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ON INTERVIEWING...
"Your résumé says you spent 'fore years at collej."
We've all been interviewed, spending gruesome moments thinking about what not to do. Don't bite your nails. Don't interrupt. Don't belch (or worse). If we do any of the don'ts, we know we've disqualified ourselves. But some job applicants go beyond this; here are survey responses of top personnel executives of 100 major American corporations asked for stories of unusual behaviors by job applicants:
"... stretched out on the floor to
fill out the job application."
"She wore a Walkman® and said she could listen to me and
the music at the same time."
"A balding candidate abruptly excused
himself. Returning a few minutes later, he was wearing a hairpiece."
"... asked to
see interviewer's résumé to determine if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate."
"... announced
she hadn't had lunch, proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's
office - wiping the ketchup on
her sleeve."
"Stated that if
he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm."
"Interrupted to
phone his therapist
for advice on answering specific interview questions."
"When I asked about
his hobbies, he stood up and started tap
dancing around my office."
"At the end of
the interview, while I stood there dumbstruck, he went through my purse, took out a brush, brushed his
hair, and left."
"... pulled out
a Polaroid® camera and snapped a flash
picture of me. Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him."
"Said he wasn't
interested because the position paid too much."
"While I was on
a long-distance phone call, the applicant took out a copy of Penthouse® (a natural
for a link?) and looked through the photos only, stopping longest at the
centerfold."
"During the
interview, an alarm clock went off from
the candidate's brief case. He took it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to
leave for another interview."
"A telephone call came in for
the job applicant. It was from his wife. His side of the conversation went like this:
'Which company? When do I start? What's the salary?' I said, 'I assume you're
not interested in conducting the interview any further.' He promptly responded, 'I
am as long as you'll pay me more.' I didn't hire him, but later found out there was
no other job offer. It was a scam to get a higher offer."
"His attaché
[case] opened when he picked it up and the contents spilled, revealing ladies' undergarments, assorted
makeup and perfume."
"Candidate said
he really didn't want to get a job, but the unemployment office
needed proof that he was looking for one."
"... asked who
the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture on my desk. When I said it was my wife, he
asked if she was home now and wanted my phone
number. I called security."
"Pointing to a
black case he carried into my office, he said that if he was not hired, the bomb would go off.
Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired and that I was going to call
the police. He then reached down to the case, flipped a switch and ran. No one was
injured, but I did need to get a new desk.
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