I applied for a job in a bank once.
It was to be part of their IT department, not working as a cashier.

I got through the first couple of interviews, then went to their main office in London to do a final thing with HR, where they announced that they wanted me to do an aptitude test. I hate doing these, and frankly I thought they should probably have done that first anyway, but never mind. The HR woman showed me into an empty meeting-room, gave me the little booklet of questions and left me to it.

After about ten minutes, the lights went off.

"Hmm" I thought, "motion-sensitive lights eh?".

I waved an arm in the air. The lights stayed off.

I stood up. The lights stayed off.

I waved both arms around. The lights stayed off.

I walked around a bit, waving my arms in a hopeful manner. Still nothing.

"Bugger" I thought. But it wasn't totally pitch black in the room, there was light coming in from the office next door through a fanlight, so I sat down again and pressed on in the gloaming. Suddenly the HR woman comes back in.

"Oh sorry!" she says, and flicks a switch to put the lights back on.

"Ah, so you need to press a switch to get the lights on do you?" I asked.

"Er, yes."

"Oh. That explains why I couldn't turn them on"

"Right."

Well, the test was finished and I was sent on my way. At which point I discovered to my surprise that the wall with the fanlights was actually a two-way mirror, and that the office on the other side was full of people sniggering.

I didn't get the job. I wasn't sure whether it was because my future colleagues had witnessed me apparently attempting to take flight or whether it was because I was evidently so fuckwitted that I didn't know how to turn a light on.

Personally I blame the aptitude test. I hate those bloody things.
(richardm, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 14:11, 3 replies)

Aptitude test
Part 1: Test candidate's ability to troubleshoot a simple problem

Sympathy *click*
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 6:35, closed)

Brilliant!
I would've probably tried the same as you though. Then I would've been fucked cos I have night blindness, so there's no way I could find that switch! They would've seen me wandering around "a la zombie" with my arms out. Cruel.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 10:52, closed)

This made me laugh
so i will give it a click.
( MagicallyInept Bored Sig., Wed 22 Jul 2009, 13:23, closed)