Job Interview Gaffes

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

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.

PMSL, I'd think of that answer but probably just chuckle and keep it to myself!!

Originally Posted by Lozzo

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"

Pure class!

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Collegue of mine went for an internal vacancy.
He was asked ' what do you think of management' to which he replied - 'I think it would be a good idea'

I shall be remembering this one!

Originally Posted by dissuade

That's a brilliant one!

For a Navy prelim interview they asked me whether I knew what the Forces' drugs policy was, to which I replied "No" (the first part went "The Navy drugs policy is" *No* "drugs" - but I said this IN MY HEAD). They looked bemused, I went crimson and started stammering something along the lines of "Nono, no drugs, no, I don't do drugs, maybe, no, nono, no drugs."
I still sends shivers down my spine. Awful.

For my dental school interview one of the first questions they asked was "So, why do you want to do dentistry?" I had only revised the model answer for this one about 100 times, but all I could think of at that instant was

"Umm... I like teeth?"
They loved it.

Hope I never have to rely on you in a high pressure situation!!!!