Interviews are generally straightforward and uneventful, but sometimes they don't go as expected.
Interviews are unpredictable – candidates may surprise you, but not necessarily pleasantly.
HRM has selected some of the most entertaining experiences shared on a Reddit thread.
He did not get the job. Or Mama Mia, Fool's Gold, or High School Musical 3 for that matter.”
I and the other hiring manager laughed our heads off after he left and called him back with a job offer that afternoon. He's a great engineer, too.”
The guy who was actually there to be interviewed never spoke, but the man in his 50s came in and the first thing he did was start trying to negotiate about pay. He'd come in on the assumption that of course his son was going to be hired, and now they just needed to hammer out the details on what his son was going to get in terms of pay and benefits.
I told them that if the older man was willing to wait outside he would be happy to restart the interview but since the interviewee's dad was not going to be working there he had no reason to speak to him. They declined this offer and left.”
Anyway, a man came in and I asked him why he wanted to job. He said: Well I really just wanted something super easy where I could kind of do nothing. I mean you guys don't look like you work very hard. Also there are some hot chicks that work here and I'd like to get to know them.” I asked him what made him think that the job was easy, and he replied “well the thing is, I'm really f***ing smart.”
I literally looked around to see if I was on some candid camera show.”
HRM has selected some of the most entertaining experiences shared on a Reddit thread.
- Blockbusted:
He did not get the job. Or Mama Mia, Fool's Gold, or High School Musical 3 for that matter.”
- Traffic Light Conundrum:
I and the other hiring manager laughed our heads off after he left and called him back with a job offer that afternoon. He's a great engineer, too.”
- Helicopter Parenting:
The guy who was actually there to be interviewed never spoke, but the man in his 50s came in and the first thing he did was start trying to negotiate about pay. He'd come in on the assumption that of course his son was going to be hired, and now they just needed to hammer out the details on what his son was going to get in terms of pay and benefits.
I told them that if the older man was willing to wait outside he would be happy to restart the interview but since the interviewee's dad was not going to be working there he had no reason to speak to him. They declined this offer and left.”
- “I want to do nothing”:
Anyway, a man came in and I asked him why he wanted to job. He said: Well I really just wanted something super easy where I could kind of do nothing. I mean you guys don't look like you work very hard. Also there are some hot chicks that work here and I'd like to get to know them.” I asked him what made him think that the job was easy, and he replied “well the thing is, I'm really f***ing smart.”
I literally looked around to see if I was on some candid camera show.”
- Hiring a “chaseir”:
