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You’ve all heard tips for what you should definitely not do in a job interview, like saying that your biggest weakness is your perfectionism, or neglecting to skim through the company’s website beforehand so you’re left asking what it is they do, anyway. In this Twitter thread, though, people are sharing their biggest job interview blunders that you weren’t warned about, but are so ridiculous that you shouldn’t need to be (even if some of these people ended up getting the job!)

Others in the thread have had the misfortune of ending up with an interviewer that made them seriously reconsider applying for the position in the first place. Either way, these stories will make you feel better about the job interviews that weren’t your proudest moments and give you the courage to go to your next one knowing you can at least do better than this.

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Kathy Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I can google it or find it on your website, I consider it public domain.

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You might be disappointed to find that when you’re preparing for an interview, studying tips religiously won’t help you—HR experts say that interviewing an applicant goes much more smoothly if the interviewee is out of “oral exam mode” and can respond to questions naturally.

This might sound discouraging and impossible to prepare for, but they add that real confidence in an interview comes from having really studied the company where you’re applying and considered the challenges that they face, so you can put serious consideration behind your answers rather than just repeating them from memory.

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Iris
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one who called should get the job, his solution worked 😃😃

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Jon S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol, this happened to a friend of mine. Easy to end up at the same interview if you work in a specialist field!

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The seasoned interviewers also stress that you have reason to be confident when you show up for a job interview. The employer is the one who called you in for an interview, after all, so unless you’re unlucky enough to end up with some of the sadist interviewers in this thread, they probably already have a good impression of you. So you can skip the pre-rehearsed jokes, and definitely leave out the liquid courage.

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Carol Emory
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to only one job interview that involved a panel. I'll never do it again.

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Carol Emory
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friends son went to an interview at a pizza place. When he arrived, he was told it would be a few minutes as it was the lunch rush and the manager was back helping the kitchen get caught up on pizza orders. When the manager finally emerged, he asked my friend's son what he thought this job was about. The young man answered "It's about making pizza so that you, as a manager, can do your job without having to stop to make pizza." He got the job on the spot.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd love for this to happen to me! Technical interviews are so difficult, especially when they time your answers/work.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't this kinda standard questions in programming? About 90% of interviews I've been to have had some kind of programming test. And the worth of a unplanned program done in 30 minutes isn't really that big.

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Dorian Turner
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should have gotten that job. I would have thought you were going to be honest and weren’t afraid of saying how you really feel about something. I know you didn’t realize what the product was, but they didn’t know that. Next time, give em a stare and say, “I said what I SAID.”

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Demi Zwaan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mission accomplished. The company's mission, that is. 'We tried to hire women but they all declined.'

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WilvanderHeijden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first question I would have asked was: "OK, and is management backing me up if I decide to take the job or is misogyny an essential part of corporate culture? "

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Carol Emory
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have answered.."Then I hope they enjoy the unemployment line because what you are suggesting is harassment and that won't be tolerated under my leadership." Probably still wouldn't get the job.....

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Gabriel Sbárbaro
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should not have declined the job... you should hve asqued if you had the authority to fire the people you were in charge... after the first fire dude everyone would respect you...

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Living_Shadow
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally, I wish she took it to whip their sorry asses into shape real fast and prove em wrong

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Dorian Turner
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m sure if someone asked them about it, they are the type to respond that they have “binders full of women.”

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Olivia Masterson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had something similar years back. Worjked at an auto repair shop that handled foriegn, high end cars. They got one in one day that I was familiar with, but they had no idea what to do in order to repair it. I put on my bossy woman facade and told the boss to put the car on the rack. After me staring him down for a few minutes, he did just that. I walked under the car, tapping on the spheres behind each wheel. When I got to the left front wheel, the sound was off kilter. Told them to replace the sphere, and it would run just fine. The car was a Citroen, and two friends in earlier years had one. From then on out, I worked on the cars along with the two guys there.

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Lynn Morello
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have told him that he therefor was not looking for quality staff, he was looking for mysoginists.

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Mimi M
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That kind of collective disrespect (if true) is a sign that the company tolerates and winks at it.

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Alex Call
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I were the interviewer, I wouldn't have even mentioned gender at all.

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Yup, definitely the best way to get them to respect you ....... give up before you've started!!!

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Luuk Eegdeman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

should have warned those ladies this guy sounds like a sexual offender (the filmmaker I mean)

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Bobert Robertson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would have been the perfect answer for the local parks and rec department

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