Funny Interview Stories

[redandblue]

So tuscanlatte's good luck thread and her comment of some 'blubbering' made me remember some of the awesome, ridiculous things I've done/said at job interviews, and thought we should start a thread.  I know you've done them (or have interviewed people who have done ridiculous things).  Lets share and laugh together! lol

[redandblue]

So the interview for the job I had before my current one, it was such a relaxed meeting and the conversation was flowing easily, so when they asked "why should we hire you for this position?" my immediate, sarcastic response was "besides the obvious reasons?".

I still laugh about that! LOL. Like I must have sounded like so self-centred. I use humor when I'm nervous. lol

I did get the job though! lol

[redandblue]

And then during the interview for my current position they were asking me how to pronounce my last name, and without thinking I described it the way I did to my friends and family "if McDonald's were to serve beer it would come in a Mc-'Keg'". That's right, I referred to my name as a fast food brewery in an interview for a management position. I can't live that one down. My director told our executive director and when I was being introduced at our first agency wide management meeting, our ED shared this little tip on remembering my last name! lol

Also makes me laugh.

And PDQ

[runningmommy519]

This one isn't that funny but more WTF. I was interviewing for the director of the annual fund at a small liberal arts college. The interview was a whole day ordeal. I get down to the last person, who basically is the one that would decide if I got the job or not. He would have been my boss. He says "legally I'm not suppose to ask you this question so you don't have to answer but have you thought about how someone your age would deal with living in this small town"

I don't recall how i answered but I didn't get the job

[runningmommy519]

One of the jobs I worked at I was on break and an interviewee came in wearing Capri jeans and flip flops.

[th3stryck3r]

I bombed an interview out of college which seemed to be going well, and was super friendly and casual when the woman interviewing me said, "oh! I see you studied with X. Funny, people used to confuse me with his wife. I must look like her." This was a prof I was close with, and I'd actually babysat his child and she looked NOTHING like his wife, and then it dawned on me, that he was divorced, and she must look like his first wife (and his new wife was definitely much younger.) And I said,"oh— you must mean his first wife! I think he traded her in for a younger model." That obviously didn't sit well. Did not get hired.

[tuscanlatte]

th3stryck3r lmao that is so funny!!

At one of my interviews my car was breaking down on the way and I got it to the place, engine smokiny. I left it outside, did the interview and then sat in it for another 3 hours after out front waiting to be picked up. Lol I did get that job.

[tuscanlatte]

Yesterday they asked me really philosophical questions which got me blabbering a bit, like what are the 3 biggest problems facing aboriginal people today? Or how do you feel about truth and reconciliation?

The biggest blunder though was they asked for my best example of something they asked at the last interview. I said, can I use the same example as last time or do you want the second best example?" Lol face smack.

[Deleted]

when i was young and dumb and interviewing for an internship with Universal, I was so nervous and i contemplated them on their office furniture...and how nice it was...that was me trying to make small talk. i still suck at small talk. and no, i did not get the job.

[redandblue]

@janetheconquerer, that's funny. That reminds me of this time I went with a friend to an Alicia Keys concert and we got back stage passes (my friends H at the time had family that was some how connected with Swiss Beats, Alicia's DH). Anyway we were so giddy all the way there and while waiting to go to meet her (it was actually before the show), and we were trying to come up with the best possible thing to get her to be our BFF, like THE best opening line/small talk, with this incredible artist. While I get up there and was like "Hi I'm Amy" and shook her hand and then nothing. I was kicking myself afterwards. Like she doesn't give a crap what my name was. Needless to say, I was not successful in making her my BFF. lol