Dumb Interview Stories

Bad Interview stories.
This column is dedicated to those people who have made my career interesting:

I'd use exclamation points after all of these examples but that would be overkill.

Here are some examples:

1. The candidate that wore headphones into an interview and said it was because she was listening to her calming relaxation waves so she wasn't so nervous on the interview.

2. The candidate that brought his mom to the interview. Not because he needed assistance, she wanted to come along to see what the job was about and then spent the entire interview answering the questions for her son.

3. The candidate that showed up in sweat pants, polo shirt, and tennis shoes and then wondered why he didn't get the position.

4. The candidate who changed from work clothes to interview clothes in his car in the parking lot of the company he was interviewing at in full view of the receptionist.

5. The candidate who got a phone call in the interview from her mom and then proceeded to tell her mom how the interview was going.

6. The candidate that interviewed well, but had his key ring attached to his belt loop and everywehere he walked on the tour fo the company his keys jingled.

7. All the candidates that wore sweat stained shirts into interviews. Add to this collar buttons not done (buy a new shirt with a bigger neck size!), ties not tied, button down collars not buttoned down, too short of sleeves.

8. The candidate that tucked his shirt into his underwear. This was noticed because as he turned to leave his underwear was sticking up above the waistline of the pants with the shirt tucked in them.

9. The candidate that used safety pins to "zip up" his pants.

10. The candidate that used black duct tape to cover up his white tennis shoes. In fairness he did a good job but you could still tell. Same goes for the candidate that used black duct tape to cover a rip in his pants.

11. The lady who interviewed with a wide plunging neckline with "Merry" tattooed across the top of her breasts and said "I don't know why I'm having a hard time finding jobs!" Really?

12. Candidates who don't research the comapny they are interviewing at or know the title of the position interviewing for.

13. All candiates who when you ask "tell me about yourself," they immediately launch into sob stories about past employers or why they are out of work.

For more bad interview stories, check out my column about Bob & Brian's contest:
bob-brians-bad-interview-stories

What "bad" interview stories can you share?

Thanks for letting me vent!

Ev

A Heck of A Nice Guy