Nothing kills the excitement of a possible new job like a terrible interview.
Last weekwe asked youwhat your worst job interviews were like, and you delivered.
Here are the most nightmarish experiences as told by you.
When I entered the waiting area, no receptionist was present, so I rang the bell.
I finished the forms with about 10 minutes left until my appointment.
I was not seen until 45 minutes after my appointment was scheduled.
Neither explanations nor apologies were provided.
The other interviewer appeared clearly uncomfortable with her questions and attempted to ask more relevant questions.
The day for results arrived and guess what?
I matched to this lovely place.
I spent an absolutely awful year there, with very little choice to continue.
K, great, thanks for wasting my time.
He said he already had the interview on his schedule, and didnt want to be rude.
I said, You told me that you were going with someone else.
He says N-n-n-no I didnt!
Dad says, where do you go to church?
I dodge the question with a not sure what that has to do with the job responsibilities.
A few minutes later, Dad asks, how many times have you been married?
Again, divert the question and wait for the next one.
Sons phone rings, gets up to take the call and Dad makes small talk for a minute.
Son comes back and says the interview is over.
I tell them thats not a valid criterion and their questions were illegal.
Son says they dont care its their business and they run it the way they want.
The one with the buggy production code, fromJustDoIt:
Had an interview for a coding position.
They handed me a chunk of code and asked me to interpret what it does.
When they came back, they asked for the pad back.
I had 3 lines of numbers written on it.
I then commenced to explain to them what the program was.
They wanted to see my work, but agreed what I calculated was correct.
I told them I ran the numbers in my head.
They said I wasnt going to be a fit.
I got a call two weeks later, apologizing, and explaining I was right about the bug.
Their own QA folks never caught it.
I cant believe how stupid I was.
The interviewer got to the question of: Do you have any convictions?
The interviewer just stares are me with his mouth slightly agape.
We laughed about it, awkwardly, and then I didnt get the job.
The one where this dude needed a solid, fromBrometheus:
…
I answered an ad I found online for a marketing position.
I was pretty desperate so the commute was not too worrying…
I have a bit of a babyface, but this dude really had it.
He said that given enough time, I could run my own branch back in my home city.
Eventually, he starts talking about the job, but in really vague terms like customer-oriented and mobile.
Our people only do one company.
So I asked him what company.
He side-stepped the question.
We go back and forth again before he mentions the one company thing again.
Again I ask which company and again he sidesteps it.
At the end, I schedule the final interview, but ask him what company.
He gives me this sheepish grin and says Quill.
So I go home and look it up.
Over the next four days the guy who interviewed me calls me 15 times.
I let everyone go to voicemail, but the last one was the most ridiculous.
He called at 10:30 pm and I could hear bar noise in the background.
The one where you cant live in Burbville, fromkcunning:
It had been a great interview.
People loved me, especially the woman who would be my boss.
Youre like me, ten years ago, which is EXACTLY what I asked my boss for!
Then, things got weird.
My boss asked where I lived, and I told him.
Thats just how it goes in our region.
He appeared to mull it over.
So, youre planning to move closer?
Um… unless I read the potential salary wrong, no.
Yeah, but… Youre living in
Burbville
.
Its not very… nice.
Its not fancy, but it works for me.
Still, youre planning on moving out here, right?
What about the commute?
Ive commuted further for less, and the commute is my problem, not yours.
He paused, and I thought he was going to let it drop.
Then he looked at my hand.
Doesnt your husband make enough for you to live out here?
gritting my teeth His salary isnt your problem either.
A week later, I got the call that they went with another candidate who lived closer.
The woman who would have been my boss was
pissed
, because the other candidate was vastly less qualified.
The marketing department has decided to make a Harlem Shake video!!!
Everyone was required to participate…
The people I interviewed had already passed through two interviews and a resume screen… Loss-prevention interviewing is an interrogation, not an interview; it is adversarial immediately.
I asked questions that assumed guilt in their posing.
On this day, I was interviewing a very bright young lady.
She was mid-twenties, neatly-groomed, well-dressed and well-spoken.
Then, absolutely unsolicited by myself, she began to speak about her fire and motivation for the job.
She was on the way back from hell.
Shed been an addict and a prostitute.
She had two boys at home, whom she had just gotten back from State Family Services.
Shed been in recovery for a little over a year.
She was building a new life and was looking forward to the new opportunities this job would open.
I was in recovery myself and I knew how honest and hardworking people who had overcome problems could be.
He wasnt dealing, just using a little bit, and things would all work out.
After she left, I took a few minutes, then shit-canned her system.
I can still see her happy face as she left my office.
The one with the fire drill, fromoly0015:
Fire alarm goes off.
Come to find out at the end of the interview the building is on fire…
The one with the third wheel, fromraising hellions:
Got to an interview early.
She went into the stall and I went back to my makeup.
The next thing I hear is the sound of that poor woman exploding ass.
Never heard anything like it before or since.
Guess who was my interviewer?
Both of us almost died when I was shown into the room.
It was the most awkward interview ever.
At one point the colleague had to take over because she just.
He was mystified and I wanted to find the nearest hole and crawl into it.
I have no idea if the answers I was giving made any sense at all.
It was just so cringeworthy.
Heres hoping your next interview isnt anything like these!
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