Interviews Gone Bad!
Have an interview coming up? You'll never want to use the answers these candidates did!
Why Are You Interested in this Position?
- “I’m allergic to unemployment”
- “As you know, finding full time employment is very difficult right now. I have applied to over 200 positions within the last 2 years”
- “To keep my parole officer from putting back me in jail”
Why Do You Want to Work for This Company?
- “My spouse is interviewing for a job there so I need to be hired there too.”
- “Just for the benefits.”
- “It will look really neat on my resume”
Can You Tell Us More about Your Experience?
- “I’m even more computer illiterate than my resume shows”
- “This is personal information that I am not comfortable with sharing”
- “You have had two weeks to review my resume yet you still want to know about my experience. This is so typical of Human Resources.
Why Should We Hire You?
- “If you hire me, I will have the corporate logo tattooed to my forearm”
- “I would be a great asset to the events team because I party all the time”
- “If you don’t hire me, it would prove that the company’s management is incompetent.”
Describe Your Ideal Job?
- “I don’t know…I haven’t had it yet.”
- “What a ridiculous question to ask.”
- “I’ll tell you what I don’t want to be doing - sitting in boring meetings, doing grunt work and having to be nice to people all day long.”
What Are Your Weaknesses?
- “I get angry easily and I went to jail for it but I won’t get mad at you.”
- “I didn’t think you were allowed to ask that question in a job interview.”
- “I am saving this information until I get hired”
What Motivates You?
- “Salary is very important, my gambling debts are rising.”
- “I’ve got a big house, a big car and a big credit card balance. Pay me and I’ll be happy.”
Why Did You Leave Your Previous Employment?
- “My boss was stupid and would always argue with me about how to do my job”
- “I have a problem with authority”
- “I was dating my boss’s daughter and she is married”
Do You Have Any Questions about the Job?
- “What if I woke in the morning and didn’t feel like coming to work?”
- “How many women work here?”
- “If you were a fruit, what kind of fruit would you be?”
- “When you run background checks on candidates, do arrests come up?”
- “Are all the staff as cute as you?”
What Is Your Long Term Goal?
- “I’d like to have your job”
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