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Things to avoid at job interview
Comments from the interviewers
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The reason the candidate was taking so long to respond
to a question became apparent when he began to snore.
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During the entire interview, the applicant wore a baseball
cap... A few days later, another college graduate showed up for a management
trainee position wearing overalls and sandals.
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When I asked the candidate to give a good example of the
organizational skills she was boasting about, she said she was proud of
her ability to pack her suitcase "real neat" for her vacations.
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Wanted to know if employee perks included a swimming pool,
paid lunches at the company cafeteria or a free computer to use at home.
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Why did he go to college? His ill-conceived answer: "To
party and socialize."
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He couldn't answer any of my questions because he had
just had major dental work.
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When I gave him my business card at the beginning of the
interview, he immediately crumpled it and tossed it in the wastebasket.
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I received a resume and a note that said the recent high
school graduate wanted to earn $25 an hour - "and not a nickel less".
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He had arranged for a pizza to be delivered to my office
during a lunch-hour interview. I asked him not to eat it until later.
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Insisted on telling me that he wasn't afraid of hard work.
But insisted on adding that he was afraid of horses and didn't like jazz,
modern art, or seafood.
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The candidate never looked directly at me once during
the entire interview. Just staring at the floor.
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She actually showed up for an interview during the summer
wearing a bathing suit. Said she didn't think I'd mind.
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He sat down opposite me, made himself comfortable and
proceeded to put his foot up on my desk.
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The interview had gone well, until he told me that he
and his friends wore my company's clothing whenever they could. At which
point, I had tell him that we manufactured office products, not sportswear.
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Applied for a customer service position although as he
confided, he really wasn't a people person.
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When I mentioned that we had gone to the same college,
he stood up and began to belt out the school football fight song.
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Without asking if I minded, he casually lit a cigar and
then tossed the match onto my carpet - and couldn't understand why I was
upset.
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On the phone I had asked the candidate to bring his resume
and a couple of references. He arrived with the resume - and two people.
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