Interview fcuk ups

wilkie2006 · 28-06-2012 10:06AM #1

One of the lads was telling me about a recent interview he'd attended for a more senior role within his current company. When he was asked why he wanted the job, the muppet shrugged his shoulders and said, "To be honest, I don't. You've got to make it look like you're ambitious though, don't you?". Cue a barrage of indignation from the interviewer, telling him he was wasting her time and that, basically, he was an ar$ehole.

Another friend had been offered a phone interview. It was all going fine until about half way through when he asks the interviewer, "Can we pick this up another time? I went out on a mad session last night and I think I'm going to throw up."

Any other major faux pas from the AH crowd?

28-06-2012 10:08AM

I once told an interviewer his wife was a ride (her photo on the desk)
Got the job too.:D

tmc86 · 28-06-2012 10:10AM

I once went into an interview with my stepbrother, we tried to look smart and sophisticated but the interviewer was this rude lady who eventually screamed at us, turns out it was for a cleaning job, we didn't get any souvenirs either!

wilkie2006 · 28-06-2012 10:14AM

RVP 11 wrote: »

I once told an interviewer his wife was a ride (her photo on the desk)
Got the job too.:D

Haha. Just made me think of this:

Where To · 28-06-2012 10:17AM

I've only ever been to one job interview in my life. It was one of them all day assessment yokes.
Got fed up after an hour and left.
Two days later got offered the job, the others must have been damn bad.

smash · 28-06-2012 10:18AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AMgagxCvZQ

jcf · 28-06-2012 10:25AM

Where To wrote: »

I've only ever been to one job interview in my life. It was one of them all day assessment yokes.
Got fed up after an hour and left.
Two days later got offered the job, the others must have been damn bad.

you must be a civil servant

Where To · 28-06-2012 10:28AM

jcf wrote: »

Where To wrote: »

I've only ever been to one job interview in my life. It was one of them all day assessment yokes.
Got fed up after an hour and left.
Two days later got offered the job, the others must have been damn bad.

you must be a civil servant

You must be a terrible psychic.

Lumbo · 28-06-2012 10:34AM

I was interviewing students looking for summer jobs. One girl was doing well in the interview until I asked her how she had prepared for the interview.

She say's "Well, I got a new bag, my hair done and do you like my nails?.

There was a lot of lols when she left.

She still got the job and turned out to be a great appointment.

Dr.Strange · 28-06-2012 10:38AM

jcf wrote: »

you must be a civil servant

Ha ha, that gave me a chuckle.

Thanks & Regards.

bb1234567 · 28-06-2012 10:39AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgSWWRKecWU

JohnMarston · 28-06-2012 10:43AM

I went to an interview for an internship at an IT company back in february. I was seen into this office which had a desk place in the left corner, and a huge conference table facing you as you walk in.

I was asked to sit down at the left end of the table facing the this guy. He was one of those fellas you can tell immeadiately he's a kn*b. So, i sat down, thinking he would join me at the table and have the interview, and that he was just finishing up something.

Twenty seconds later he glaced at me and said "so? tell me why you want this internship" and went back to his work. This threw me right off, but i gave my answer. 15 seconds then pass with complete silence, he throws me another glance and "why should i take you on?" Still bewildered by the manner this interview was being conducted, i gave my answer. Without looking up, he smirked at one corner of his mouth and said "Ok, thank you for your time"
Wanting to leave with some composure, i approached the desk, said thank you, and offered my hand. Barely glancing up, he limp-wristedly shook my hand and i left.

I dont think i fupped up, he did. Good luck finding someone to work under you, you tw*t :mad:

indianalien · 28-06-2012 10:43AM

I work for a consultancy company. One of our more senior guys went to an interview with a potential customer for a contract lasting 3 years. He is brazilian and was asked "What do you do?". His answer- "Everything except I DO NOT have sex with men". Got the Job too. Infact he is still working for that customer and apart from the fact that he is a lunatic he is very good at what he does.

Guys a bit mad in general. He bought a 5000euro road bike but now he is too fat to ride it because he has special wheels that only support 100kg. He weights around 120kg!

FanadMan · 28-06-2012 02:05PM

Was in an interview a few years ago. Was going ok, up until I had to sneeze - grabbed a hankey out of my pocket and and sneezed 3 or 4 times. Only then did I realise that my nose had started bleeding!

Left a few splatters of blood on the desk and on my clothes. In fairness, the interviewers suspended the interview for an hour or so, got their first aider to help me and then let me come back when I was able. The good news - they actually gave me the job

laugh · 28-06-2012 02:14PM

Wore a suit when it was supposed to be casual, I claimed that the recruiter never told me, but when I got out the door I checked my gmail and there it was at the bottom of the e-mail. Got the job though.

1ZRed · 28-06-2012 02:15PM

How kids like this fall on their ass onto a pile of money I'll never know:rolleyes:

wilkie2006 · 28-06-2012 02:20PM

JohnMarston wrote: »

I went to an interview for an internship at an IT company back in february. I was seen into this office which had a desk place in the left corner, and a huge conference table facing you as you walk in.

I was asked to sit down at the left end of the table facing the this guy. He was one of those fellas you can tell immeadiately he's a kn*b. So, i sat down, thinking he would join me at the table and have the interview, and that he was just finishing up something.

Twenty seconds later he glaced at me and said "so? tell me why you want this internship" and went back to his work. This threw me right off, but i gave my answer. 15 seconds then pass with complete silence, he throws me another glance and "why should i take you on?" Still bewildered by the manner this interview was being conducted, i gave my answer. Without looking up, he smirked at one corner of his mouth and said "Ok, thank you for your time"
Wanting to leave with some composure, i approached the desk, said thank you, and offered my hand. Barely glancing up, he limp-wristedly shook my hand and i left.

I dont think i fupped up, he did. Good luck finding someone to work under you, you tw*t :mad:

I think it's crazy how some interviewers operate. Any fool knows that an interview isn't just a chance for the employer to see what you have to offer but vice versa. I'm trying to change careers at the moment and have been attending quite a few interviews. I've turned down two jobs because I thought the guy I met (who would have become my boss) was a smart ar$e and a bit cnutish.

1ZRed · 28-06-2012 02:22PM

:eek:

I personally believe that this is such as because it is so bad...the Iraq

whendovescry · 28-06-2012 02:25PM

My cousin was being interviewed for a position at spar and the manager asked him how long did he envision working there. His reply was 'as long as it takes to earn enough money to get a real job' needless to say he wasn't offered the job

shopaholic01 · 28-06-2012 02:26PM

RVP 11 wrote: »

I once told an interviewer his wife was a ride (her photo on the desk)
Got the job too.:D

Did he ever introduce you to his wife????

mikemac1 · 28-06-2012 02:26PM

Was a penniless student and looking for my first bar job

Hard to get a job with no experience so bla, bla, I spent a summer working in North London

On I know that area, do you Finchley High Street?

I froze, didn't know what to say. I'm not good at blagging

Didn't get the job
Was Busker Browns in Galway

hardCopy · 28-06-2012 02:27PM

I turned up a day early to an interview once.

It was for a college work placement and the college had sent out the wrong dates.

I ended up chatting to one of the interviewers for 20 minutes while we waited for the director to finish something up and got the job.

BizzyC · 28-06-2012 02:32PM

Was once conducting phone interviews for an internship, had a few poor interviews.
Most were due to Chinese students with terrific looking CV's in perfect written English, but an inability to speak it, making phone interviews pretty difficult.

Worst one though was for an Irish guy who, when I rang at the scheduled time he had agreed, had to ask who my company was and why I was ringing him.
It also sounded like he was on the street getting on a bus at the time.

When I reminded him about the internship he had applied for and the interview we'd scheduled his response was "alright, go on then".
My first question was did he even know what my company did, when he said no I thanked him for his time and hung up the phone.

Never understood how someone could go through the trouble of applying for a job and writing a decent cover letter for it and then show such a disinterest in doing an interview....

MaxSteele · 28-06-2012 02:36PM

I've found a couple interviews pure cringe worthy.

Being sat down and told "I'm looking for the TOP 3 PERCENT of work driven and ambitious people in the irish work force. :rolleyes: Eh.... no you're not. You're a gob****e and even if that minority of workers existed, they wouldn't work for a muppet like you.

Of course it was one of those "marketing companies" on talbot street. Pure scam. Any job which pays only "commission" .... don't bother. Waste of time.

I find it hard to take an employer seriously with cliched questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 years ? ...... why do want and think you should have this job ?" ... Eh because I'm unemployed, need to earn a living and will only bull**** the ears off you with insincere waffle.

kjl · 28-06-2012 02:42PM

A few years back I was going for a programming role in this IT company. I didn't really want to work there as I was already very far down the line with another much bigger company with a much better salary, but this was a just in case job.The problem was that none of the technical execs knew the programming language C# so they sent me to this guy who was about my age. They guy had obviously never interview someone before because he was being a real dick.

Firstly he wouldn't just ask a question and wait for me to answer it, he kept handing out new questions before I had a chance to finish the last one. At one point the questions were getting incredibly specific asking me about particular hardware libraries which nobody would know unless you had the API (like a dictionary for programming) in front of you.

So after about 10 min I just stopped him and said "excuse me but have you ever interviewed someone before, because you are doing a really bad job". He got very huffy about this and asked me why I felt that way to which I replied that the questions he was asking me were just stupid and he is not even listening to the answers I was giving. I then questioned his knowledge on the subject and when his answers came up a little short I left saying "It's clear that you don't know anything about this".

Miraculously I was offered the job, probably because I had a good CV, great references and the rest of the interviews went very well. But I also was offered the better paying job in the big IT firm. So I rang them and told them that I would not be accepting the job and explained that I did not need to be harassed by some junior developer. I said that if this is the way you are going to treat your prospective candidates then it is not a company I would like to work for.

I heard recently that the company closed down.

28-06-2012 02:42PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Did he ever introduce you to his wife????

No.
He used to joke in the job that he wouldn't let me near his dog because of what i said.:o

jmayo · 28-06-2012 02:48PM

MaxSteele wrote: »

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I find it hard to take an employer seriously with cliched questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 years ? ...... why do want and think you should have this job ?" ... Eh because I'm unemployed, need to earn a living and will only bull**** the ears off you with insincere waffle.

I went on a date once and the girl asked where did I see myself in 5 years.
It turned out she had worked in HR.
Needless to say I didn't get the gig, so to speak.

But the 5 years thing reminds me of a story heard about a guy, that had once interviewed me and then subsequently hired a friend.

The guy being interviewed was about 27 and was just finishing masters in college.
The primary interviewer, Mr A Hole, started on about how at 27 he was already 5 years in work, had reached a certain management position and was on well established career path, etc.

Mr A Hole then asked the interviewee where he saw himself in 5 years.
Interviewee answered...
"I don't know, but at least I won't be as big an ASSH*** as you."
Then he got up and left.
Mr A Hole was left kind dumb founded whilst his interviewing colleague tried to refrain from spliting his sides.

wilkie2006 · 28-06-2012 02:52PM

MaxSteele wrote: »

I've found a couple interviews pure cringe worthy.

Being sat down and told "I'm looking for the TOP 3 PERCENT of work driven and ambitious people in the irish work force. :rolleyes: Eh.... no you're not. You're a gob****e and even if that minority of workers existed, they wouldn't work for a muppet like you.

Of course it was one of those "marketing companies" on talbot street. Pure scam. Any job which pays only "commission" .... don't bother. Waste of time.

I find it hard to take an employer seriously with cliched questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 years ? ...... why do want and think you should have this job ?" ... Eh because I'm unemployed, need to earn a living and will only bull**** the ears off you with insincere waffle.

Totally agree.
"Why do you want the job?"
"Because I need some fcuking money."

I'm sick of how employers try to impress upon you how important they are in their industry. I've had one say that to me recently and I thought, "No you're fcuking not. I've researched this industry extensively and your company isn't a blip on it. I'd be surprised if any of the genuinely big companies even saw you as a competitor."

Because the job market is so $hit, interviewers often expect you to fellate them (figuratively) and I think it's bo11ocks. If someone's CV is okay, they're not a freak or brain-dead, just give them a job. Most positions can be done by most people. University qualifications usually aren't even necessary. Someone put a thread up recently asking what era you'd like to live in. For me, it'd be Ireland forty years ago, when you just rocked up to an interview and got told you start on Monday in accounts - "and don't worry, sure we'll teach you how to count then."

1ZRed · 28-06-2012 02:56PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Was a penniless student and looking for my first bar job

Hard to get a job with no experience so bla, bla, I spent a summer working in North London

On I know that area, do you Finchley High Street?

I froze, didn't know what to say. I'm not good at blagging

Didn't get the job
Was Busker Browns in Galway

The only time I was in busker browns was when I was at a 30th a few months back. I was there with two friends and we were the youngest by a solid 10 years we thought. We ended up going down stairs to the bar to get drunk but got caught in a cougar hen party. By the time we broke free I had a straw hula skirt on me and was covered in flower necklaces. Very noice I thought!

I did get with a 21 yo from "New York" - New jersey really:rolleyes. at the end of the night she told me I was a hot 23 yo? I got a bit offended considering I was only 17. Needless to say I took the piss out of her for being from new jersey and I staggered off. Looking back, man I was a fool to walk away from that..

Anyway point of the story is you were better off away from that place. Bad memories!:D

Dartz · 28-06-2012 03:12PM

Went to an interview there recently.

Forgot to turn my phone off.

Received phone call.

From Social Welfare, following up on a form I'd handed in a few days earlier showing evidence that I was actively looking for work and how I'd only put 4 entries on it. (Ones I had evidence for)

I didn't hear back from that company yet. But I do start a jobbridge on Monday.

wilkie2006 · 28-06-2012 03:17PM

Dartz wrote: »

Went to an interview there recently.

Forgot to turn my phone off.

Received phone call.

From Social Welfare, following up on a form I'd handed in a few days earlier showing evidence that I was actively looking for work and how I'd only put 4 entries on it. (Ones I had evidence for)

I didn't hear back from that company yet. But I do start a jobbridge on Monday.

Did you answer the call in the interview?

Interview fcuk ups

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