25 Things You Should Never Say at A Job Interview
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I ended a college interview by asking "Where's the toilet? I'm going to throw up". I'd been in a bus crash on the way to the interview and had a concussion. Got accepted. I think they liked the determination. -u/klc81
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When applying for medical school, they asked me what would you do if your roommate had these specific symptoms. I said "nothing. It’s not my responsibility" -u/nasytuna
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"What's your employee discount?" "We don't have one." "S**t, that's not what it said online. That's deceptive." (I checked the online postings. None mentioned an employee discount. We've never had one.) -u/Adhara
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For me it was the first thing he said... "Do you guys drug test?” "If you're asking, I guess that means you can't pass one." "Uhhhh... so do you?” "The position has been filled."-u/Foggy_Prophet
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The funniest was when an applicant who grew up in Utah asked, "So is every day Hawaiian shirt day?" (I live in Hawaii) I was amused, but also knew it was going to be a bit of a culture shock for her. Everyone who gets their work done early gets to leave early because we all love to go surfing around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. -u/WatchingInSilence
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“Do I need to quit my other job?” She was currently applying for a full time job, while working a full time job. She went on to try to convince us that she’s so bored at her current job she could totally get away with doing this job at the other place. -u/theotherside0728
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I was interviewing for a position that would be my coworker. My boss had already interviewed him. This dude asked if payment in bitcoin is an option. I said I didn't know, he'd have to ask HR. He then asked if I'm into bitcoin, which I'm not. He then proceeded to waste 10 minutes of a 30 min interview lecturing me about investing in bitcoin, throwing around short-forms for terms I'd never heard before. I kept politely saying, "Ok well, I'd like to know a bit more about your skill set with this" and he'd just launch into something else about f***ing bitcoin. -u/Ganglebot
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Asked about a company car and company credit card — it was a call center job. -u/TheUpperHand
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So what exactly does the job entail? (as we were about to shake hands). We'd just spent half an hour going over it in detail but it's fair to say she wasn't getting it anyway -u/circumlocutionist
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I had a phone interview with this guy. Our recruiter is on the call and does the normal into, “Hi my name is Debbie, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself.” “Thanks, Jennifer. So I started…” -u/itguy1991
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My first job interview ever. I didn’t really understand how employment worked in general, and I was scared of getting locked into a multi-year contract. I’d previously been looking at the Air Force, which in my country has a minimum time commitment. At the end, I wanted to ask about this. So of course I posed it as a hypothetical: “if I get the job am I allowed to leave after a couple of weeks if I change my mind?” I immediately knew how much I’d f***ed up. The interviewers looked at each other and said, “well… yes…”. Somehow I still got the job. I have no idea how. -u/ctothel
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I remember one job I applied for in a nursing home. I'd worked in healthcare/social care before, and wasn't unfamiliar to that line of work. I got invited for an interview, and it was going well. Then she asked me a scenario question: "say one of our patients began hitting out at another patient for changing the TV without asking permission, what would you do?". So I said, getting the other patient to safety/in a neutral place, calmly talking to patient 1 about how violence shouldn't be a solution, etc. The interviewer paused and said, "...But, what would you do?". Confused, I expanded: I would seek out help from my team if need be; I'd notify the senior in charge; I'd acknowledge both patients and speak to them both on a level playing field without taking any sides; I'd ask my team if this kind of outburst was common and how I could prevent it in future… Again, she asked "But... What would you do?". At this point, I really didn't know what she was angling after so I flat-out said: "I'm not sure what else you want me to say." I didn't get the job. -u/blinkrandom
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A lady asked my boss what the dress code was. Completely normal, acceptable question. But after my boss told her it was business casubanal she slams her feet on my boss’s desk and says “good, because this is the only pair of shoes I own and I’m only going to buy shoes that look like this” -u/OrangeTree81
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“How strict are you on this whole drug policy?” (When applying at the FBI) -u/MrRocketScientist
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Seriously I heard this one (second hand but immediately after), “Are those real?”, eying the interviewers breasts. “I think we’re done here”. I was called in to escort the guy out. -u/Smokey_Katt
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Work in finance. Had a guy fresh out of school ask if we could fudge the numbers if the boss asks us to. That’s a big no. -u/dymba
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I once applied for a job that very rapidly became an obvious scam. It was a group interview; four of us in a room being interviewed at once. None of the others were applying for the same position as me. The CEO was there interviewing four entry-level applicants. The final question from him was: "If you make a mistake, our accountants will calculate exactly how much money you cost the company. Will you volunteer to pay the company that amount?" -u/Oudeis16
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"Do any women work here? They're attracted to me like bees to honey. I find it better to not work around them than to be hit on constantly." He did not make it to the next round of interviews! -u/GunSaleAtTheChurch
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