Job Interview DisastersThe boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.
Suggested by Field Marshall Dozington-Smythe (Ret.)
(
Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
« Go Back
The quickest-ever presentationI once sat on an interview panel for an IT team who were looking for a new web developer.
One of the interviewees arrived looking very dishevelled and had an extremely indiscernible Geordie accent. It was also clear from the outset that as an IT bod, presentation skills weren’t his forte.
After the perfunctory introductions, we asked the chap to go through his interview presentation, which is where it went horribly wrong.
He’d set up some auto transitions on his slides along with some nice animation. What he hadn’t done is rehearsed the presentation, or checked the timings…
So his 40-slide masterpiece whizzed by in just under a minute and all the while he spoke rapidly, while his world unravelled, his wet, Geordie lips quivering and spittle flying all over the place as he valiantly tried to get his accompanying words out.
It’s probably the hardest I’ve ever tried not to laugh inappropriately. He didn’t get the job.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:24, 4 replies)
Web designer?He sounds about right.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:41, closed)
why not(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 14:14, closed)
Because He was a Geordie.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:38, closed)
I don't think 'indiscernible' means what you think it does(
RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Wed 27 Nov 2013, 11:11,
closed)
« Go Back