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Job Interviews

───   14:18 Wed, 29 Oct 2014

Job Interviews | News Article
Things Not To Say at a Job Interview
 
We've all been interviewed for jobs. And, we've all spent most of those interviews thinking about what not to do. Don't bite your nails. Don't fidget. Don't interrupt. Don't belch. If we did any of the don'ts, we knew we'd disqualify ourselves instantly. But some job applicants go light years beyond this. We surveyed top personnel executives of 100 major American corporations and asked for stories of unusual behavior by job applicants.
 
The lowlights:
 
Said he was so well qualified [that] if he didn't get the job, it would prove that the company's management was incompetent.
  
Stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application.
  
Brought her large dog to the interview.
  
Chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles.
  
Candidate kept giggling through serious interview.
  
She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to the music and me at the same time.
  
Balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later wearing a hairpiece.
  
Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle.
 
Wouldn't get out of the chair until I would hire him. I had to call the police.
 
When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and started tap dancing around my office.
 
Had a little pinball game and challenged me to play with him.
 
Bounced up and down on my carpet and told me I must be highly thought of by the company because I was given such a thick carpet.
 
Took a brush out of my purse, brushed his hair and left.
 
Pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me. Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him.
 
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