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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Lovely Candidates...I've had some shit interviews, but i've also seen it from the 'other' side. We placed an advert for: a 'SHIFT TECHNICIAN' working SHIFT work, including WEEKEND SHIFTS... pretty clear we thought.
This guy turned up for his interview (45mins late). We tell him about the kind of work he would be expected to do and then move on to the 'shift' hours, to which he replied: "Oh, I can't do shift work."
When we mentioned weekends he said: "Oh, I can't work weekends, i've got a part-time Saturday job and I go to Church on Sundays."
I got a copy of the advert and asked him to read it, pointing out the word 'SHIFT' mentioned three times in the first line, to which he replied: "Oh I didn't think it would be important."
W.T.F.???
Anyway, we got our own back. We arranged a second interview, left him sitting around waiting for an hour and then went out and said: "Oh, didn't anyone tell you the job's gone, sorry they probably didn't think it was important."
Ho, Ho, Ho.
(, Wed 26 Jan 2005, 12:47, Reply)
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