Job InterviewsIf it's not the "where do you see yourself in five years time" question, it's the trick questions they throw at you to make them feel superior. Tell us about your worst job interview and the most unsuited candidates you've seen. BTW: Please don't use the question board to send messages to each other. It makes the whole thing unreadable for everyone else.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 9:51)
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Nice going, dipshitHaving just quit my job to pursue my university course, leaving a rather scary chasm of six months in between, I decided I better do a bit of temping work to swell the coffers in the meantime. I sauntered along to the local job agency and flew through the interview, got chatty with the lass behind the desk, everything went very well, she asked what my ambitions were, how I would be suited to their company and how I would appropriately represent the agency were they to give me work etc etc. All of this went well.
Until the post interview handshake and goodbye chat.
As anyone will know, the interview stops when the interviewee stands up and says something like 'right then, we'll be in touch'. Cue a massive wave of relief that you've done all right, and a sudden lapse in concentration.
"So, what are you doing for the rest of the day?" she asked.
"I'll probably go back to bed, I've got a massive fucking hangover," I replied.
I might as well have said 'well, there's a few dead prostitutes in the back of my car that I really should get rid of'. At least it would have shown I was industrious. Still, they gave me work. Opening envelopes for the Tory party on minimum wage.
(, Fri 21 Jan 2005, 0:14, Reply)
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