Comments on: 10 Most Outrageous Interviews

By: Belinda Lorimer

Belinda Lorimer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:37:00 +0000

But to be fair I think you need a top 10 for stupid stuff the interviewer said or did to the candidate. . .

By: Gordon Frutiger

Gordon Frutiger — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:52:00 +0000

I interviewed a young man right when the dot.com/day trading bubbles were bursting. A former Staff Accountant, he mentioned that he gave up the corporate life to day trade using both his and his wife’s 401(k) and IRA assets. Now that he had destroyed virtually all of their assets, he was ready for corporate life again.

The second whammy came when he asked if he could take care of his Ebay “business” while at work.

Needless to say, next.

By: Marissa Coyne

Marissa Coyne — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:21:00 +0000

I once interviewed the niece of a VP at my company as a favor to him. She clearly thought she was too “good” to do administrative work, so she spent the entire interview cleaning out her purse. I ended the interview within about 10 minutes and when I went to shake her hand and thank her for coming in, she handed me the trash she’d removed from her purse and asked me if I could throw it away for her… which I did.

By: Brian Whitfield

Brian Whitfield — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:25:00 +0000

We technically interview a candidate over the phone and you can hear him whispering to someone else to get the answer. It was really a group interview when it was supposed to be one person.

It has happenned more than once. Definitely have to be sure you are getting who you think you are.

I’ve seen some of the same firms that try these stunts post stellar resumes with different names on them (ie. completely forging resumes – same resume for multiple people).

Be careful out there.