Have you ever got angry in a job interview?

py2006 · 04-09-2011 12:23PM #1

I hate doing job interviews. I do be a nervous wreck and never come across as myself and always tripping over words etc.

Anyway, there have been a couple times were I found the interviewer to be patronising, rude and a bit arrogant. There have been times were I knew they were just going through the motions as they had somebody in mind for the job already.

There are times were I have been tempted to just stand up and walk out mid interview. But my conscience says no because its a small world and word gets around. Especially if its a big organisation.

I think next time, if I feel the interview is going bad or they seem disinterested I am going to stand up and say, 'listen, I have other interviews to go to....you are only waisting my time'!! :P (probably won't though)

Have you ever got angry, walked out or took exception to a question or comment?

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 12:28PM

You're right not to get mad, even if you feel like it, because for all you know, you could be next in line for the job so even if you don't get offered it, you might get offered another. That's happened to a few people I know. So, by getting angry, you could shoot yourself in the foot.

MugMugs · 04-09-2011 12:34PM

Got asked if I smoked weed once. Bitch didn't like the truth!

PAULWATSON · 04-09-2011 01:03PM

MugMugs wrote: »

Got asked if I smoked weed once. Bitch didn't like the truth!

that's a surprise, man.

Sea Sharp · 04-09-2011 01:05PM

Yes, I was given 8 of those 'give us an example of when you ... ' questions in a row.
Fcuk sake, ask me questions that demonstrate my technical ability not questions that show how good I am at fabricating bullsh1t on the spot.

py2006 · 04-09-2011 01:05PM

I remember going to ask a question and I was told, 'We are interviewing YOU'.

kfallon · 04-09-2011 01:07PM

py2006 wrote: »

I remember going to ask a question and I was told, 'We are interviewing YOU'.

But asking the interviewee what her bra size is was a bit over the top :pac:

py2006 · 04-09-2011 01:07PM

kfallon wrote: »

But asking the interviewee what her bra size is was a bit over the top :pac:

yea, but it had to be done!! They were massive! :P

Mr. Rager · 04-09-2011 01:09PM

Yes, hate those inquisitive b@stards asking all those personal questions, who they think they are, job interviewers?

Thatnastyboy · 04-09-2011 01:09PM

MugMugs wrote: »

Got asked if I smoked weed once. Bitch didn't like the truth!

Had a job sorted a few years ago but didn't get it in the end because of weed too, except they didnt ask, they tested my pee.

hbert · 04-09-2011 01:12PM

I worked in a place where if there was a part time job going they would interview practically everyone who applied. They'd never EVER hire someone with no experience which they would have known from the persons cv. Totally wasting peoples time dragging them there to be interviewed. The girl interviewing them admitted she just liked interviewing people and passing time at work. Awful unfair. Getting peoples hopes up of getting a bit of work. On the bright side though maybe its good to get some interview experience?

peasant · 04-09-2011 01:14PM

An interview is as much about an employer sussing out a prospective employee as it is for the candidate to get a picture of his/her prospective employers.

I have never gotten (visibly) angry in an interview, but I have very politely and professionally flunked a few when during the inteview it became clear to me that I would never be happy working for that particular clown operation / bullying shop / lot of imbeciles

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 04-09-2011 01:18PM

py2006 wrote: »

Have you ever got angry, walked out or took exception to a question or comment?

One time I dearly wanted to.
At the time I played it cool in case the interviewer was just trying to rattle me. But looking back, I'll never let an employer or interviewer speak to me like that again. If you need to filter candidates by their boiling point or ability to take insults, then it's a shít job and you can have it.
Interestingly, I made it to the second interview, so I must have passed the 'verbal abuse' round.

Biggins · 04-09-2011 01:21PM

Yes, was asked to an interview for a high job role (which was fine - they were headhunting me, not I seeking them out) and they got to the stage of talking about money. What they offered in wages was rubbish. I was in another role/job at the time and that was paying three times more than the crap they were offering me to leave my current position.

I was insulted (a) they had wasted my time (b) by the absolute schite money I was being offered and (c) that they must have thought somewhere that I would be stupid enough to leave a much higher paid job for their low offer - they clearly hadn't done their research - and that alone was then further indicative of poor management.

I got up and walked out of the interview.

Snowie · 04-09-2011 01:27PM

mock interviews in college....

UglyBolloxFace · 04-09-2011 01:29PM

Biggins wrote: »

Yes, was asked to an interview for a high job role (which was fine - they were headhunting me, not I seeking them out) and they got to the stage of talking about money. What they offered in wages was rubbish. I was in another role/job at the time and that was paying three times more than the crap they were offering me to leave my current position.

I was insulted (a) they had wasted my time (b) by the absolute schite money I was being offered and (c) that they must have thought somewhere that I would be stupid enough to leave a much higher paid job for their low offer - they clearly hadn't dome their research - and that alone was then further indicative of poor management.

I got up and walked out of the interview.

Interesting. Which type of company was this for?

py2006 · 04-09-2011 01:30PM

Biggins wrote: »

I got up and walked out of the interview.

Just like that, without saying anything? What did they say? :eek:

Biggins · 04-09-2011 01:33PM

py2006 wrote: »

Just like that, without saying anything? What did they say? :eek:

I've no idea - I didn't hang around to find out.
One person a few days later came appologising over the interview. I assume they wanted to keep the door of my possible return open - but there was no way I was going back to work for them.

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Interesting. Which type of company was this for?

The job was state related.

Stripey Cat · 04-09-2011 01:35PM

I was interviewed for a job once and there was a senior member of Fianna Fail on the panel. A real Bertie Ahern acolyte, one of the Drumconda Mafia. He was on the board of the company.

About two days before I had been shouting abuse at him when I saw him canvassing on the street.

I don't think he recognised me. But I didn't get the job.

antodeco · 04-09-2011 01:37PM

-have you ever used a computer before?
Yes, as you can see on my CV I did Computing Multimedia in college aswell as..
-but what about a computer?
Um, yes. Alot on college and the past 4 years in my previous role.
-so would you consider yourself confident on a computer ?
YES...I've been using them for over 8 years.
-Would you be able to type ok?
Yes...
-Use Microsoft Office?
Of course...
-How proficient would you be on Internet Explorer?
As I mentioned earlier, on my CV you can see I've created webpages...
-Oh that's good. Sure we will provide you with 4 weeks training on typing, internet usage and Microsoft word. Would you consider doing some online typing tutorials before the next interview?
.....

Solair · 04-09-2011 01:43PM

The only time I ever got angry was when a recruitment agent sent my CV to an employer without my permission for a job that I had no interest in and was not qualified to do.

The employer took it upon himself to ring me and give me really nasty, sarcastic and agressive feedback about how my CV was directionless and how my qualifications were useless etc etc in a really nasty and arseholish way. (Long message left on my voicemail!)

My CV is not directionless nor are my qualifications useless, they were just totally inappropriate to the job she'd submitted my CV for!

I absolutely let him have it on the phone! I have never been treated in such a nasty way on the phone by anyone in my entire life.

I also had a situation in a job interview where someone asked me if I had a girlfriend! I told her that was irrelevant to the job.

My other half was also asked if she'd kids or was planning to during a job interview!

The two questions above are pretty much entirely illegal as you'd waltz yourself into a discrimination case by asking them.

Aglomerado · 05-09-2011 02:20PM

No, but a recruitment agency once sent me to a crappy call centre in Shannon for an interview. Girl interviewing me was gushing "And if you exceed your targets, you win a PIZZA for your team" And I thought fcuk that, I want the pizza for myself!

When the agency called me later to ask me how I got on I told them "the place was a sh!t hole and I wouldn't work there if they offered the job to me on a silver platter." (this was back in pre-recession days when there were lots of jobs out there.)

Snakeblood · 05-09-2011 02:23PM

I never got angry, but it can be very frustrating.

I was interviewed once, and I didn't understand how the interviewer phrased the question, so I asked him if he could rephrase, but he said it again, actually the same way, so I asked him again, said I still wasn't getting it. Then he repeated himself, so I had to tell him that wasn't rephrasing a question, that was repeating it, and it wasn't being very useful. Didn't get called back.

Another time I went into Microsoft, and I was sort of unsuited for the job, so I sat there, giving bad answers and sweating deeply. At the end of it, they said 'how do you think that went' and I was so miserable, I said 'Terribly'. They said 'What makes you say that?' and I said 'were you there for it?'

Oddly, didn't get that one either.

jester77 · 05-09-2011 02:24PM

I was once angry but I kept it inside and did the interview. The guy I was interviewing turned up in a luminous green/black hoody and shorts for the interview. You either have to be sh*t hot or a moron to turn up like that... and he wasn't the former!

smash · 05-09-2011 02:29PM

Recruitment agency: Would you be able to type this for us so we can see how many words per minute you have?

Me: No I wouldn't. Because quite frankly I'm not applying for a position as a secretary. I have over 10 years development experience with a proven track record and I'm fairly confident I can type. You do know what position I'm here to talk to you about, right?

Recruitment agency: ehhh.

Me: Ok, see you later. Bye...

bnt · 05-09-2011 02:37PM

I haven't gotten angry, but there was one years ago in which I almost burst out laughing, and the interviewer could tell. He was an accountant in London who ran his office like something out of Dickens, and he was getting quite rude about a gap in my CV. He'd obviously read something that told him to look out for gaps, and he didn't want to accept my explanation, so I knew straight away that I wasn't going to get the job.

Which was fine by me, because he was making his office sound like a hellhole to work in - he made no attempt to make it sound interesting or attractive. Apparently, I was supposed to be simply grateful for the interview and desperate enough to accept anything, and I didn't do enough boot-licking. The office was a mess already, and this accountant was interviewing me with the office curtains closed, so I could hardly see him anyway. The whole experience was so surreal, I just found it amusing, which didn't amuse him.

chalkie 501 · 05-09-2011 02:37PM

went to an interview a few months back....was asked straight away if my CV was a "work of fiction",when i replied that it was all true he said "we'll soon find out". I knew then i wasnt going to get that job,even though i was well qualified and had 15yrs experience with a rival company.
the interviewer was possibly the single most arrogant pri*k i've ever met, thinking back i reckon he was trying to make me mad,he didnt make me mad,but just make me realise i didnt want the job

Snakeblood · 05-09-2011 02:39PM

chalkie 501 wrote: »

went to an interview a few months back....was asked straight away if my CV was a "work of fiction",when i replied that it was all true he said "we'll soon find out". I knew then i wasnt going to get that job,even though i was well qualified and had 15yrs experience with a rival company.
the interviewer was possibly the single most arrogant pri*k i've ever met, thinking back i reckon he was trying to make me mad,he didnt make me mad,but just make me realise i didnt want the job

I'd have had to swallow an inclination to shout 'It's a fair cop guv, but societies to blame' and jump out the window.

quaalude · 05-09-2011 02:43PM

I had an interview for a college work placement job, and the guy interviewing me - the boss of the (small) company - asked me "what's your favourite film?" and then took exception to my answer.
Total weirdo.

inurface · 05-09-2011 02:46PM

a few months ago I went to Dublin for an interview (5 hour round trip). the guy interviewing me turned up an hour late. about three minutes into the interview the guy looked at my CV and said 'I dont know why I arranged to meet you':mad:, anyway he carried on with it.

the position I applied for was supposed to be in Limerick but he said that it was actually for a new office they were planning on opening on the outskirts of London. :eek:

I dont know how or why I didnt give him some abuse for wasting my time, think i was justed shocked at the complete disrespect and arrogance of the ass*ole interviewing me.

Big wheel! - what goes around comes around, and he's top of my list.:cool:

Azureus · 05-09-2011 02:49PM

Never had one that made me mad, but haven't done too many to be honest...
I don't think I'd ever let on that I was pissed off though-a friend of mine did when he didnt get the job that Im currently in now, and left the management an angry voicemail. Theyve never forgotten it a few years on, and he certainly wont be getting work with them in the future. Burned bridges out of temper-never a good idea.

Have you ever got angry in a job interview?

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