

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Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago

Watch him lose both jobs

3points

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#55

A candidate laughed at me. He didn’t have an answer for my first two questions then just LAUGHED at my third and shook his head.

I shut down the interview and made it clear it was due to an inability to complete it. I politely asked if he had any questions and he said “is the job paid by direct deposit or a check? Do you need a void check from me?”

No sir, you’re never getting a pay check from us... EVER!

thriftingretail Report

Final score:

26points

POST

Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago

So optimistic

2points

#56

I (F) was the recruiting manager. Had a male coworker with me who was learning the interview process and I was letting him talk through the questions I had previously selected. The candidate clearly thought I was the secretary, would try and be flirty with me when my coworker would talk and even winked at me after saying something like « oh well I would just help her, you know » (question was something about what would you do about a coworker in trouble). Yikes. Still have the jibbies about it.

frenchcat808 Report

Final score:

26points

POST

Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago

Unreal

2points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#57

Group interview. As an ice breaker, the candidates were asked to write an interesting fact about themselves, then work out as a group which one belonged to who. One guy wrote about how he wanted to be a stunt man in his teens, so he dressed up as a bird, climbed into a tree, and defecated over people. He did not get the job.

DandeSat Report

Final score:

26points

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Sawdust 2 years ago

"Sorry, meant to write *descended*."

7points

#58

Guy was sniffing and rubbing his nose a lot. Figured he had a cold, not big deal. Until me and my boss both noticed some white dust. And he got more agitated, squirming and confused as the interview went on.

That would have been a mess to deal with.

thomsmith2000 Report

Final score:

26points

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Sawdust 2 years ago

Maybe just allergic to mohair.

1point

#59

Guy told me that he needed to have Thursdays off because that was the day that his WoW guild did their raids.

enterthedragynn Report

Final score:

26points

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Nadia Monteira 2 years ago

Respectable reason. Priorities !

17points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#60

Talking over the interviewer.

Thewrongjake Report

Final score:

25points

POST

Sarabura 2 years ago

Oh yeah. You'll be working with them? Good luck with that

5points

#61

Working as a recruiter, I ALWAYS had several completely inexperienced guys applying for TL and senior positions despite having just graduated from some mediocre coding course and having nothing to show for it. They somehow always were a very specific brand of a person.

However, the record on disqualified candidates belongs to an applicant for a Junior Motion Designer position. They didn't attach a portfolio. I thought maybe they didn't get around to make one yet? It can happen, and I like giving people the benefit of doubt. I figured I could just give them a home task if needed.

I asked them the standard questions about how experienced they were with standard industry softwares - After Effects, Blender and a couple of others.

"I can use Word. Does it help?"

With_Trees Report

Final score:

25points

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RNA 2 years ago

Well, in my company we were looking for a rigger - a person who would 'rig' 3D character models to a skeleton for animation purposes. We've got a lot of applications from experienced... industry machine riggers.

5points

#62

Interviewee began the interview with "I am one of the smartest people in the world. I am so smart in fact that I have created my own language, which I use exclusively for the rest of this interview. "

To this day I have no idea if his tech skills were any good. But he did provide us with entertainment for an afternoon as we invited everyone in the office to ask him any questions they liked.

roideguerre Report

Final score:

25points

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Max L. 2 years ago

This new age of enterpreneur going to work for google for 3b$ per year made quite some damage. They really think it could work with an approach like this.

0points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#63

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Been doing a bunch of interviews lately for an intermediate network engineer. I had a guy start off an interview with "I don't really know anything about networking"

Sololegends , Mikhail Nilov Report

Final score:

24points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

I just need 10 job applications to keep my unemployment benefits this month.

14points

#64

Girl spent the entire interview talking about penguins and how she has a whole room dedicated to penguins and then put her feet on the conference table, rolled up her pant legs to display penguin socks. No.

Chuck_Lotus Report

Final score:

24points

POST

Goth mouse (they/them) 2 years ago

If it was an interview to be a penguin keeper at a zoo it might make sense 😂

17points

#65

My friend applied at the place I worked. His email address was a string of weed references and began and ended with “420_69.”

NotThisNonsense Report

Final score:

24points

POST

Max L. 2 years ago

That would fill the part of the form about hobbies&lifestyle

0points

castironskilletmilk , Alexander Suhorucov Report

#66

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) He literally told me that he was only at this interview cos he heard the chicks working for us were hot.

Final score:

23points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

So he was literally told that perverts and potential stalkers and rapists never get hired?

5points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#67

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) A candidate that during "do you have any questions?" asked deadpan if it's ok to have a six-pack of beers during his lunch break.

alxwak , Alan Levine Report

Final score:

23points

POST

Beeps 2 years ago

And, is it?

9points

#68

A standard set of questions I circulate into an interview are: how many hours are you available, how punctual are you, and how are you capable of said workload

I’ve had multiple people flat out say they are not available at all. But what really blew the cookie was when a young dude asked if he could just not work and be given money.

anon Report

Final score:

23points

POST

rspanther 2 years ago

Not work and get money, try politics.

32points

#69

I'm a recruiter in a tech company. We mainly hire experienced algorithm and software developers, so generally you tend to expect people who know how to interview. Nope!

I look racially ambiguous. I've been asked by a candidate for a team leadership role if I was Indian the first two seconds of the interview. He actually got the job and works for the company today, a year and half later.

Another candidate spent 30 minutes complaining about his current workplace and how terrible it is, while I desperately tried to cut him off and get him to answer my damn question

I was hit on during an interview. By a candidate twice my age. Yup

I had a candidate for a testing position whom I headhunted on LinkedIn and he agreed to talk and hear about the position. During the phone call he said something along the lines of "I'm headhunted all over, I need to hire an assistant because the phone won't stop ringing" in a very arrogant tone. He was very annoying and full of himself during the entire conversation. He did not progress to a F2F interview, but every time we open a similar position, he applies.

doomed-danny Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Peter Korsten 2 years ago

Having said that, the number of recruiters that want to be my friend on LinkedIn three weeks after I started a new job is somewhat discouraging.

2points

#70

Handing me a full page long list of courses that the candidate has taken...and then telling me that they can only work on two days a week for two hours at a time because they’re about to start three more courses.

The best part is that these were all courses about getting back into employment.

Heart2001 Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Beth L 2 years ago

Sounds like they fell for one of those "how to be successful" pyramid schemes that sell self-improvement programs...

3points

#71

I was once in an interview (position in the department I'm leading) and the candidate answered the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question with (what was essentially) "Not here, I only see this as a stepping stone".

A lot of "M-hm"s were audibly said just after that.

giddyup281 Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Fat Harry 2 years ago

To be fair, the "Where do you see yourself?" question is one of the most asinine interview questions you can ask. It just smacks of an interviewer who doesn't know what to ask.

41points

#72

Didn't take their earbuds out during the interview.

beckerszzz Report

Final score:

22points

POST

bryguy 2 years ago

Sometimes there is a reason, they might have extreme anxiety and need background sound going, but that needs to be explained early. I once interviewed someone who left their sunglasses on the entire time. I was immediately ticked but after about 4 minutes she explained she had sunglasses on because her eyes are extremely light sensitive and she will always need to wear them even inside. Sometimes it's not all what it appears.

7points

#73

I was interviewing for a tech position two years ago and one of the guys that looked good on paper came in. It was a mess. He didn't know half of what was on his resume, and couldn't accurately explain the most basic of tech questions. When it came time to wrap up the interview and I asked if he had any questions for us, his first question was, "What's your attendance policy? Would I be in trouble for missing work?"

Have a nice day. Goodbye.

edaddyo Report

Final score:

21points

POST

Seabeast 2 years ago

Probably hired someone to create a resume for him.

1point

#74

I interviewed a guy who told me he was smarter than his boss and that he’d be smarter than any boss he had in the future as well. Apparently this was funny too because he laughed. No one else did.

VirtualIce23 Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Raven DeathShade 2 years ago

"If you have to say how smart you are, chances are that you're an idiot."

13points

#75

Asking if they can reschedule the interview because he "just got an interview for a job I really want." We just suggested it might be best to not reschedule at all.

No apologies for the inconvenience; rescheduled 15 minutes before the interview was about to start; we initially agreed until he repeated over and over how he "really wanted [the other job] more."

jcillc Report

Final score:

20points

POST

#76

I (23) sat in on an interview with my boss (25) and a potential candidate (late 30s female).

Candidate: "I take pride in my work, I'm not some millennial (see: mid20s interviewers across the table) that will just skate by doing the bare minimum."

Needless to say we shared a chuckle after she left that interview and never heard from my boss.

OHMAIGOSH Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

30s is millenial

12points

#77

Q: On a scale of 1 to 10 how are your C language skills?

A: 10

Q: What does i++ do?

A: I don't know.

fannyj Report

Final score:

19points

POST

Guido Pisano 2 years ago

and what is the difference between ++i and i++

7points

#78

Had a guy literally SPRINT out of the building.

I wasn't the interviewer, I am a web developer, but as we were trying to hire a second developer I was asked to prepare some basic web development questions.

These were not hard. These were absolute bare basics babies first code stuff.

This guy came in, started interviewing and was apparently doing okay, not fantastic but enough to keep him in consideration. Then he saw that we had a test and he apparently grabbed his bag and ran out of the room. All I saw was this guy sprint full-tilt past the rest of the office, shoulder-barge out the door and run off into the distance, followed by our two directors stumbling out of the interview office laughing uncontrollably.

I guess he lied on his CV?

reverendmalerik Report

Final score:

18points

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Max L. 2 years ago

Im wondering they apply because they think they could get a job tthey have absolutely no knowledge what it is about ?

0points

#79

Go into a rant about their political beliefs.

Also, if they have a tongue ring and play with it I squirrel and don't hear anything they actually say.

Disparage their old job/boss without being prompted to discuss past employment.

JuanBurley Report

Final score:

18points

POST

Lilly's Mom 2 years ago

squirrel?

4points

#80

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Did not happen to me (am a dude) but a woman recruiter friend of mine who had packed on a few kilos was asked by a candidate, at beginning of interview, “When are you due? You are glowing!” Shortest. Interview. Evah.

fukhoo , Marcus Aurelius Report

Final score:

17points

POST

Jill Bussey 2 years ago

Do not make personal remarks to your interviewer!

5points

#81

Hygiene. It was for a designer role in a high tech comapny.

My manager interviewed him first, before coming back to my desk rather soon. I said, "wow, the was quick." He replied, "he's all yours."

I opened the door to the interview room and almost fell over backwards. Whatever place this guy came from, water was scarce.

For me, I had spent part of my youth shovelling horse manure on the family farm, so I had techniques to breathe while in harsh environments.

So I talked to him and attempted to determine if he had any special skills that we needed (thinking that we could treat the personal grooming as a separate issue). He had nothing really remarkable to offer though.

mdscientist61 Report

Final score:

16points

POST

jammer 2 years ago

Future ”manager for customer complaints”. Yes, I’m looking at you, karen!

8points

#82

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Just straight up writing "Shrek" onto the contract he was supposed to sign.

DaKatos , Ryutaro Tsukata Report

Final score:

14points

POST

Amanda Nolting 2 years ago

When I worked at a bank, we had a customer whose legal signature was "Go Pokes!!!" (OSU fan) Like that's the signature on his driver's license and therefore legal, exclamation marks and all. So every form he filled out for us had to be signed that way. I can imagine how professional that comes across at his job.

3points

#83

One of my old lecturers used to tell us about when he worked for a marketing firm, or something, and was interviewing photographers. Most were pretty similar, nothing outstanding.
This one guy rocked in with a custom hand-made wooden box filled with cardboard-thin wooden frames on every photo, very VERY swish and fancy looking. The photo's were beautiful as well, and they'd probably have gone with the guy on the spot, but he turned up for the interview in a string wife-beater, daisy dukes and flip flops.

can_u_tell_its_me Report

Final score:

12points

POST

Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

The recruiter was the stupid one

13points

Responsible_Onion_42 , Craig Adderley Report

#84

"I'm interested in I.T because I have recently hurt my back and need a desk job."

Yeah, I didn't really get his enthusiasm for the role there.

marmalade_mannn Report

Final score:

12points

POST

R. S. 2 years ago

Stuck at the desk and have medical bills to pay? That is serious motivation.

0points

#85

This was me actually giving the job interview so I was the one hiring. We had to dramatically underpay the salespeople so our choices were horrible. But none were worse than this one creepy guy. He was basically a serial killer.

He walked in the conference room and right away I knew he was sketch. I should have ended the interview right when I saw him, ill fitting suit, slicked back hair, looked shady as f**k. I didn't want to judge a book by the cover though so I gave him a chance. I asked the first couple questions, you know, tell me about yourself, that kind of s**t.

Here is when I asked him to leave. I said, so tell me why you want to work in sales.

He goes, "Well, I'm new in town, so I think this will be a great way to get to meet people...especially women." And when he said especially women he winked at me, ewwwww just right now typing this gave me the creeps and made me shiver all over.

Ask_me_4_a_story Report

Final score:

11points

POST

advice5cents 2 years ago

This interviewer clearly hasn't heard about people sh*tting out of trees.

5points

#86

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) Ask if you have to pass a drug test.

Final score:

11points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

In the Netherlands only police officers are allowed to conduct a drug test. Employers do not even have the right to ask an employee to do a test. But it doesn't mean that they can't fire you if you show up high or drunk.

20points

#87

Two minutes in saying "give me " and I'll take the job ... Beech I havent offered you a thing, this job is nowhere near yours.

MONKEH1142 Report

Final score:

11points

POST

#88

A guy came to an interview 30 minutes late telling us he did not find the building. Right after the recruiter just told me that the guy was in the very same office a week ago to participate on an interview for another department.

tomcsibacsi Report

Final score:

11points

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advice5cents 2 years ago

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#89

Job Interviewers Reveal The Worst "This Person Isn't Getting The Job" Moments, Show What Not To Do (30 Posts) This reminds me of the time I took an old friend to see my marine recruiter. He asks my friend if he's ever done drugs, which the obvious answer should be NO. He goes and says yeah, recruiter looked shocked, looked over at me, then looks back at my friend. And slowly laughs and says, "well which ones? Maybe we pretend you didn't say that."

He didn't join. Surprise, I know.

brewcrew39100 , Mikhail Nilov Report

Final score:

9points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Yes, it's quite a surprise that honesty isn't appreciated.

17points

#90

Hiring for a mid-level technical position. The CV was only the front of one page, and about a third of it was a multi-colored word cloud. The words were only tangentially related to the position.

ginsufish Report

Final score:

9points

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

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Austėja is a Photo Editor at Bored Panda with a BA in Photography.

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Dawn Bodtke 2 years ago

Back in the 80's, I was interviewing for a technician job in a male dominated field. Male supervisor and manager are interviewing Boss: So you need to understand, you will be working with all men Me: Yes, I do that now Boss: We didn't mean they would be hitting on you all the time Me: Well darn. Sometimes you have to address the elephant in the room. We all cracked up, I got the job and it was one of my favorites.

13points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

I have always worked in male dominated fields, mainly because I started out at my Dad's construction company and realized I got along a lot better with men (Most of the women I've ever worked under were neurotic & super insecure, I'm pretty sure it was because they realized I was much smarter than they. Honestly not bragging, I have worked with some really dim bulbs). One Boss asked if I would be offended by "colorful" language. I told him that if heard anything I hadn't before, I make sure to write it down. Yeah, I got the job.

0points

Nadia Monteira 2 years ago (edited)

One day, I interviewed a guy who's name and face I knew but I could not remember from where. The guy was also interviewed by one of my deputies and we both found the guy's skills and training OK but we decided that we will not offer him the job because there was something off with his personality. The following weekend, I finally remembered where I "met" the guy. At the time I was single and on Meetic (a French dating website) but without pictures on my profile (this was still ok in 2003). I had a short conversation with the guy on the website and he asked me if we could exchange photos by email. I said yes of course and soon after received an email from him (from his personal mailbox, with his name). There was only one photo of him attached with the email. He was fully naked, reclined on a sofa holding his penis like a freakin' daisy flower. Of ourse I blocked the profile on the dating website and forgot about it. There was definitely something off with the candidate personality. LOL

9points

Troux 2 years ago (edited)

I once interviewed an internal candidate applying for a lateral move, who came highly recommended by his manager (NB: this is a huge red flag for a manager offloading a problem).. He worked on an adjacent team so I was already familiar with his current role. I sit down with HR at the interview and they give me his resume for the first time. It's about 4 pages long and he's mid-20s; several paragraphs per job. While HR is talking, I'm reading the details of his current role: "overseeing all..." "managing all..." "in charge of every..." It reads as if he's my boss plus 5 employees all in one! I start pressing him on each duty, and after four "Well actually I just..." responses, he reveals that he didn't actually list his current job duties, he just copied the vague and varied job description from our company's recruitment page. My conclusion: If he's too lazy to even describe his job, he's probably too lazy to do it.

8points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Do they genuinely just not want the job, or are they completely clueless? I can't decide which is worse.

7points

Tami 2 years ago

I wonder if some of them just wanted to stay on unemployment.

1point

H Moore 2 years ago

And where's the bad interviewer thread? I once went for an IT role - in my - gasp - '50s - and after taking one look at me they didn't look me again the entire time, gazed at wall, floor, etc....and stopped asking the list of questions half way. Pretty obvious from the start I wasn't going to get it

6points

Isa Car 2 years ago

Look around, there are several. If you can't find one here, I am sure reddit has something.

0points

Victoria Pitt 2 years ago

How about the opposite. I went on a job interview where they spent 2 hours giving me a tour, introducing me to people, telling me why I was SUCH a unique fit and had just the right balance in my skillset for this position... Only then to get to the topic of salary. They couldn't offer anything near what I was asking and proceeded to tell me they have had other people take pay cuts to come work for them. [eyeroll] That's going to be a hard no for me.

5points

Robert Thompson 2 years ago

I have one test I administer to everyone who asks me for work. I give them my business card and tell them to call me. I have taken on everyone who has called me with one exception. That person called just to let me know he wasn't interested.

4points

Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

Some of the candidates are as bad as rhe poor companies recruiting. Don't ask honest questions jf you don't want honest answers

4points

zims 2 years ago

I once had two teenage boys drop off resumes, I could smell them from across the counter. In the other direction once had a teen girl come in dressed like she was interviewing for an executive role, not a cashier position. I could tell she was nervous, I wanted to tell her to relax, this was a jeans-wearing job.

3points

BusLady 2 years ago

They should have classes that teach how to conduct yourself in a job interview. Offered in High School and College.

2points

Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

They do offer interview and resume work shops. Some people are just clueless

3points

René Studer 2 years ago

I only read till number 9 and so far those aren’t red flags, they’re big fat no gos.

1point

Ilia Bauer 2 years ago

I volunteered in the administrative office of the volunteer services of a hospital. I worked closely with the manager, helped her organize volunteer files, process applications etc. One applicant put "I love Jesus" under the section asking for past work experience. Another applicant got into an e-mail argument over their references; essentially you had to put the name and mailing address of your references so we could send them a survey. She gave us phone numbers and basically argued that we would have to call their references ourselves to get the address. When we told her that no, SHE had to give us the references' address, and that we would not be chasing after something that she was required to do, she refused. She was never called back to begin volunteering.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

I was the corporate controller & also handled HR for a small business. When asked about hobbies, one candidate went into full on Jehovah's Witness recruitment mode. She explained all about the "church" , its beliefs and its mission, etc. I was like "Um, I meant do you like to sew, or paint?" Dumbass, leave that crap at the door. You DO NOT discuss religion or politics in a job interview. My favorite question to be asked is "What do you see yourself doing in 5 years" My response: "sitting on a beach in Tahiti after having sold my first novel". No, Karen - I am not here for YOUR job (see insecure women below).

0points

B-b-bird 2 years ago

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Eb 2 years ago

Once I did a first interview in the recruitment company's offices instead of ours, and they kindly brought in tea. The candidate grabbed the teapot and uttered the immortal line, 'Shall I be mother?' Hard to come back from that.

0points

Jill Bussey 2 years ago

1. Dress professionally and in keeping with the job for which you are being interviewed. 2. Provide a smart and accurate resumé. 3. Be prepared to prove that you can do the job. 4. Know at least the basics about the company to which you are applying. 5. Prepare some questions to ask the interviewer. There are more. Looking at some of these posts I despair.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago

I spent a year looking for my last job, and the only interview I went on where I got a second interview was the one where I asked them a couple of questions. I had spent most of my working life as a temp and had never really needed to interview since I was being offered a job I was already doing, so interviewing was an entirely new experience.

3points

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Dawn Bodtke 2 years ago

13points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

0points

Nadia Monteira 2 years ago (edited)

9points

Troux 2 years ago (edited)

8points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Do they genuinely just not want the job, or are they completely clueless? I can't decide which is worse.

7points

Tami 2 years ago

I wonder if some of them just wanted to stay on unemployment.

1point

H Moore 2 years ago

6points

Isa Car 2 years ago

Look around, there are several. If you can't find one here, I am sure reddit has something.

0points

Victoria Pitt 2 years ago

5points

Robert Thompson 2 years ago

4points

Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

Some of the candidates are as bad as rhe poor companies recruiting. Don't ask honest questions jf you don't want honest answers

4points

zims 2 years ago

3points

BusLady 2 years ago

They should have classes that teach how to conduct yourself in a job interview. Offered in High School and College.

2points

Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

They do offer interview and resume work shops. Some people are just clueless

3points

René Studer 2 years ago

I only read till number 9 and so far those aren’t red flags, they’re big fat no gos.

1point

Ilia Bauer 2 years ago

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

0points

B-b-bird 2 years ago

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0points

B-b-bird 2 years ago

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0points

Eb 2 years ago

0points

Jill Bussey 2 years ago

0points

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago

3points