What's the most unusual thing a candidate did in a job interview? Or after? I have had instances where candidates have broken down citing "bad home condition, sir" and a chap walking up threateningly at a restaurant two days after the interview asking why he was not short listed!
Careerbuilder released its annual survey of the most outrageous interview mistakes candidates have made, according to over 3,000 hiring managers and HR professionals nationwide. This year’s list includes -
Have you experienced any such incidents?
Careerbuilder released its annual survey of the most outrageous interview mistakes candidates have made, according to over 3,000 hiring managers and HR professionals nationwide. This year’s list includes -
- Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.
- Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.
- Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.
- Candidate told the interviewer he wouldn't be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died -- and his uncle wasn't "looking too good."
- When the applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.
- A candidate for an accounting position said she was a "people person" not a "numbers person."
Have you experienced any such incidents?
