Reasons why you didn't get a job?

freshpopcorn

When I was in college I went for an interview/trial in a hotel on a Saturday. It was basically a given you'd get the job because it was a placement.
So, I went in did it and went home and everything was fine. The following Monday I got a call from the management company of my apartment asking why was I vandalizing cars on the Saturday afternoon and the Gardai wanted to talk to me.
I explained where I was and they had to contact the hotel to verity it.
It turned out that one of the guys I was sharing with let his friend stay and he looked like me.
Needless to say I didn't get the job after the hotel gave me an alibi!


Reasons why you didn't get a job?

Truckermal

I done a interview with Irish Life years ago and during it the guy asked me how was my resilience to which I replied it's grand not a bother! I hadn't a clue what resilience meant...:p

He got sour straight away and told me to go!:D

hairyslug

Interviewer: Why would you like to work for Ulster Bank

Me: I heard the money was good



Lost out on a great job a few years back cause I was colourblind.

Samuel T. Cogley

Not a job per se but wasn't let in the RDF because I have a colour defect (mild colour blindness). Despite having been in the Cadets in the UK and learning to fly, sail and shoot with no issues I was told I could be a danger on a range FFS.

munster87

Once I applied for the wrong position and didn’t realise until I was in the interview. I told them my mistake and that I didn’t want the job. That’s how I didn’t get that job.

corner of hells

I had an apprentice years ago who told us he didn't want be an electrician and only went for the interview cause his mother made him go.

myshirt

They asked me what was my greatest weakness. I told them my greatest weakness was that I was too honest.

Kind of mocking me he said "Hmmmn, I don't really think that's weakness now is it", and I said "Well I don't give a f*ck what you think".

McMurphy

I'm probably not the only one who read the thread title and immediately thought of this scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEXECLc__0

razorblunt

Completely forgot what I’d covered in a 3rd year course for a Graduate role in 4th year College. I realised outside it was all post grads going for it so my confidence was shot.

Donald Trump

I was too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurt

the beer revolu

Didn't apply.

Conservatory

Washing machine salesman - spent the entire interview stumped for anything to say just giggled at every question. To this day I can’t explain it.

Samuel T. Cogley

Conservatory wrote: »

Washing machine salesman - spent the entire interview stumped for anything to say just giggled at every question. To this day I can’t explain it.

For the best, no prospects, you just go round and round and... :pac:

jaxxx

Considering I'm out of work, have done more training courses than I wish to remember, still can't get job, did even more training courses, did mock interviews and was told I did very well..... I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY!

Conservatory

jaxxx wrote: »

Considering I'm out of work, have done more training courses than I wish to remember, still can't get job, did even more training courses, did mock interviews and was told I did very well..... I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY!

Are you sure you remembered to let the female interviewers know that you definitly would?

ygolometsipe

I just wouldn't do anal and that ended the interview right there and then.


To be fair to I'm not a proctologist. I'm not a doctor either. From the ad I thought it was a porn shoot.

My acting career will never cum to anything.

worded

Was interviewed for jobs and realised I didn’t want the job

Asked what was my greatest weakness ? I said my front crawl wasn’t the best

In another place the staff looked miserable

What’s your greatest strength ?

I replied juggling

the14thwarrior

in the 1980 s i didn't have a job (who did?) and methodically walked down o connell street going into each shop with my CV. a small cafe said they were looking for someone. the rate of payment with a full week work was less than i was getting on the dole. i went home to do the figures, came back the next day and told her i couldn't afford it. cos i was struggling as it was, the dole was barely allowing me to survive and i couldn't afford to take a job that i would be taking home less money, in a cafe. she told me i was stupid and lazy and i started to cry!!

i ended getting another job, emigrating and going to college etc. years later but i'll never forget her reaction.

Samuel T. Cogley

the14thwarrior wrote: »

in the 1980 s i didn't have a job (who did?) and methodically walked down o connell street going into each shop with my CV. a small cafe said they were looking for someone. the rate of payment with a full week work was less than i was getting on the dole. i went home to do the figures, came back the next day and told her i couldn't afford it. cos i was struggling as it was, the dole was barely allowing me to survive and i couldn't afford to take a job that i would be taking home less money, in a cafe. she told me i was stupid and lazy and i started to cry!!

i ended getting another job, emigrating and going to college etc. years later but i'll never forget her reaction.

Lazy I reserve judgement but stupid you're not.

Interviewed at Google back around 2007. After 6 1 hour telephone interviews, and a 4 hour face to face interview, the feedback they gave me was I wasn't enthusiastic enough about technology.

OK then.

corner of hells

worded wrote: »

Was interviewed for jobs and realised I didn’t want the job

Asked what was my greatest weakness ? I said my front crawl wasn’t the best

In another place the staff looked miserable

What’s your greatest strength ?

I replied juggling

A friend of mine was asked if she had any experience on a team.

Apparently being part of a " gang bang" doesn't count.

fxotoole

myshirt wrote: »

They asked me what was my greatest weakness. I told them my greatest weakness was that I was too honest.

Kind of mocking me he said "Hmmmn, I don't really think that's weakness now is it", and I said "Well I don't give a f*ck what you think".

Pretty much guaranteed this never happened

diomed

Underqualified, inexperienced, bad attitude.

_Kaiser_

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Interviewed at Google back around 2007. After 6 1 hour telephone interviews, and a 4 hour face to face interview, the feedback they gave me was I wasn't enthusiastic enough about technology.

OK then.

That sort of process (and they're not alone) is ridiculous to be fair. Unless it was for a senior leadership role there's no way to justify it.

But yea, I don't understand these big companies expecting people to really be enthusiastic about being there and trying to make out like they live and breathe the job, when the reality is that you're very easily replaced most of the time.

Are you interested in the role and the prospects sure, are you a good fit from an experience and personality standpoint, do you have the skills.. That should be enough, and something they should be able to tell after a second round.

Fanny Wank

Smithers: What would each of you say is your worst quality?
Man 1: Well, I a workaholic.
Man 2: I push myself too hard.
Homer: Well, it takes me a long time to learn anything,
I'm kind of a goof-off...
Smithers: Okay, that'll do.
Homer: ... a little stuff starts disappearing from the workplace...
Smithers: That's enough!

fergus1001

pulled my lad out and done "the helicopter" at the interview *

*may or may not be true

evolving_doors

Welcome Aboard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urmvYu0jvl8

Robsweezie

''and whats the McMotto?''

''right, take a seat and i'll get you that mcflurry now from the machine which is NOT broke''

'' Ok we'll leave it there. im afraid you're not suitable for this...just get out..''

Ursus Horribilis

I was asked a question about Macros in Excel. I hadn't got a clue what they were. When I got the PFO letter, they didn't even put the right name on it.

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jaxxx

I remember one or two interviews where my mind at the time wasn't on getting the job because my interviewers (separate interviews, different occasions) were faacking sexy as hell and all I could think of was........ stuff.

gingernut79

I may be cynical and biased but for many jobs I went for, the job eventually went to a man who graduated from a specific course in UCD, of which I am neither.

Chaos Tourist

Asperger syndrome. Ah yeah, the good old job interviews - kryptonite to AS folk.

A Pint of Goo

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

Unsatisfactory references. The job I’m in now though didn’t interview me, just a “when can you start”

Same problem. I eventually started making up references.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I went for a summer job with Paddy Powers years ago and failed some basic maths test they gave me. Lol

sunbeam

Way back in the early 90s I applied for a library assistant job with a certain county council. Selection for interview was based not only on leaving cert results, but on having taken subjects from specific groups of leaving cert subjects.

My application was refused as I lacked a social studies subject. Apparently Home Economics (Social & Scientific) which had a social studies component did not count. Home Economics (General), where you studied dressmaking instead did. :rolleyes:

Gravelly

A good few years ago, in the early days of the boom when I was still working as an engineer, I was approached by a director of a well-known Irish engineering/consulting company. I was happy where I was, and I knew they were **** to work for, but the money on offer was extremely good, and I was newly married with a mortgage, a toddler, and another baby on the way. There was also a promise that I would make associate in a short time.
I went into the interview, and within minutes, realised they really were ****, and I didn't want to work for them. After the 10th or 11th stupid, aggressive, patronising question (and remember they'd approached me!) I just stood up and said "sorry, I don't think I'd be a good match for this company" and walked out.
To this day, the director that tried to hire me blanks me any time I meet him!

kweeveen86

Went camping on Aran a few days before an interview for the Radisson. Got exceptionally sunburnt and went to the interview looking like that photo of Dougal in the Hawaiian shirt that Ted had on the mantlepiece in one Fr Ted episode - skin peeling, still delirious from dehydration, as red as a Liverpool jersey.

Didn't get that job

Necro

Have a couple from the recession just past actually.

First was a supermarket supervisor. Firstly they call me up at 10am for an interview at 10.30am (15 min drive).

Grand says I, show some initiative. Land into the shop at 10.20 and proceed to have to wait another 40 mins as the manager is waiting for the owner to get out of bed :pac:

I've done a lot of work in retail, and had left my previous job to travel for the year. I worked in a couple of places in Oz, one as assistant manager of a 40 room motel for about 6 months, naturally I put this down on my CV. References on request of course and have a personal contact number still to this day for my boss there.

The owner basically laughs at me and says anyone can make up a few jobs in Australia and have their mates answer their phones. The manager to their credit looked like they had read my CV, and tried to defend me but was asked to leave :eek:

The job in Ireland was in another supermarket and the owner... let's just say he politically doesn't agree with the guy who runs it. (staunch FFer, my previous employer was at that time a FG TD)
Cue a 10 minute rant about the FG TD's political career and the fact that his shop is a mickey mouse one.
At this point I got annoyed and asked the owner what was the point of inviting me in to run down my experience, and got up and left.

Still boils my blood to this day tbh.

Second one was for a family run hotel down in Mayo. Had no ties to the hometown at this point so bundle the wifey in the car and we head down for a day out, have a look round the area and even have lunch in the hotel before my interview.
Time comes anyways and I get roughly handed a handwritten photo copy of an application form (you know the type, strengths, flaws etc) and told to fill it out.

In comes the owner again and bustles in again clearly having not read my CV and relying on the application form for guidance, calling me by the wrong name.

Mid way through me running down my various experience he gets a phone call and proceeds to take it without a second glance.
Caught a bit of it as he's sitting there right in front of me and the gist is him and his wife arguing over who will collect the kids from school.
So I wait for him to finish, now getting annoyed again.
He turns back to me and asks me to repeat my entire career history, he clearly hadn't listened.

So I stand up and excuse myself, saying thanks for your time but I don't think this position is for me.
Why not? Says he.
Unprofessional owners says I and walks out.
Pretty sure he called me a cnut as I was leaving.


The third and final story involves another filling station nearby to where I live. Interview went great this time, the manager getting very excited about me working there even to the point of discussing salary and bonuses depending on performance.

Thinking I have the job, I get a flustered call from the same man 3 days later profusely apologising and saying he was annoyed with the decision but they had promoted internally, meaning there was no job at all.
He went on a bit of a tirade saying he was disappointed we wouldn't be working together and he wishes they (the owners) had told him the position was internal before he advertised it.

Kinda glad I missed out there too tbh, if the owners aren't gonna let the manager manage then what's the point.

erica74

I applied for a job, which I had the right experience for and the unusual hours (working in an office but not 9 to 5) actually suited me perfectly so I thought I had the edge on other candidates. When I got there, the guy interviewing me handed me a job spec for a totally different job, which I was only about 50% experienced enough for. When I went in, I explained to him that I had applied for X job and felt I wasn't experienced enough for this other job. He said to me oh the position for X job has been filled but we think you're a very strong candidate so this is really just a formality. Grand says I and we had, what I thought was, a great interview.
Later that day, I got an email from the guy telling me they really liked me but I wasn't experienced enough for the job

Sile Na Gig

I didn’t get a job because I have kids. Job was advertised for mornings during school hours. I had a ridiculously intense Skype interview with the owner and worked for a couple of hours for free. It was all going grand until the interview dragged on past when they said it would and I had to ask to leave so I could pick my kids up from school. There was a ‘look’ and they let me go. When I didn’t get the job I asked them why and they said I wasn’t ‘flexible’ enough. Still can’t work out if that’s legal or not, but I got a better job with more prospects for advancement and flexible hours so I forgot about it (apart from when I walk past and give the place the stink eye).

sbsquarepants

fxotoole wrote: »

Pretty much guaranteed this never happened

Someone didn't get the joke!

razorblunt

fxotoole wrote: »

Pretty much guaranteed this never happened

Of course it didn't it's a bloody joke!

worded

Gravelly wrote: »

A good few years ago, in the early days of the boom when I was still working as an engineer, I was approached by a director of a well-known Irish engineering/consulting company. I was happy where I was, and I knew they were **** to work for, but the money on offer was extremely good, and I was newly married with a mortgage, a toddler, and another baby on the way. There was also a promise that I would make associate in a short time.
I went into the interview, and within minutes, realised they really were ****, and I didn't want to work for them. After the 10th or 11th stupid, aggressive, patronising question (and remember they'd approached me!) I just stood up and said "sorry, I don't think I'd be a good match for this company" and walked out.
To this day, the director that tried to hire me blanks me any time I meet him!

Better that than working in the place

I was being interviewed for a job I didn’t want and was asked what would I think of working for Stressed looking Staff Inc and I looked around the board room and said ... “ I could get used to an office like this “ LOL

marvin80

What's your notice period?

I notice things straight-away.

Jimmy Carr

Keyzer

I went for an interview many moons ago for a general IT person in a small software company - job spec matched for me and off I went.

Two minutes in and I'm being asked all sorts of coding and application development questions to which I know nothing about. The guy is just looking at me and I tell him none of this was on the job spec. Yeah he says, I know, but we need you to do it anyway. Then he gets up and ends the interview.

This is the one and only time in my life when I came dangerously close to literally putting someones head through a wall.

Owner of the place rang me two hours later apologising which softened the blow.

tara73

when in the interview, mobile started ringing... bad enough in itself, I said my sorrys and it was supposed to stop very quickly as it goes to voicemail very quickly...
Didn't stop... Rang on and on... I realised it's my alarmclock I set on the mobile. started frantically searching for it, it was in my coat..so my lovely coat was a bit old, means the lining was ripped and when putting something in the pockets it would fall somewhere into the coat between the lining and the outer coat material...:o so it wasn't easy to find it in my coat...and all the while it was ringing and ringing...had to go outside the room to search for it, leaving the interview guys behind.

coming back in the room there were two or three minor questions from the guys, then the head guy abruptly jumped to his feet, shoved his arm in my direction and said: ok, we will let you know about the decision we made...

never had such an embarrassing interview before..:o

fxotoole

razorblunt wrote: »

Of course it didn't it's a bloody joke!

Then it's 100% guaranteed it never happened

Your Face

I went for a Technician role years ago.
One of the interviewers kept talking about himself and what projects he was on. Really getting himself over.
The two other interviewers just sat there giving me knowing looks.
At the end of the interview I found out that yer man would be my supervisor.

No he won't, I thought to myself.

rekluse

Going for a bar job in some ****ty chain like revolution or something when I was about 18 in the uk. Inerviwer ‘Tell us a joke’. Me - ‘Errrrrmmmm - What goes clip clop, clip clop ,bang bang , clip clop, clip clop’. Ineterviewer - ‘I dunno’. Me - ‘An Amish drive by’. Interviewer - Dour stoney faced silence. On reflection , it was a great ****in joke and I should most certainly have been hired.

Chaos Tourist

Facebook interviewer: Are you on Facebook?

Me: No

Facebook interviewer: Interesting...

Me: ????