Oh dear.
It looks as though everyone has had at least one truly shocking job interview. Whether you were asked a really uncomfortable question, had to dress up in obscure clothing or was hired for knowing the answer to “Why is the sky blue?”, nobody has escaped the ill-fated interview.
We consulted Reddit and Mamamia staff members on the matter and got some interesting results. Funnily enough, a lot of the people below ended up getting the job.
Take down tips, people.
- “I was in a job interview today when the manager handed me his laptop and said, “I want you to try and sell this to me.” So I put it under my arm, walked out of the building and went home. Eventually he called my mobile and said, “Bring it back here right now!” I said, “$100 and it’s yours.” – mykeuk
- “I had to wear a Disney-themed costume to a group interview. The catch was, they were trying to hire a financial advisor. What part of my job would ever involve dressing up as Elsa?”
- "The interviewer asked me to drink an entire bottle of Louisiana Hot Sauce to show I was 'committed' to the job."
- "I was greeting the interviewer and he took one look at my skirt, which was just above the knee, and asked me to go home and change. Apparently I was offending him. I did not go back."
- "During an interview for a job that had to do with biology my interviewer's phone rang. When he saw the caller ID on his phone he yelled "Oh for fuck's sake!" and picked up. He then yelled at the person he was talking to on the phone in fluent japanese. Keep in mind he was a tall skinny pale guy with blonde hair, so this caught me off guard. He then hung up, smashed a vase on his table in his rage, and ran out blazing fast. Leaving me bewildered."
- "I was doing a telephone interview out in my car. When I looked right and noticed the car next to mine was on fire. I screamed "holy shit!!" and asked if could call the interviewer back. She agreed and I backed up and parked further away. It was at his point I reallized there was someone sitting in the car. I ran and opened the door and helped the person get out. She had been smoking in her car and dropped an ash on the floor. The ash was just smoldering and causing a lot of smoke in the car. She had been sleeping and apparently passed out from the amount of smoke. Someone else called 000 and they showed up to put the fire out. When I called the interviewer back and she didn't have time to talk to me any more."
- "The interviewer threw up in the middle of the interview. I was like wtf. He didn't throw up on himself but did it in the trash next to him. I think he expected to barf that day and was ready for it. He excused himself for like 5 minutes and came back like nothing happened. I still got the job." - Cloud_Tiger
- "I beat up a guy. That qualfies as weird." - 3nonymous
- "I was interviewing for over the phone tech support. He told me that I would be taking hundreds of calls per day. I said that is fine, and I told him my previous calls were usually 1 hour long or more. He told me these would be too. So I asked him how I'm supposed to answer 100s of 1 hour long calls per day? He said I would have to do it because that's what the job was. I was like wtf how is that possible to do within 1 day? He stopped and thought for a minute and you can tell he got embarrassed." - principal_skinner
- "I have "proficient balloon twister" in my resume. When I interviewed at Google, the dude said "it says you're a balloon twister, can you make me something?". I made him a puppy." - frodokun
- "Walk into the room, commented on the cute dog photo hanging on the wall. The manager breaks into tears about how much she loves the dog. I figured the dog had died or something, so I was very sympathetic/swapped stories/etc. Got the job and didn't even touch on what work I'd be doing. Also turns out the dog is alive and well, my new manager was just batshit." - Brandy_Alexander
- "My interviewer told me she had a yeast infection if i was wondering what that smell was..." - omegaweapon
- "I had a job interview for McDonalds and got there early. I had a look around because I was restless. I opened a door and ended up in the kitchen, which was empty. I walked around and passed some nuggets and thought I'd help myself to a couple. I left the kitchen and suddenly the manager appeared. He reached for the hand which was holding a nugget. There was an awkward moment as I slid the nugget into my suit jacket pocket then shook his hand. He then led me in to the office. There was a long pause before he said, 'Did you just steal a chicken nugget from the kitchen?' I looked uncomfortable and didn't respond. He then said, 'I think you should go'."
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