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There are many ways to crush a job interview and land your dream job, just as there are many ways to ruin it. Sometimes, it can happen to the most competent and qualified people who stumbled upon an unfortunate brain fart. However, sometimes, a job interview reveals just how much of an a-hole a potential new hire or employer actually is. In both cases, it just proves that while job interviews are usually as fun as medical check-ups, they're pretty essential.
This time, Bored Panda was curious about the job interviews that didn't go well. But most importantly—the reasons behind it. We compiled a list for you featuring some really unfortunate stories about ruined job interviews, so why not give it a scroll and vote for the stories you enjoyed reading the most?
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#1
I once interviewed a guy who asked me who his boss would be. When I explained it would be me, the person interviewing him, he laughed and said congratulations for "getting so far" but that he could not be expected to just do what I asked him to, and also any woman being in charge of a man was "disrespectful." He did not get the job.
Carmen Honacker 5 years ago
What a jerk. It would have given me great pleasure to just not hire him!
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
Good!! I wouldn't have hired him either!! Bad attitude from the get-go...
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#2
I interviewed someone who rolled her eyes at me when I asked her to put a mask on before we got started. Spoiler: she did not get hired.
Phoenix 5 years ago
Conversely, I had an interview where the two interviewing me did not wear masks and told me I was free to remove mine (in the enclosed meeting room). I paused... and politely declined. I didn't get the job. Hindsight what it is, I probably dodged a bullet.
Joy Stowe 5 years ago
I think you did dodge that bullet! Good for you for keeping your mask on.
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Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
Complete disregard from fellow co-workers. Shows a lack of integrity...
Carrie de Luka 5 years ago
For many companies the ability to understand risk is fairly important, as is consideration for others. Then there is knowing how to follow rules - companies tend to have those you know.
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"We won't give you a contract until you've bought your uniform and paid for your training" Yeah, no.
Carrie Laughs 5 years ago
Some companies just do. Shop staff frequently wear uniform, cabin crew - lots of jobs. Either way the staff should not be paying for their uniform OR training. Ridiculous.
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BoredHuman 4 years ago
Let me guess security guard work. Known scam. %00 for a uniform hundreds for training and then no job openings
#4
Back when I was teaching, I had an interview once where I had to plan a lesson of bingo. One of the kids kept rubbing their answers out and writing new ones so they could win. I sat down and advised the kid I didn't think what they were doing was fair and asked them why they were doing it. We had a little chat of the school values and they agreed that it was wrong of them to do it. Cut to after the interview the the interviewer took me aside and said that it was disgraceful I told a kid tehy were cheating and it was wrong and I'd make a horrible teacher. One of the many experiences I've had on why I don't teach anymore. Some schools are honestly just toxic. The teaching profession is really only for strong willed people and I am definitely not one of them.
Ty Stratton-Quirk 5 years ago
Of course, because teaching children the value of fair play is disgraceful.
Kisses4Katie 5 years ago
No, you are strong willed. That's why you aren't working in a place like that.
Leszek Niedziela 5 years ago
Because contemporary education is all about feelings and equity. The system is doing everything in order to undo the social order.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I have a cousin who is one of those women that lights up a room. Always has a bright smile. Absolutely loving and has tons of grace. wonderful person. She is a kindergarten teacher. She loves her job and loves the kids. She was MADE to be a kindergarten teacher. I found out not long ago she cries just about every day after school. Not because teaching is hard or the kids are bad (they aren't) but because she feels no matter what she does, the school is letting the kids down and not letting her prepare them for life like they should. And every year has gotten worse. They don't want her hugging the kids, I get that I guess, but 5 and 6 year old love to hug. Especially if they had a bad day or have a bad home life, she says the kids run into the school room and they all hug her. How can you deny a kid that may have a bad home life a hug? She jyst wants what is best for them. Hugging is just one example.
Arctic Fox Lover 5 years ago
Then I'd make a perfect teacher 😁 Just kidding, I'll end up burning the school.
IlovemydogShilo 5 years ago
A friend of mine told me that a teacher at her son's school was threatened by her headmistress for asking another pupil where he got his black eye. The headmistress said that calling it a black eye and not a bruised eye was wrong as it was deemed to be using racist language; you know the use of the word "Black". The thing is the teacher was black (Nigerian heritage) and had no problem with the use of the word and the pupil was white.
Yana Makarevitch 5 years ago
Right, because good teachers always encourage cheating and lying. It was a school for future politicians, or what?
#5
I once had an applicant like that throw a fit and insist that he be given my job immediately. (For the record, he wasn't remotely qualified.) Shockingly, I decided not to hire him.
no_name 5 years ago
I had similar experience with finding a roommate. I haven't even met him personally yet or agreed he can move in, we just agreed on a date and time when he could come in and look around, and he wrote me his father'll be moving furniture immediately. After a long deliberation if I really need to meet someone who would probably invade my household and wouldn't leave when asked, I backed up and wrote him I cancelled meeting because I have decided for another, more suitable applicant I met earlier, he practically threw tantrum and started begging me to reconsider and couldn't understand why I wouldn't choose him when he was the best shot I had, according to his words. I was so uncomfortable.
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
Hahaha!!! Did you tell them to go home and grow up? That deserves a time out!!!
#6
They asked me to pay for "administrative fee". It's a giant red flag.
Becky Samuel 5 years ago
It's a scam, mostly used by agencies preying on vulnerable and desperate people.
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Seonie 5 years ago
Years ago (around 2005) I worked as a nursery assistant. One job had me pay the fee for the essential background check. They also found a loophole in the minimum wage law at the time and paid me less than £3 an hour (because they were "training" me, but "training" wouldn't start for the first 3 months to "see how I got on" in the job). Incidentally, I never had to pay for a background check in any other childcare position - not even at the super-casual, temporary, summer/out-of-hours school group. One of the worst companies I've ever had the misfortune of working for so far
#7
The owner of the company told me she’d come to my house and cut off all my hair if I ever shared any information with her competitors. I never shared any info about the company, but you better believe I told everyone what she had said to me.
Arctic Fox Lover 5 years ago
My hair is my everything. If this woman ever cut off my hair, I would pull all her teeth out. >:>
#8
As an interviewer let me say my favorite one. Me: What's your greatest strength? Candidate: uhhh well I guess free lifts.. I can do like 80 now... I had to excuse myself and leave the room. Mind you this was some 16 year old interviewing for a grocery store but to this day I still think I should have hired him.
Red 5 years ago (edited)
Why didnt you hire this man he is buff man and he beat up robbers >:D
Tami 5 years ago
I would have chuckled, gently explained what I meant, then kept going with the interview. Teenagers might not know exactly what's meant by "greatest strength", and any teen who has the self-discipline to lift regularly seems like a great candidate for the job.
Carrie Laughs 5 years ago
It's also a not a useful question by and large. People usually come out with what they think you want to hear and not the truth. Yes you could judge them based on their guess as to what they think you want to hear but it doesn't tell you much about their skills for the job. I've been trained to do Equal Opportunities Interviews and they tell you to not bother with questions like this as it doesn't really pertain to the role. Make questions skills, knowledge and experienced based. Never had trouble with anyone I've ever employed using equal opps interviews.
Load More Replies... Stille20 5 years ago
A grocery store job.... where he might need to lift stuff? Also, what were you looking for? He's 16 ...trying to work in a grocery store
Purbasha Banai 5 years ago
My thoughts exactly. I'd really like to be explained behind not hiring him
Load More Replies... Boopie Dew 5 years ago
Maybe he really thought he needed actual strength for the physical part of the job?
Curry on... 5 years ago
Couldn't they have used his skills for all the heavy lifting that goes on in a grocery store?
Gerry Higgins 5 years ago
You asked a 16 year old applying for a bagging job what his strength was? All you can expect is that he shows up. I hate questions like that at interviews. Glad I'm retired now.
Victoria Lenny 5 years ago
Shaming a kid because they didn't understand the question? They had probably never done an interview before and didn't know what to expect and/or got nervous. Or they're just not very intelligent. Either way, it's a f*ckin grocery store job.
#9
My husband inadvertently ruined his job interview that way. Group interview with four people and this was the first question they asked him [what do you know about the company]. He had done his research and started running down the work history of the CEO, patents they obtained, patents they had applied for and even talked about how impressed he was with their one system. Turned out 3 of the interviewers were from HR and one was from marketing or some other completely different department. This was for an engineering job. They abruptly ended the interview. It was quite clear they were not happy he knew more about the company than they did.
Ty Stratton-Quirk 5 years ago
"I'm sorry, but you know too much about our company, so we don't think that you would be a good choice for this position. Thank you for your time, and have a nice day."
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Fragile egos. They obviously need some new HR people...
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Troux 5 years ago
I feel like this is YOUR HUSBAND'S side of the story and he completely missed the point of why he wasn't hired. It doesn't make a bit of sense that HR personnel would feel competition from a knowledgeable engineering applicant. Their entire job is to sort the bad from the good, and the better he is, the better they look when he gets hired.
Nomadus Aureus 5 years ago
I mean... I used to be a SAR captain. Went back to university to get a degree after I left service for various reasons. Applied for a job at a grocery store to help with my living expenses. Was rejected for being overqualified. I don't think I will ever be able to understand rejecting someone for being overqualified....
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AroAcePanda 5 years ago
"I am sorry, but you are smarter than me so you don't get the job" Like, is your ego that fragile?
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
It's actually quite common in higher ed. Still see it after 3 decades.
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Geth 5 years ago
Don't be. This is just a random stranger's story on the internet. There's probably a very good reason the husband wasn't hired, he just told his wife, "oh, I was too good and they didn't like it." Don't take everything your read on the internet at face value.
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Just Another Weirdo 5 years ago
Wow, *seriously*?? They should've been more appreciative of the fact your husband took the time & made the effort to do his research!
The Cute Cat 5 years ago
WHAAAT?? So the HR Guys don't want their IT Guys knows better about their system? That is freaking stupid
SykesDaMan 5 years ago
I think he dodged a bullet on this one! Looks like they were toxic coworkers...
Binxyminxem 5 years ago
Why even ask someone a question if you don't want to hear the answer? Makes no sense to me, were they expecting the husband to say "not much really"?
#10
Had an interview at a retail store: "I'm really good at zoning out and doing repetitive boring work". Still got the job, don't know how.
Tami 5 years ago
That's an honest answer, but I would have worded it differently, something like, "I'm really good at focusing for long periods of time in order to complete a task." Just don't say you're focusing on something else!
What's In Your Head? 5 years ago
To be honest, I were the person who hired people, I would appreciate this kind of honesty. I do repetitive, boring work myself, and it's just that. So what do they want to hear? It's shitty work, but it's honest work and it pays. And if you say you are willing to do this kind of work and are good at it, great! You're hired! And I'm not going to expect from you that you act as if this is the greatest job in the world, because it does suck. And props to you that you are willing to do it.
Orillion 5 years ago
I think the problem is the zoning out. Being able to do boring, repetitive work is a definite boon, but you still have to stay attentive. Speaking from personal experience, that's how accidents happen.
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Why not? They aren't asking you to do brain surgery. You are willing to do the tasks for the job.
ArhomR 5 years ago
Stille20, don’t get the down voting here. You are right. Simple job and probably doing it well.
Load More Replies... Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Retail. Fold shirts. Fold shirts. Fold shirts. Ring up customer. Fold shirts you just folded because a lady tornado came through and unfolded 50 shirts in 10 seconds and did not even buy one. I worked retail for many years...so I KNOW.
Katinka Min 5 years ago
Sometimes, that is exactly the person you need if the job on offer requires repetetive boring work.
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
Clearly they weren't looking for an ambitious worker to come and steal jobs and ladder climb.
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
Retail is repetitive and boring. Zoned out employees still get the job done. *mic drop*
#11
I was interviewing for a customer service position at a company I'd never heard of but thought "hey, maybe it's a start-up". I got up and excused myself when the interviewer mentioned door to door sales for commission. I told her "I'm sorry, the online posting said customer service. Not sales. I don't appreciate having my time wasted, and I'm sure you don't either. Next time be honest In what you're looking for."
Phil Rubin 5 years ago
I've been to interviews like that. "Up to" is a red flag. So is "team player".
Betsy Knox 5 years ago
What does "team player" usually indicate about the job, in your opinion?
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Chris Winemiller 5 years ago
Door to door sales is not a bad job if you have the qualifications. I have worked my way up from doing that residentially to now running a sales team that sells to large business accounts while supporting my family of 6. If you have no degree and like to talk to people it should never be beneath you........That being said I would never lie in a posting looking for a new hire.
Mimi777 5 years ago
I got sucked into working for an insurance company it was supplemental health policies like Aflac. The policies were actually pretty good (I still have one) but it was door to door commission sales and we were expected to recruit people. I feel like it was a MLM thing. It was TOUGH. Most people don’t like strangers just showing up at their house especially trying to sell them something. I barely made any money. I would have to be out there 7 days a week all day to make even $200. We could set our own schedule and work whenever but in order to get a sale u really had to be out there all day everyday. I quit after a couple months.
Dirtier Harrier 5 years ago
This is not ruining an interview. This is choosing not to take the job.
Hollie Newton 5 years ago
Omg yes I've had this I was looking for retail jobs or customer service and I would end up in interviews or have replies about sales. I am not a confident person I can't sell a pen, I can't talk on phones. I just want a quiet out of the way job serving the public.
Harry Bartlett 5 years ago
I've had this happen countless times and I do the same thing. Get up and say this isn't the job that was advertised and politely leave
#12
Job performance assessment for me. Was making $21/hr as a 3rd year apprentice. I asked for a raise to $26 - after completing my third year of school (a typical 4th year wage in my area) - and he countered with $22. I chuckled under my breath and looked down at my feet and said 'well if you don't wanna pay me, I'll leave.' The reply was 'we really need the help.' My retort was, 'if you did, you'd pay me,' I had a new job 4 days later with the pay I wanted.
Shelby Sanford 5 years ago
NICE, DUDE!! that was the best thing ever. glad it worked out too, lol/
Bored Birgit 5 years ago
Be careful with what you say if you like and want to keep your job. If you say "I'll leave" the company might say "Ok, we agree to your leaving" and you may be dumped.
#13
The interviewer raised her voice and became verbally abusive during the interview. I stood up, announced the meeting was over, and left.
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
Possibly one of those weird interviewing techniques where they want to test how you handle antagonistic behaviour.
Load More Replies... Boopie Dew 5 years ago
What i think ppl don't realize, an interview goes both ways. Yes the person wanting the job has to try harder, but in an interview, you need to know if that company fits you as well. Smart move on this one.
Lucas 5 years ago
This is so true. I've decided during interviews that I most certainly didn't want the job.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
I had an interview with a lady that Crazy. She asked if I googled her (not the company, but her personally). I said no That constitutes stalking. She laughed and then asked me how much my husband made, and if I had any other sources of income. Okay.. I'm just gonna go now.
deanna woods 5 years ago
Why do some employers think that verbally abusing their employees is appropriate?
#14
I was interviewing someone once for a job working with children. A lady told me, out of the blue, "Hispanic people don't know how to raise their children, the things that those kinds of children will say". That sure took less than 15 seconds and it sure ruined the interview.
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
There are brats of every race, color and creed. Nobody has a monopoly on raising rude children.
Mimi777 5 years ago
At my old job (clothing store) I worked with a girl for a couple years who was going to college to be a teacher she wanted to teach elementary. She was pretty vocal about her dislike of black people and said things like “I hope I don’t have any (n*word) in my class!” I should have reported her or something but i didn’t know to who since she didn’t have a teaching job yet. She’s currently a teacher somewhere in a different city..
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
Have a nice day and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!!!!!
#15
I went for an interview at a "sales company" whatever that means. I was 17 and just wanted an easy job, thought it would be a door to door thing. When I got there I was surrounded by business men in suits, all looking really panicked. I got into the interview and the guy looked really shocked to see me, but I instantly smelled something fishy. Worked out pretty quickly it was a (very polished looking) pyramid scheme. When he started to explain the emphasis on getting results and how the pay worked I stood up, told him he clearly didn't pay attention when sorting through the CVs and that it wasn't for me. Shook his hand and walked out. On the bus home I figured out that my shirt was on inside out the whole time. Total professionalism on both sides!
Dirtier Harrier 5 years ago
This is not ruining an interview. This is choosing not to take the job.
Sue Sanders 5 years ago
I have really bad memories of being lured into a pyramid scheme - and lots of shame for being so stupid in my youth.
Shana 5 years ago
Didn’t go for an interview but when I was looking for a job, I got a call from some company and it just sounded sketchy right of the bat. Said they were looking for someone at a shift leader/supervisor kind of position, yet I (about 25 at the time) had zero experience or skills for anything like that. But they kept on pressing and talking about pay etc. Pretty sure it was a pyramid scheme/MLM thing too.
Skinny Pig 2 years ago
There needs to be mandatory formal education about MLMs and pyramid schemes as part of the core requirements to graduate high school, and in the first year of college. If everyone wises up and stops joining, they will cease to exist.
okpkpkp 5 years ago
These guys got me into an interview but I was still very skeptical, my clue being it was held above a vacuum cleaner shop. So they give us (about 12 guys) a "color test". There was a book about it in the 60s or 70s. You pick a color and that describes your personality. So, here we go. It is for selling vacuums door to door. Kirby vacuums. So I pick my colors, Number 1 was black, then gray and then brown. I was 16-17 so I couldn't just walk out. They wanted me gone after the test. haha
Blair Doak 5 years ago
Here's one, true story. I had just got out of tech school and interviewed with a Canon copier dealership in Raleigh. The Tech mgr. came out, shook my hand and said come back to the shop and we'll talk. As I followed him out of the lobby he turned his head and said, "and zip up". While zipping up I said, "geeze what a first impression". I couldn't see his face but I could hear him laughing. They had a fuser assembly for me to remove the fuser roller and he was going to time me so to speak, he wasn't watching. After 3 minutes I said "OK". He looked from across the room and said, "really?" I got the job because I was the fastest and he liked my sense of humor.
Kent Fishburn 5 years ago
How do you button a shirt that is inside out? A T-shirt? Oh, I think I see the problem.
#16
I had a candidate tell me “I have extreme anger problems and I can’t help but get loud and hands on when’s someone’s doesn’t get what I’m trying to say” it was for an engineering internship.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago
He did, as a translator. Didn't last long.
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⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 5 years ago
Some people have aggressive tendancies they can't help, and that's not their fault, but I agree that engineering probably wouldn't be the best fit for someone with that personality
Carrie Laughs 5 years ago
Most people really can do something to help it though - there are techniques that can be learned. Ways of gaining better control. I've had to place staff on training courses for this problem and, believe me, it does work. People don't usually want to be burdened by their own anger issues and are often relieved when they get support.
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Suzi Gauthier 5 years ago
Ones like this I think they are telling their family or SO that they are applying for jobs, and then the sabotage it on purpose.
#17
Did this already! Was nervous and chugged the last of my coke before going inside. Went to shake the guys hand and say Hello but a very loud long burp came out instead. I just dropped his hand and left.
ArhomR 5 years ago (edited)
Hysterical. My dad got an interview right after uni and he was a bit cocky. Tilted back in his chair and it went right over. He picked himself up and asked, interview over? Yup. Lesson learned. Hahaha!
Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Wait, why was it over? If I was interviewing, I would have laughed hysterically, then carried on with the interview
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Joanne Haywood 5 years ago
I can go a little bit better - I barfed on the table. The table was very small and it splashed all over the poor chaps arms. I knew I wasn’t well but I really wanted that job.
#18
A driving job advertised as paying $16 an hour plus tips. During the interview they clarified it's actually $9 an hour but the tips would bring the average up to $16 an hour. No thanks. Maybe don't word it like your wage will be $16 and the tips will be added to that. They knew what they were doing, I could tell the interviewer noticed my change in demeanor when she told me the truth. Borderline bait and switch.
Isaiah Edwards 5 years ago
That ain't borderline bait and switch - that is bait and switch! WTF?!
BoredHuman 4 years ago
This is so common. I hate this and it actually makes me so angry. I interviewed for a reception position at 19 an hour. I am asked wage expectations. I say 19 an hour. The wage advertised. I am told there are no 19 an hour jobs and they only post that to get candidates in the door. Still advertising every week and still offering 19 to 25 an hour. Min wage here is 14.
Blair Doak 5 years ago
That ain't borderline, that is bait and switch. What else would they lie about?
June Dominguez 5 years ago
Walk on, buddy, good for you! If they are dishonest in the beginning they will be dishonest to the end!
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago (edited)
I worked for a dog walking company that said you can make $25 and hour. Wage was $6 per walk and you averaged 6 walks a day at 20 min per visit, plus driving your own car on your own dime. This average of 6 walks per day took about 4 hours with driving time and getting in and out and feeding the dogs and cleaning up any messes. Loved the dogs, and walking was nice but tell me again how I can make $25 and hour??
Dirtier Harrier 5 years ago
"No thanks" is definitely not ruining an interview. This is choosing not to take the job.
#19
I was told that I would have to sign aircraft off for return to service even if I wasn't the one doing the work or inspection. I worked hard to earn my certification and am not risking someone else's mistakes going on my record.
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Report that s**t to the FAA! That keep company deserves an audit at the least.
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
actually, it sounds like the USAF....jus' sayin'
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Robert Thompson 5 years ago
There have been a few times where my boss told me to do something unsafe and I said "NO". The task was then assigned to someone who would follow instruction. I still have all my fingers and kept the job until I could leave on my terms.
martin734 5 years ago
Nothing borderline about it. You cannot certify work you haven't done or checked.
Load More Replies... Lucas 5 years ago
You can't usefully sign off on someone else's work unless you actively inspect it. If your neck is going to be on the block if they stuff up it's not a good system.
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Interview with small business. Mostly remote work. Supply your own computer. Salary and preliminary benefit info is okay, not stellar. They mention the requirement to install monitoring software on my computer. It takes snapshots every 5 minutes and video every hour that is reviewed by mgmt. If not mouse or keyboard movement within X time, you get clocked out. Not really interested in working someplace they don't trust employees. If your going to make these crazy rules, you need to pay someone to put up with your craziness. Oh, and *NOT* on my personal computer. Not even on a VM!
Shelp 5 years ago
This is pure madness. I can't even understand how some people can be ok with that
BoredHuman 4 years ago
This happened recently during the work at home pandemic lock down. The woman was grilled as to why her bathroom break too longer than 5 min. She was clocked out and could not log back in and lost half a days pay.
Sue Sanders 5 years ago
What if the house is on fire, or you have a necessary and extended bathroom emergency, or a love interest shows up "in the mood." These are legit reasons to be gone for X amount of time. Aren't they? Well . . .
Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 years ago
Must of been a small company. For a large company, you would need an entire department to track everyone. It isn't difficult - most bad guys are pretty obvious. Like the guy who would watch porn in a cubicle where everyone could see him.
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
I have yet to meet a US company that actually gives a crap about their employees work life balance.
Dirtier Harrier 5 years ago
This should go to "Worst jobs offers" rather than "How I ruined an interview".
Larry De La Briandais 5 years ago
That's what they did where I work, except it is in their hardware, not mine.
#21
My manager once had a guy come in for a job interview. "Dolf" seemed really nice, clean cut, polite. He was talking to her and rolled up his sleeves... SWASTIKAS!!! An arm full of swastikas. She was honest and told him she didn't think it was going to work out, as the owner of the business was Jewish. He was like, "Okay, I understand." They were in there for about two minutes.
Stille20 5 years ago
The owner didn't need to be Jewish. If you want to be honest, say the offensive tattoos are problematic in a professional environment.
Shelp 5 years ago
Yeah. The Jews were not the only ones to suffer during the war (even if they really did). Anybody should be able to understand, to comprehend, that swastikas are offensive to everyone, and not just to the Jews. WW2 was a crime against humanity.
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Bunny Wood 5 years ago
I conducted an interview with a regional manager and a guy came in with the 88 tattoos on, he interviewed OK but my boss didn't grasp what those meant. I asked the candidate if he was still in to that and he misunderstood and thought I must have been. He was really eager and keen but- spoiler-totally did not get the job...My boss was a bit gobsmacked when I explained
lara 5 years ago
It depends on which way the "arms" of the item were bent. One is Nazis and the other are religious representations of some religions. I have met several people from India who have a tattoo like that, and they explained it was a religious icon of their Hindu religion.
Blair Doak 5 years ago
The guys name was Dolf, which I think the poster misspelled and was really Dolph. Know anyone from New Delhi named Dolph?
Load More Replies... Blue 5 years ago
It doesn't matter if the owner was jewish. I honestly don't know what kind of sick human being has 1 tatoo of swastika, not to mention a whole f*****g arm of them! People are messed up. As soon as she saw those then she should have just said: "Get the f**k out right now. Never come back." This man is messed up beyond my comprehension.
Tanish D'Silva 5 years ago
The Swastika was originally a symbol for prosperity and divinity in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. That might (but probably not) have been the reason he had Swastikas on his arm. He might have not known how it is affiliated with Nazis Please do a bit of research before openly declaring any person having a tatoo of a Swastika as a sick human being
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Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
This is the main reason all of my tattoos are in places that can be easily concealed. My first one was on my left wrist, which could be hidden by a watch. I ended up not wearing a watch for about a year - it's that cool.
Kent Fishburn 5 years ago
Seriously? Who on earth rolls up their sleeves during an interview? Unless they want to end it, even if their arms were "unadorned." Did he pull his shirt tail out also? Maybe take off those shoes? Sounds made up to me.
I'm lay sheep in China 5 years ago
Well Swastikas is part of Indian(Hindu)culture how about that
Gage Franke 5 years ago
True, but that guy HAD to know what most people would think when they saw those things!
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Brett Layton 5 years ago
although occams razor would suggest nazi/white power affiliations there are other possibilities here. The Swastika has been around far longer than the Nazis and not associated with hate prior, a longshot I grant you but possible. More probable could be someone that made some mistakes in life and is trying to get back on the straight and narrow so to speak.
#22
I waited 30 minutes for the manager to show up to interview me and then I left. I decided if she was doing this at the interview, it was likely indicative of how she’d be at the regular job. Ten minutes of driving later, she called me and said, “I’m here, you can come back now if you want.” I said, no, thank you.
zims 5 years ago
I've had managers not realize they had an interview scheduled, but the solution was to take the interviewee to an empty office and have the manager call in to conduct it over the phone.
Just Another Weirdo 5 years ago
This is exactly what the manager should've done in cwills815's situation. Sounds like she didn't even have the courtesy to even apologise, or explain why she was late.
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Hollie Newton 5 years ago
I had this with a job interview once the interviewer had an emergency and had to go home, this guy was supposed to be covering for her. I was waiting for half an hour before another woman showed up asked where the guy was and when he showed up he still thought the original woman with the emergency was still in the building and she was doing the interviews not him. They rescheduled mine and another girls for a different date I phoned later and said I've changed my mind
Banjo Peppers 5 years ago
I had an interview, waited for 15 minutes, the person I was supposed to be interviewed by was at lunch, and also the position I was supposed to be interviewing for didn’t exist. So, good job, Macy’s job interview scheduling department.
deanna woods 5 years ago
I would have left too. I have other things to do besides wait for someone to decide that they want to interview me.
BoredHuman 4 years ago
Had one where I was 15 min early and left to wait over 1 hour. As i was standing up to put my coat on and leave she showed up. Apparently it was a test of patience to see how long I would wait. They were watching me through the monitors. I refused the offer.
Wonderful 5 years ago
I went in for a interview and waited about 30 minutes then finally someone came to talk to me and apologized about the wait because the person who was to interview me had up and quit that morning. That was awkward. The person talking to me had no idea what job I was interviewing for and it was just a mess. So no new job for me that day...
Nicole Holt 5 years ago
I once drove 3.5 hrs to an interview in a city I was planning to move to. The interviewer forgot about the interview and had taken a day of vacation. They asked me, If I'd like to reschedule (after waiting at the office for nearly an hour while they tried to figure out what's up) - I respectfully declined. Got a call the next day with a job offer for a different city and a different position than I had applied for (same company). I respectfully declined. I mean...seriously? You forget about me and then offer me something I didn't even apply for or want? Was that a consolation price? No thanks.
#23
It was a sales position at an air filter company. He liked me enough to start talking salary which is where I noped out. Basically, it was a ridiculously complicated system where I could make UP TO a certain amount, but really realistically I'd be making less than minimum wage. He kind of got red faced and b***hy when I kept saying "but wait, this means I'll be making like $5/hour. I must not be understanding this right because you advertised this position as $40k/year. Can you explain? Am I missing something?" Basically, he would rope people in with bad math and false promises and when they didn't make any money, they'd basically agreed to it by accident. They'd quit and the cycle began again. Once this became clear, I politely declined and left.
GirlFriday 5 years ago
I went on a interview like this. I am a graphic designer and the position was advertised as such with a nice starting salary, but once I got there, it was piece work that we had to go out and get and the company took a cut of commission and owned the copyright. If I busted my ass on the phones reeling in business for 8 hours per day and designed for another 4 hours per day, I would be making roughly $6 per hour and never own my work. So yeah, I noped right out of that interview.
Dirtier Harrier 5 years ago
"politely declining and leaving" is most definitely not ruining the interview. This is bitching about bad job offer. Who assembled this list?
#24
When I asked how much they’d pay me and the response was “you can make as much as you want”
Curry on... 5 years ago
Years ago, I went on an interview. Guy liked my responses and said he was going to bump me up to the next round of interviews that could happen in the next week or two. I really wasn't feeling the job though. I asked how much it paid, and he proceeded to lecture me about NEVER asking that. Like, seriously? Never got a call back.
#25
Interview going well. Female Interviewer : Do you have any questions ? Me : About you or the company ? Female Interviewer : .............. Haunts my memory to this day
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Whether he meant to or not, that pretty much comes across as hitting on the female interview. Pretty sure he didn't get the job.
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#26
I was in an interview to be a math teacher at a school with 7 openings. Just a continual mass exodus at an awful school. It was a 5 minute drive from home, though, so I decided to check it out. The first question I am asked is what I do if a student has a cell phone out in class. I said that I usually take the phone and give it back after class, but if the school has another policy I would be glad to follow it. The interviewer's immediate response was that she didn't think I would be able to build relationships with their students with that kind of mindset, so she would be fine with concluding the interview at that point. I agreed and walked out, completely blown away. No wonder why they can't keep teachers. I already had a contract with another school, so it was whatever to me.
Mimi777 5 years ago
Most teachers I had would give us a chance to put it away and if we didn’t they would take it away If we got it back out. Some would take it on the first time but just give it back after class which isn’t a big deal.. I wonder what this school’s policy is regarding this since they acted that way..
#27
Manager: So what do you think you can bring to our team? Me: I'll infect everyone with happiness and pixie dust. I actually DID say that in an interview one time and upon reflection, it sounds like I wanted to give everybody drugs and/or a disease.
Helen Haley 5 years ago
I had an interviewer who didn't ask the 5 year question. Instead, he asked what I wanted to be. I looked him dead in the eye and said, astronaut. Ask a question. Get an answer.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago (edited)
I would never hire this person, unless they were seriously otherwise impressive. That personality is grating, and somewhat common enough that people keep using it. Odd choice for a personality - it’s so annoying.
Trish Greene 5 years ago
If you'd said this at Zappos.com, you probably would have been hired!
Robert Thompson 5 years ago
I wore white long sleeve dress shirt, black slacks, conservative tie, and black healies to an interview at a grocery store. I got the job.
#28
We have a guy come in and say “so I actually exaggerated on my cv just to get my foot in the door, I’ve never actually done any of those things”.... ok, bye then.
Lil~Griffin 5 years ago
At least, he was honest tho, i mean asking him 2 do some of the stuff on his cv and he does crap, thats gonna stick
Gerry Higgins 5 years ago
Yeah, I lied on my CV. But you lied when you said how great this job was so we're even!
#29
I went to an interview for a tech firm. The job's hours meant that most days I'd get off work about midnight. During a break in the interview process I went outside for a snack and saw the lead story on a newspaper, it said two violent drug gangs were having a turf war and the border between their territories was the pedestrian mall right outside the building where I'd be working. The idea of walking across a dark, deserted pedestrian mall to a mostly-empty parking garage in the middle of the night across the front lines of a gang war didn't appeal. I might have been overreacting but I decided right then and there to accept another offer.
#30
The staff member who started the interview noticeably changed to very guarded/self protected when the manager walked in. I had a gut feeling and watched her interact with him I knew he must be an ass. I turned down the job and left.
#31
Yup because I realized it was a well hidden pyramid scheme. Well hidden because it had AmEx's name slapped on it, so I figured it was a legit "financial advisor" job. I should have walked out immediately, but I was too young and inexperienced to see the red flags ahead of time. Guy who called to set up the "interview" was not in HR. Strike 1. The "interview" was at 7 pm. Strike 2. When I got there, I realized it was a group "interview" with like 10-15 other people. Strike 3. I should have turned around and walked out then, but I was young and naive (or dumb) and still thought maybe it was somehow legit. The "interview" started and the only question any of us was asked was our names. The the guy goes right into basically what I know now to have been a MLM presentation, talking about how all of us can help each other and him make money, while advising clients, etc. I sat through the initial 45 minute presentation and then the guy said something like "if this great opportunity doesn't sound like a fit for you, you're free to go now before we start the sign up and training." I stayed put for a second, not wanting to be the first in what I assumed would be a stampede out the door. Waited too long and the guy started to talk again so when I got up to leave it was super awkward with everyone watching me since I was the only one to take off.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Nah, they could have all been equally smart, but only OP is the one who took action or had the life experience to know better.
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N G 5 years ago
Strike 1 isn't really a full strike. The person who invited me for interview at my current position was the hiring manager, not HR. HR dealt with the paperwork before, during and after, but the invitation didnt come from them. It would have been a yellow flag, not a red one (shading to red when taken with the other points)
Arctic Fox Lover 5 years ago
I don't know anything about interviews, so what's wrong with starting an interview at 7:00 P.M.?
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Just that they never are. It should be during normal business hours.
Load More Replies... Florence Hastings 5 years ago
I have a rule I live by, if there are 3 things wrong in a situation, no matter if a job, house or mariage, I walk away (sometimes run).
Shelby Sanford 5 years ago
Dont care what the others thought, just make sure your life is good. -shelby sanford (not a motivational speaker obviously.)
Lomion 5 years ago
And what's wrong with an interview at 7 pm? Isn't it obvious that an interview time should be convinient for both sides? If I'm looking for a new place while still working at an old one 'till 6 pm, it will be kind of an advantage that the other side can schedule an interview at 7 pm as an exeption
#32
This didn't happen at an interview (as far as I know); it happened while I was attempting to train this new employee. She kept standing around, arms crossed, sour look on her face, and told me "I'm only here because the state said I had to get a job or I'd lose benefits. So I got a job. They didn't say I had to work" Makes me wonder what she did say in the interview. And what would happen if she had said that in the interview. She actually finally started putting a little effort into it and became an ok-ish employee. She did bare minimum but she did it reliably and correctly.
Onyinye Odimmegwa 5 years ago
There's no such thing as a free lunch. U want benefits, u work for it sister
Leah Woodard 5 years ago
Yeah...and the state pays more to the daycare she's forced to leave her kids in than the wage she earns at that job OR what they paid her in benefits. Great system.
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Joanne Haywood 5 years ago
I worked with 2 slackers who said they only came to work to have a good old natter. We didn’t get on due to our completely differing work ethics.
#33
I had a job interview at a bread bakery/ sandwich place. They asked me where I saw myself in five years. I said, "not making sandwiches." Interview was immediately over lol.
Stille20 5 years ago
First, a sandwich place shouldn't really be asking something so ridiculous unless they are looking to fill a fulltime position down the road....also don't go to an interview and be rude.
Lucas 5 years ago
This. Honestly, some people think that question is appropriate for any and all interviews. it is not.
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Troux 5 years ago
This question isn't a test of how much you can pretend that you dream of making sandwiches your whole career path; it's about seeing if you have any kind of goals, drive or sense of planning. Even if the job is just to put yourself or your kids through college, those goals are enough to show them that you have responsibilities and long-term thinking. The response given above says "I can't wait to leave this place and I haven't even started."
Banjo Peppers 5 years ago
What happens if you answer “dead in a gutter due to poverty thanks to a lack of upward job mobility and rampant poverty”?
Sam Tilley 5 years ago
Had a similar interview. Interviewed a junior guy for an analysts role at a commodities brokerage. He had just finished a summer interning at Merrill Lynch which he couldn't stop talking about. When asked where he wanted to be in 3-years he said back at Merrill Lynch!! Needless to say he wasn't hired.
Naima Ivansdóttir 5 years ago
an acquaintance of mine told me he'd really love to land a job in the company i work for. he said he had a job interview some years prior to knowing me and asked me to please inform me if some position would open up in warehouse management, which eventually happened so i called him and told him to send me his CV and I would make sure HR would see it. not a proper endorsement but still. he managed to land an interview. minutes after he left i met the purchase and warehouse manager at the coffee machine and he was laughing "where on earth did you find that guy?" he said that he asked why he should hire him and his reply was something like "i'd love to work in this company and i am wiling to start in the warehouse but i am confident i could work my way up to international sales" and when he was asked the 5 years question he replied "i see myself in cuba or some place like that 5 or 10 years from now" i was SPEECHLESS
#34
As a young teacher I interviewed for a school closer to home and when I went in the staff room on the 'tour' I noticed that all the staff seemed to be limp, grey and completely washed out. Eavesdropping conversations uncovered a few of the reasons, high staff turnover, lots of long term sickness and the majority of teacher's non contact time was being taken to cover lessons with no staff; all the time. This showed me that the staff were not respected by the students nor valued by management. I didn't disrespect the interview by leaving but did say 'no' when I was asked if I was still interested in the position at the end of the interview. They didn't bother to ask for feedback, they knew why lol.
Boopie Dew 5 years ago
Thats something to always look at when interviewing, the employees and general tone of the place. Tells a lot.
Łukasz Markuszewski 5 years ago
Totally agree. Every time having an interview I come like 15 minutes before the time to watch people coming in and out the site, and the looking closely to people in the kitchen etc. You could always see the red flags there.
Load More Replies... Parker Kinsey 5 years ago
I always ask, “What do you like about working here?” When it’s time for questions. If they have to pause to think it tells me all I need to know.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
I always pause before answering questions. That's an excellent question to ask, but I think if you're only looking for a pause vs no pause, it's not telling you what you think it is.
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YosemiteCat 5 years ago
It’s so sad to hear about schools like this. I love my school and definitely respect my teachers!
Ian Leyland 5 years ago
Non contact time covering other lessons, this was banned in the UK years ago after a union protest.
Shelp 5 years ago
The words "teaching" and "management" shouldn't even be together in the same sentence
Becky Samuel 5 years ago
Why not? Should teachers be spending their time on administrative and management issues? Or working with the children.
Load More Replies... #35
I had a guy applying while completely stoned. He was like "don’t worry, I only smoke in the evening. Well sometimes before breakfast too"
Colin L 5 years ago
I had a student once tell me "I'm really not getting this, but I'm really high right now."
Sue Koches 5 years ago
I went in for an 'administrative assistant' position that turned into an MLM. (I was told that no one who worked in the office could do so without product knowledge.) It was so uncomfortable, but I really needed a job. After 'initiation', learning some stuff, and getting the beginnings of an ulcer from being so uncomfortable I ghosted the group. No contact from them as to where or how I was. Man, dodged that bullet!
Robert Thompson 5 years ago
This stoned guy asked me for a job from behind the BK counter. Said Burger King wasn't doing it for him. Dude literally (on more than one occasion) couldn't fill a bag of ice. I told him "No"
#36
Well, back in the day when I used to work with technical support for mobile devices, my 1st boss told us that when he was hired his group in the selection process was asked what their favorite mobile operational system was. A guy answered it was Android because it was easier to hack into and download pirate software for. No need to wonder what happened within the following 2 minutes.
#37
Had an acquaintance sit down with me (I probably wasn't going to hire him anyways -- many reasons, but I thought, why not) But then this MF'r tells me "I don't actually like the work, but I'm mostly on time and this place seems chill like that" I was so cheesed he wasted my time (even more than I initially thought he would) and also, who says that? Entitled lil s***. I am not ok with people being late, or stupid. Insulting, man.
#38
Job I interviewed for at a [crappy] clothing store was just like that. "there is no dress code, but we highly recommend you only wear things purchased from our store." Having looked at prices of clothing there and seeing nothing under $50, I noped out
Kisses4Katie 5 years ago
Nah, highly recommend is like having minimum pieces of flair
Load More Replies... Vanta Black 5 years ago
I had an interview like this. They were offering a clothing allowance for employees to buy their name brand stuff that we'd have to wear while at work. I was good with this, as it wouldn't come out of my wages. Then they asked me what brands I like to wear. I answered honestly, and said that I look for comfort and cost first, and if those clothes happen to be made by a popular brand, so be it. I clarified that I would be happy to wear their clothes, as I understood it would help with upsales, but the interviewers' faces dropped when I gave my answer, and they half-assed the remainder of the interview. I know where I went wrong, and not to repeat it again, but I've never applied to work in a clothing store since.
Wonderful 5 years ago
I had a job interview at Claire’s style mall store when I was a teen and they required you to wear 5-15 pieces of jewelry and accessories that are currently for sale in the store but didn’t offer a discount more that 10 ish percent. So you had to pay for new jewelry and accessories almost weekly to keep up with the store. Oh and it was minimum wage. Yea I went and got a job at target instead.
BoredHuman 4 years ago
I have had this happen. Unless they pay for m to wear their clothes it is a big NO.
#39
I once had a company call me back for an interview on New Years Eve (around 6 or 7 pm), and asked me [what I knew about the company]. It's like dude, for one thing I've been pregaming it for New Years Eve, and second, you're a tiny independent kindergarten in Japan, I know jack s*** all about your school beyond that. And now I know you work insane hours (New Years is a huge family holiday in Japan, no one works it, especially not school teachers), and I want nothing to do with you.
Jon S. 5 years ago
It's the way the bored panda servers store and collate responses. Basically its not all on one server. There are several local servers and you might be tapped into one of those. Eventually all the data gets collated and all the comments will appear together, but it might take a few days. It's a standard way of doing things, but BP seems to take hours, not minutes (like, say facebook) to collate the responses.
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#40
This actually almost happened to me. When i was trying to get a job at kfc they were asking me questions about my other jobs it was quite easy because it was my first job. But then they asked why didn't i go to McDonald's its just over the street and my first answer was: i wanted to go there but they didn't have any spaces left so i had to go here. Thankfully they still accepted me
Douglas Turner 5 years ago
I think they mean the interview was ALMOST ruined, but they did get the job... it's awkwardly phrased
Load More Replies... #41
The one I should have quit... My appt was at 1pm for a temp company signup. You know...WHMIS policies, govt work regs...and apparently they expected people to make themselves familiar with the contents of a 4”ring binder and sign off that I understood various sections. Half of what I had to sign off on wasn’t even in the binder. The 1:30 appt showed up and still no interviewer. So I went to the desk and said yadda yadda let’s go. They asked me to wait a few more minutes. I did. A back office door opened a few minutes later and a woman who had obviously just finished crying stepped out and called the 1:30 over. She explained that her Grandmother had passed away and she’d like to reschedule. Then she turned to me with a fake smile and started leading me to an interview room. I protested, saying I could come back and that she was in no condition to work , but she brushed me off saying her family would be a while picking her up yet. I don’t know why I didn’t leave. It was awful. She stared at the computer monitor the whole time, robotically asked me the standard questions and typed answers...the only thing I could do was read the ‘what to do in case of a bomb threat’ poster on the wall behind her head.
#42
I was recruiting a new engineer and a gentleman from the middle east applied. Great papers, great experience, awesome cover letter. We actually fly him in to do an in-person interview. SO who shows up, a fat Bin Laden. Like, it could have been his fat twin. Still, whatever, we're not to judge, work performance is most important. He refused to speak to our female receptionist and refused to shake hands with the female HR manager doing the interview with me. He ignored her during the meeting. We ended the interview in about 5 minutes. Needless to say he was not hired.
Stille20 5 years ago
Lost me at calling him fat Bin Laden...also, given the potential cultural differences, you think you could have worked in a few questions that would brought up this issue before flying him there.
Brittania Kelli 5 years ago
I agree, calling someone from the middle East a 'fat bin laden' is uncalled for. However, cultural sensitivity goes both ways. The man was applying for the job, he would be joining a different cultural, he should have prepared himself for cultural differences. When you visit another country you follow their customs, you don't expect them to follow yours.
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AnimalMetalHeadUK 5 years ago
They made a comment based on looking like someone else, it was nothing to do with race, lots of people look like other people.
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Kristin Ingersoll 5 years ago
Im guessing even if he was a terrific guy, he wouldn't want to work somewhere that had anyone who referred to him like that. Shame on you.
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Yeah, demerits all around on this one, wth...
Load More Replies... Leah Woodard 5 years ago
You were aware enough of his skills to be willing to fly him in from 'the middle east' but the fact that he was a devout Muslim surprised you?!? Sounds like you're really bad at HR, to me...particularly as you obviously saw the man as a terrorist, from the minute he walked in. Forget 'cultural differences'; this was about you and your bigoted confirmation bias.
AnimalMetalHeadUK 5 years ago
Oh shut up, you're just pulling that out of your a**e.
Load More Replies... #43
I had a job interview where I legit forgot about my own name and when the interviewer asked my name I just said errmh for about 1 minute until I said pass... then I asked for an easier question and they asked why I wanted to there. I took of the mic until I stopped saying ermh so when I finally had an answer I just said my name really loud and I long story short I did not get the job
Kendra Miller 5 years ago
I too am a terrible interviewee, I went for an interview for a promotion and I well and truly bombed it. I somehow forgot to mention that I had a bloody diploma... When they ended the interview my coworkers were a little concerned, this interview was supposed to be just a formality... But in the end they offered it to me anyway, and I have done the job well since :)
#44
I was being interviewed by a three-person panel. The email for the interview had the names of two of the interviewers, so I looked them up before hand. One had recently posted his resume on FB, saying he was ready for a new job and was willing to relocate. At the end of the interview they asked if I had any questions. I asked the one guy why he was leaving this job. He looked mortified and said something like “I always have my resume on FB”. I did not get the job.
Stille20 5 years ago
Why would you do that? Did you not want the job? Also don't bring up that you stalked them on facebook
Shelby P 5 years ago
stalked on FB???? looking up someone for a job interview who is putting there stuff out there willingly is hardly stalking...
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I went in to interview for a promotion. Store manager had been telling me for weeks prior this position would be perfect for me. I went in and they stated asking a question and i stopped them and asked” what’s the point of this? We all know the jobs mine if I want it.” I was really just joking because f*** Walmart that’s why. But then they just handed me a new badge and told me to sign some papers for my raise. It was great.
Stille20 5 years ago
So this story is about you being entitled and nasty when offered a promotion.
LadyAna 5 years ago
But it worked for him, right? Evidently, he had a history with the store and the people interviewing him. They could see he was just joking and right for the job. A stranger would not have gotten away with that. Calm down, honey. Not every snarky interviewee is an asshole and not every hiring manager is a blessed angel.
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Rob Irvine 5 years ago
How pathetic do you have to be to make up a story like this for internet fame?
What do you think ?
GirlFriday 5 years ago
I was interviewing for a job right out of college. The interviewer got a page (that is how old I am) says, "Excuse me" and calls someone else into the office. The guy walks in and the interviewer proceeds to berate this guy right in front of me. Called him an ignorant slob, said he was too stupid to leave his house, all sorts of crazy demeaning things, and then turns back to me and says, "Sorry about that, these people have to be kept in line." Then he tried to continue with the interview. I wanted to cry because I felt so bad for the guy. I faked it through the interview and did not return calls when they wanted to hire me.
Dave Hoover 5 years ago
I once went to an interview in Buffalo, NY where I lived at that time. My trip to a downtown hotel to meet the interviewer was quite difficult because of snow blizzard conditions, icy roads and abandoned cars, but I finally made it there. However, the interviewer was nowhere to be found at the designated room. After waiting for an hour or so, I gave up and walked to the bar where I ordered some food and an adult beverage. After a while another person at the bar started talking to me and asked what brought me out on such a miserable night. When I told him how I just got stood up for an important job interview, he laughed and asked my name ... you guessed it, he was the interviewer and just assumed no one would venture out during one of the worst storms on record. So we conducted the interview while having a couple of beers, and some hot wings. And, I got the job!
Mystery Egg 5 years ago
My first ever interview when I was about 18, I was asked 'so why do you want the job?'. I innocently (and truthfully) replied that I wanted the money. it was for an industrial laundrette so now looking back, I think it's an odd question ask because it was hardly a major career making position.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
I expect they looked up 'questions you should ask in an interview' and didn't stop to think about if they were appropriate or not. People should be trained properly to do interviews - it's not quite as easy as people think. All the jobs I've worked, the companies all did in-house interview training so that line managers knew how to write job descriptions, person specs, job ads, how to score applications as well as appropriate questions to ask to get the best out of an interview.
Load More Replies... Boopie Dew 5 years ago
Just an observation. I went to an interview for a nice resort. I wore a blouse, black pants and a pair of black heels. So I'm sitting there waiting and looking at other applicants. I was shocked, 2 different women had shown up in 3/4 length casual pants and FLIP FLOPS. Looking like they were going groc shopping for real. I got the job. Even if I hadn't I was pretty sure they wouldn't have.
Pam Olson 5 years ago
I used to work in a very large building in a wooded area. We often had problems with animals getting into the building, including snakes. I had an interview for a step up from my current position. Two women interviewed me. When they asked me about working in that building, I told them that I was willing to take the snakes out of the building. There were probably 200 employees there in the building, including these two women, but I didn’t know that one of the women was deathly afraid of snakes. She ended the interview but the other woman had seniority and hired me. I have moved up since then but I no longer work in that unusual building.
Geth 5 years ago
That's pretty great. "What would you bring to the role?" "I'm willing to handle snakes." "Hired!"
Load More Replies... Steve 5 years ago
Funnest one I ever went to: I showed up 20 minutes early, and the door was LOCKED. I called the manager hosting the interview, and he said everybody left early for lunch. There was no receptionist, and they'd be back in an hour and a half. I was tempted to leave, but morbid curiosity made me stick around to see how bad it would get. Was not disappointed! On the tour through the building, every programmer's desk was loaded with beer cans. When we walked past the break room, there was one guy unconscious on the floor, with an entire cake smashed over his head, and 2 drunks pouring an entire bottle of hard liquor all over his face. First time I had to race to see if someone needed CPR during an interview (he didn't). Then the actual interview started. Talked to the 1st manager (the one with the early lunch), and explained I used psychology in my approach (for a manager role). He immediately shouted"You know psychology!!?? I think I'm gay! Am I?" It actually got worse from there.
Ritchat 5 years ago
At the first job interview I had after graduating art school, I tried to present my gallery which I did in flash (yes, flash was still a thing back then). Thing was, my pictures weren't embeded into the flash file but loaded dynamically from an image folder... which I forgot to copy onto my laptop, so my gallery was empty. I was so embarrased, I literally banged my head onto the desk. No kidding. I did that. The craziest part: I still got the internship. To this day, I don't know why.
Bunny Wood 5 years ago
Turning up in a lurid yellow spandex top and telling me he was a "socially active B-Boy who like to keep it real." I said OK not sure what that would bring to the job, he got got confused and left. Best.Interview. Ever.
Geth 5 years ago
Maybe he got confused about which of the jobs he applied to that he was interviewing for?
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Joanne Hudson 5 years ago
Applying for Admin. Asst. at a new to city company. I sent a resume and received a call for an initial interview. Things went great until he asked what salary I expected. I told him what I was presently making and his response was "I'm the head of Personnel and I don't even make that."
Tim Mills 5 years ago
I had an interview for an electronics retailer that I had not heard of before, apparently they were coming to the UK from the US. Because of that the interview was in a temporary office, which was basically a shipping container. The guy was so smug and talked down to me, rather than asking questions. I turned them down and a week later I saw the guy on Crimewatch where he was being prosecuted for fraud.
GirlFriday 5 years ago
I was interviewing for a job right out of college. The interviewer got a page (that is how old I am) says, "Excuse me" and calls someone else into the office. The guy walks in and the interviewer proceeds to berate this guy right in front of me. Called him an ignorant slob, said he was too stupid to leave his house, all sorts of crazy demeaning things, and then turns back to me and says, "Sorry about that, these people have to be kept in line." Then he tried to continue with the interview. I wanted to cry because I felt so bad for the guy. I faked it through the interview and did not return calls when they wanted to hire me.
Dave Hoover 5 years ago
I once went to an interview in Buffalo, NY where I lived at that time. My trip to a downtown hotel to meet the interviewer was quite difficult because of snow blizzard conditions, icy roads and abandoned cars, but I finally made it there. However, the interviewer was nowhere to be found at the designated room. After waiting for an hour or so, I gave up and walked to the bar where I ordered some food and an adult beverage. After a while another person at the bar started talking to me and asked what brought me out on such a miserable night. When I told him how I just got stood up for an important job interview, he laughed and asked my name ... you guessed it, he was the interviewer and just assumed no one would venture out during one of the worst storms on record. So we conducted the interview while having a couple of beers, and some hot wings. And, I got the job!
Mystery Egg 5 years ago
My first ever interview when I was about 18, I was asked 'so why do you want the job?'. I innocently (and truthfully) replied that I wanted the money. it was for an industrial laundrette so now looking back, I think it's an odd question ask because it was hardly a major career making position.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
I expect they looked up 'questions you should ask in an interview' and didn't stop to think about if they were appropriate or not. People should be trained properly to do interviews - it's not quite as easy as people think. All the jobs I've worked, the companies all did in-house interview training so that line managers knew how to write job descriptions, person specs, job ads, how to score applications as well as appropriate questions to ask to get the best out of an interview.
Load More Replies... Boopie Dew 5 years ago
Just an observation. I went to an interview for a nice resort. I wore a blouse, black pants and a pair of black heels. So I'm sitting there waiting and looking at other applicants. I was shocked, 2 different women had shown up in 3/4 length casual pants and FLIP FLOPS. Looking like they were going groc shopping for real. I got the job. Even if I hadn't I was pretty sure they wouldn't have.
Pam Olson 5 years ago
I used to work in a very large building in a wooded area. We often had problems with animals getting into the building, including snakes. I had an interview for a step up from my current position. Two women interviewed me. When they asked me about working in that building, I told them that I was willing to take the snakes out of the building. There were probably 200 employees there in the building, including these two women, but I didn’t know that one of the women was deathly afraid of snakes. She ended the interview but the other woman had seniority and hired me. I have moved up since then but I no longer work in that unusual building.
Geth 5 years ago
That's pretty great. "What would you bring to the role?" "I'm willing to handle snakes." "Hired!"
Load More Replies... Steve 5 years ago
Funnest one I ever went to: I showed up 20 minutes early, and the door was LOCKED. I called the manager hosting the interview, and he said everybody left early for lunch. There was no receptionist, and they'd be back in an hour and a half. I was tempted to leave, but morbid curiosity made me stick around to see how bad it would get. Was not disappointed! On the tour through the building, every programmer's desk was loaded with beer cans. When we walked past the break room, there was one guy unconscious on the floor, with an entire cake smashed over his head, and 2 drunks pouring an entire bottle of hard liquor all over his face. First time I had to race to see if someone needed CPR during an interview (he didn't). Then the actual interview started. Talked to the 1st manager (the one with the early lunch), and explained I used psychology in my approach (for a manager role). He immediately shouted"You know psychology!!?? I think I'm gay! Am I?" It actually got worse from there.
Ritchat 5 years ago
At the first job interview I had after graduating art school, I tried to present my gallery which I did in flash (yes, flash was still a thing back then). Thing was, my pictures weren't embeded into the flash file but loaded dynamically from an image folder... which I forgot to copy onto my laptop, so my gallery was empty. I was so embarrased, I literally banged my head onto the desk. No kidding. I did that. The craziest part: I still got the internship. To this day, I don't know why.
Bunny Wood 5 years ago
Turning up in a lurid yellow spandex top and telling me he was a "socially active B-Boy who like to keep it real." I said OK not sure what that would bring to the job, he got got confused and left. Best.Interview. Ever.
Geth 5 years ago
Maybe he got confused about which of the jobs he applied to that he was interviewing for?
Load More Replies... Joanne Hudson 5 years ago
Applying for Admin. Asst. at a new to city company. I sent a resume and received a call for an initial interview. Things went great until he asked what salary I expected. I told him what I was presently making and his response was "I'm the head of Personnel and I don't even make that."
Tim Mills 5 years ago
I had an interview for an electronics retailer that I had not heard of before, apparently they were coming to the UK from the US. Because of that the interview was in a temporary office, which was basically a shipping container. The guy was so smug and talked down to me, rather than asking questions. I turned them down and a week later I saw the guy on Crimewatch where he was being prosecuted for fraud.
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