Job Interview Gaffes

There's got to have been a few...



me;

Asked to do a presentation, and told I wasn't allowed 'visual aids', I (thinking I was funny) said - 'Jesus, I didn't even know you could catch it just by looking at one of them'.

I got the job, but a few bemused looks.

Oh- and the follow up interview to that I sat with my leg on my knee for 45 minutes, it went so dead I had to hop to my bike

What a spoon!

I haven't made any real gaffs as such, but I did stand up and tell a prospective employer "Lets cut this short, I'm wasting my time here because I could never work for a w*nker like you"

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

...I (thinking I was funny) said - 'Jesus, I didn't even know you could catch it just by looking at one of them'.

that was funny...

i went up to the HQ of a company i was considering joining to "have a look around and an informal chat to the higher ups" - apparently there was a mis-communication somewhere because it was in fact an interview, and i wasn't the only person up there that day, so i turn up, hot day in the middle of july, to find several nervous looking guys about my age in suits waiting in reception, i had decided to turn up in boardshorts, t-shirt and a pair of o'neil flip flops

suffice to say i received a few odd looks that day, not least from the MD, but i was offered the job

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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Oh- and the follow up interview to that I sat with my leg on my knee for 45 minutes, it went so dead I had to hop to my bike

What a spoon!

HAHAHA I too have done this.

I was at an interview in london filling out one of those tick box test where you put the words in an order that describes you (Note i just ticked completely randomly)

I sat on my leg like I always do......the bloke came in to get the questionaire so I tried to stand up and literally my ankle and knee just didnt function together and I pretty much fell over, it was that numb everytime i put my foot down I would end up twisting my ankle.

Rather less exciting ... I once went for an IT job with Flintshire County Council, and was asked this rather leading question:
Interviewer: "What are your thoughts on documentation?"
Me: "I think it's a necessary evil ... can't say I like it, but it has it's uses"

Should have really done my homework, cos when speaking to my uncle later he told me that he knew the guy in question and he was a STICKLER for documentation.

Needless to say I didn't get that job

ermmm well for the job that i'll be moving to; i turned up 2 and half hours late for the interview-mix up of what time she had told me to what she had written down, must have made a good impression as they still offered me the job lol

Wot new jobs that then?

EDIT S'ok I've seen now!!

After being in the Air Force for 14 years and reaching Corporal in the Supply trade I joined the Auxilliaries.
I was joining the RAF Regiment side of things, and when asked why I wanted to join the Regiment and not Supply I replied "I think I look good in green". I kept a straight face and the Seargent interviewing me didn't know what to do next.
Seemed to do the trick though as I got in.

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Originally Posted by Furry Ginger One

After being in the Air Force for 14 years and reaching Corporal in the Supply trade I joined the Auxilliaries.
I was joining the RAF Regiment side of things, and when asked why I wanted to join the Regiment and not Supply I replied "I think I look good in green". I kept a straight face and the Seargent interviewing me didn't know what to do next.
Seemed to do the trick though as I got in.

LMFAO, I love quick comments like that....I can never think of them until 10 minutes later.