A Funny - How to Mess Up a Job Interview...

How to Mess Up a Job Interview

Top personnel executives of 100 major American corporations were

surveyed and asked for stories of unusual behavior by job applicants.

The low-lights were:

* "... stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application."

* "She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music

at the same time."

* "A balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office

a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece."

* "... asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel executive

was qualified to judge the candidate."

* "... announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger

and french fries in the interviewer's office - wiping the ketchup

on her sleeve."

* "Stated that, if he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty by

having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm."

* "Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering specific

interview questions."

* "When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and started tap

dancing around my office."

* "At the end of the interview, while I stood there dumbstruck, went

through my purse, took out a brush, brushed his hair, and left."

* "... pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me.

Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him."

* "Said he wasn't interested because the position paid too much."

* "While I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant took out a

copy of Penthouse, and looked through the photos only, stopping longest

at the centerfold."

* "During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the candidate's

brief case. He took it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to

leave for another interview."

* "A telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was from his wife.

His side of the conversation went like this: 'Which company? When do

I start? What's the salary?' I said, 'I assume you're not interested in

conducting the interview any further.' He promptly responded, 'I am as

long as you'll pay me more.' I didn't hire him, but later found out there

was no other job offer. It was a scam to get a higher offer."

* "His attache [case] opened when he picked it up and the contents spilled,

revealing ladies' undergarments and assorted makeup and perfume."

* "Candidate said he really didn't want to get a job, but the unemployment

office needed proof that he was looking for one."

* "... asked who the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture on my desk.

When I said it was my wife, he asked if she was home now and wanted

my phone number. I called security."

* "Pointing to a black case he carried into my office, he said that if he

was not hired, the bomb would go off. Disbelieving, I began to state why

he would never be hired and that I was going to call the police. He then

reached down to the case, flipped a switch, and ran. No one was injured,

but I did need to get a new desk."