Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wackiest Job Interview Mistakes


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 -

  • 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?


Friday, March 14, 2008

Starless Night!

A sweet short animation created by Carl Campbell


Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Adolf Hitler, MLA ?

How would you like Adolf Hitler to represent you in the State Legislature? Or maybe Frankenstein, if Adolf isn't demonic enough? Or would you play it safe and have Newton as your MLA?

No, these aren't names from a "Fantasy Election League", but real people vying for seats in the just concluded polls in Meghalaya! This state has a predominantly Christian tribal population with a penchant for naming their children after the famous (or infamous), or simply choosing expressive words such as Gregarious or Hilarious. "People here have a fascination for exotic names and hence give their children strange names" , R Lyngdoh, a history teacher, was quoted as saying. Apparently, people give little thought to the connotations behind a name. Cool, huh?

Adolf Hitler, by the way, is a Garo tribal leader and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate contesting from the Rangsakona constituency. Frankenstein Momin, represents the Congress.

Some of the other candidates contesting the polls are - Romeo Rani, Darling Lamare, Moonlight Pariat, Boldness Nongum, Comingone Ymbon, Clever Marak , Oral Syngkli , Advisor Pariong, Founder Strong, Gregarious, Hilarious and Budshell Marbaniang.

One of the many things that makes our democracy so colorful, I suppose!