What is the strangest thing that has happened to you in a job interview? (employment, non-profit)
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How about an interviewer cleaning his finger nails and depositing the garbage on a paper towel ? that was disgusting and I ended the interview right there and I got a very strange vibe from the whole place so I walked . It was ewwww and then a few months later I read in the paper that one of the employees chose to hang himself there stating the receptionist found him when entering the office . That would have been my job receptionist ..my gut saved me really .
Ewwww
Some people are just so.... out there. For lack of a better word.
I went in for an interview years ago at this company and the guy interviewing me asked me out at the end! Um.. awkward... Needless to say, when they offered me the job I declined LOL
I went in for an interview years ago at this company and the guy interviewing me asked me out at the end! Um.. awkward... Needless to say, when they offered me the job I declined LOL
I former coworker of mine met her spouse this way. He interviewed her and she didn't get the job for whatever reason. At some point he contacted her and asked her out and they eventually got married.
Had one candidate who wanted 'veteran preference' because he'd tossed hay out of an airplane to snowbound cattle in Nebraska while in the National Guard.
Another interviewee claimed veteran preference because he'd fought in the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba; until I pointed out he would've been 13 years old at the time.
Last edited by Scratch33; 10-02-2015 at 08:22 AM..
I interviewed for a position which included but was not limited to professional work with small children. One of the interviewers, a very nicely dressed middle aged woman who had been quite formal to that point, proceeded to get down on the floor and crawl around as if she were a cranky three year old, supposedly to see how I would handle children.
Very, very odd, and more than a bit of a set-up.
I didn't get the job, despite over 25 years of relevant experience, excellent referrals, plus a professional degree in the field.
Last edited by CraigCreek; 10-02-2015 at 08:36 AM..
Then something weird happened. One of the interviewers had a bag of Skittles. He poured some on the table. And asked me if I wanted any.
Well, I thought it was really weird. I politely declined. Since the interview was late in the evening I said I was having dinner soon.
The other interviewer ate the Skittles from the table. And they both enjoyed the skittles.
Needless to say I did not get the job. I think I failed the fit test. But heck no was I going to eat skittles from an unknown table from people I don't know!
Weird - never heard of anything like this before happening at an interview. This reminds me of a scene from the film The Underneath, a thriller from 1994. Before the main character goes on a job interview, he's specifically told whether to accept/decline the offer of candy by the interviewer. How he handles this determines whether or not he'll get the job. Maybe those interviewers saw this movie?!
Last edited by The Big Lebowski Dude; 10-02-2015 at 08:42 AM..
Before the main character goes on a job interview, he's specifically told whether to accept/decline the offer of candy by the interviewer. How he handles this determines whether or not he'll get the job.
I was thinking the same thing, also they may have wanted to see what color he chose, there is a color profiling system used to evaluate psychology makeup, bet there was that as well
Strangest thing? No specifically "in" the interview. I didn't get the job, but left with another candidate to go have sex afterward (disclaimer: I was only 23 at the time lol!)
The strangest thing that has happened was that during one interview I was only asked a few questions yet the interviewer went on and on about himself, his role the company, and how well the business was doing. So much so that in the end I was not sure if I got the job or not let alone if it were an actual real interview but it turned out that I was hired.
All other interviews where just your standard affair.
I was thinking the same thing, also they may have wanted to see what color he chose, there is a color profiling system used to evaluate psychology makeup, bet there was that as well
Considering that two people on the other side of the table began grubbing Skittles off the table, I doubt any of this was the case.
Then again, it could just be a random selection. Maybe the interviewer does not want to go through the hassle of reviewing interviews/applicants and has predetermined that first person to chose a Skittle of a specific color gets hired.
Then once again, companies are typically in the habit of hiring those who best fit into the company's culture. If this were a place where people picking Skittles from a table is normal, and the applicant is not cool with that, then why would that person get hired?
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(disclaimer: I was only 23 at the time lol!)
