I had probably the best interview I ever had last week - I turned up early, I flirted with the receptionists, I shook each interviewer's hands and didn't crush any of them, I answered every question properly and got the panel laughing with my anecdotes and when I returned my pass, I winked at the receptionist and her friend and got them both giggling like a schoolgirls as I left. Got the call today saying that I was the best interview they had but will be offering the job to the guy already doing it - bah. Anyway got me thinking about the worst interviews I had - one of them I did crush one of the interviewer's hand and she refused to talk to me and the other I forgot all about it and turned up hungover and just gave monosyllabic answers so I could go home to bed. Anyone else have any good/bad stories?
Job interviews are not always how good you are, as highlighted in OP There is often a person targetted to get the role but they have to go through the process of advertising etc. In local govt jobs often a years salary is wasted following the process just to tick a box
You winked at the receptionist and had them giggling like school girls? I think they were just being polite and thought you were a **** imho
I'll give him 2 weeks before one of those receptionists files a grievance for sexual harassment, he thinks he's in the 1970s may as well have just pinched her arse .
I’ve sat in on quite a fair few interviews and it’s quite alarming that people who were applying for middle management roles came late, were inappropriately dressed and unprepared by and large.
Turned up after a 250 mile drive to London with a thousand other graduate idiots to a mass interview session to be told that the jobs I'd gone for were all gone, but would I consider a job in Marketing? **** it, I'm there. Go ahead. 10 minutes later I stopped the interview. Knew **** all about Marketing. Went outside and threw up against their window To round off looking like a twat, I'd met a lad from uni from the same course. Said I'd give him a lift home as it was a bitch of a place to get to in the first place. Remembered my offer after about 150 miles on the way back
Whenever I’ve been for interviews, I’ve always treated it as much an opportunity for me to interview them. I know how good I am and what I can do; I want to know that the people I will be working with are up to scratch and share my vision and ambition. The fact that I flip burgers is beside the point.
Not many people do that do they. They never consider during the interview that the company isn't actually a match for them. The amount of times I've been interviewing when I've thought, I'd be more impressed with you if you'd stand up and say that this job isn't for you after all.
I do agree with that,,, As much as I have to sell myself to the company, they have to sell the company to me! One interview I went to in Poole, when i was living in Bournemouth, the company seemed intent on saying how trendy they are. The interviewers were in very casual clothing, saying there wasn't really job titles and how even the owner would stroll into the office in shorts and flip-flops. They then went onto say they were now making a loss, and you could tell why! It didn't seem a very professional operation
Agreed. I once stopped an interview and told the three old fossils interviewing me that I could never work with such rude and antiquated guardians of the practice. If you are a leader, lead. Otherwise, despite how much it may damage your self esteem to hear otherwise, you are a sheep.
Did some recently. Told one guy that when he was ready we'd let him do his presentation. He looked at us like we were mad and said he didn't know he had to do one. Funny that the other 600 candidates all knew Thankfully he was dire so we didn't have to give him a post.
Last interview I went to, about 20 years ago, started really well until I farted. It was an absolute rasper too. Couldn't believe it when I got a call asking me to start in a weeks time. I honestly thought it was a wind up until I got a confirmation letter.
No, mate. They told you to “fart next week,” when you were well clear of their offices and they knew you’d never darken their doorsteps again, you smelly bastard.
Moral off this story is. Sometimes you might as well go too an interview. Slap dick on the desk. Give the receptionist a laugh. Let her take a picture so she and her friend can laugh on Instagram . Tell the interview he's **** and you bucked his 21year old daughter and her best friend and you put the video on X hamster. End result would be the same.. No job.
I once interviewed a bloke for a postman's job, who appeared to fall asleep at one point. Then his eyes popped open again and he sat there blinking until the next question came his way. Don't think he realised he hadn't answered the previous one. This was after he had annoyed the other interviewer by calling him "man". Pretty sure he was stoned off his nut, his eyes were a bit red. Needless to say, we gave him the job.
