March 17, 2008

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

the top ten most outrageous interview blunders ... these are real ...

- Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.

- 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."

- Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

- Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

- Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was "classified."

- Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

- When an 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."

- Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer during phone interview.

- Candidate took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A friend of mine during an interview burped.. she described it to be really loud, and instead of apologizing she burst out laughing like a nut...She was nervous before going and thinking of all kind of scenerios that might ruin her interview, sure enough she did and she was so embarressed she walked out..

Shou ?? any news about the job hunt?? A lot of people search "Yahoo hot jobs" and some of them were lucky..I read that u are interested in something away from saudi arabia
Good luck anyway :)

Jundi said...

so im guessing she didnt get the job :D

still no news regarding the job hunt .. i continue to apply on a daily basis as usual..
the riyadh office for the company i was working at is trying to recruit me but my management mtan7een (i am stationed in dhahran) .. but that door is not closed yet so we'll see how that goes ..

anyway i am enjoying my vacation at the moment :)

Anonymous said...

No, she didn't it..She walked out and that was it. She couldn't face the people there.

eh yalla inshallah kheir ya rabb..
so you don't mind staying with the same company but different location?? because you weren't happy with them..

Jundi said...

ya i was definitely not happy .. but its not just a matter of different location .. its different management + different client .. if it works out kana biha and if not then whatever .. i wont be upset ya3ni.

anyway nshala 5air :)