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How not to get a job

by ***Dave on Tue 11-Apr-06 8:47am · 1 comment

in Job Jollies

Unusual resume items, odd interview interactions, and all sorts of other chucklers regarding job applicants.

Some interesting:

  • A job applicant challenged the interviewer to an arm wrestle.

  • Interviewee wore a Walkman, explaining that she could listen to the interviewer and the music at the same time.
  • Candidate announced she hadn’t had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer’s office.
  • Candidate said he never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a closet in Mexico.
  • Balding candidate excused himself and returned to the office a few minutes later wearing a headpiece.

And some … intriguing statements by interviewees.

  • “I have no difficulty in starting or holding my bowel movement.”

  • “At times I have the strong urge to do something harmful or shocking.”
  • “I feel uneasy indoors.”
  • “Sometimes I feel like smashing things.”
  • “Women should not be allowed to drink in cocktail bars.”

Those actually searching for work should take note, if only as an example of what not to do (or of what is seen as notably unusual by interviewers). Also, proofread your resumes …

(via GeekPress)

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1 ginny Wed 19-Apr-06 8:22pm at 8:22pm

Some of these people sound disturbingly… familiar.

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