‘What was your worst job interview?’ – 19 absolute horror shows

11.

‘Finished up a masters degree in physics. Got a phone interview and was was told it would be an introductory chat. Was confronted with a technical interview panel (over the phone) of 6 PhDs, 4 of which had graduated from the research group I had just left. We walked through my research project in about 10 minutes. Then the pain began … felt like I’d only learned kindergarten physics.’
A-Meezy

12.

‘I once had an interview that asked really personal questions, ie “are your parents divorced” and “were you bullied in school”. The interview was for really small, sketchy business with 4 or 5 interviewers and last around 2 hours. I’m glad I didn’t get the job.’
ffsellen

13.

‘Fresh out of college, I was looking for my first teaching job. I applied at a small district for an elementary school position. I walked in, expecting the principal and a few teachers. Instead I had the superintendent of the district, some high-level admin, and every single elementary school principal in the district. Probably 15 people in all. They peppered me with questions for 45 minutes. I had zero experience, just my student teaching. I did not get the job.’
edgarpickle

14.

‘My mom raises chickens … and during COVID one of them got sick (not COVID). She had it inside to feed water hourly to try to nurse it back to life. My mom has to run an errand so I’m in charge of this chicken for the afternoon. I was on a phone screening with a candidate for a position in my office and this chicken starts having a seizure and dies on the middle of this phone call. I look over and it’s laying almost like it was crucified.

‘The candidate heard the commotion and asked if everything was ok … Which I relied “yeah, the chicken just died”. She withdrew her application the next morning. Edit: it was an office job at a NYC school. no farm experience required. Poor girl.’
poniesgalore

15.

‘Part way through the interview the boss lady had something come up and got her assistant to show me around while she was busy. As soon as we were out of earshot this guy tells me to get out while I can. Apparently the boss was a slave driver on a sinking ship, and either that was true and I should leave, or this guy is insane and I should leave. So in the second part of the interview I declined the offer.

‘That set the boss off like a firework which made me think the guy’s warning was sincere. It was the first time I’d turned down a job and felt kinda empowering so her venom didn’t stick, and I had a strawberry milk waiting for me outside that topped it off.’
obscureferences

16.

‘It was my first interview after graduating college with an economics degree. When the interviewer asked about my expected salary, he literally laughed and told me that I would not be able to get that starting salary anywhere and told me that I should be ‘grateful.'”

‘I literally found a job that following week that paid what I was seeking. Know your worth, then add tax. 🙂 Get what you deserve.’
doansters

17.

‘The interviewer was just stone cold, I tried to work in some small chit chat to break the ice but the most I got was a smirk. Then came the technical questions. I botched every question and each time he gave me a hard “no” then proceeded to condescendingly explain why I was wrong. Luckily I landed a job with a different company shortly after but man that interview really destroyed my confidence.’
JustBeenRevoked1

18.

‘During college I applied for a bunch of jobs at Ikea. I got an interview followed by a rejection email. A week later they called me for another interview. I got another rejection email. They interviewed five times for five different positions. I got rejected all five times. I’m still salty about it two decades later.’
emily_is_a_dpp

19.

‘I had a really big opportunity for a job with a corporation sometime after I graduated from college for a technical job that would have paid a lot of money. It was a multi-interview job and I actually got interviewed by 3 different people. Each one I was a nervous wreck but somehow nailed them and just stayed confident.

‘Finally they send me for the final interview at their headquarters so I show up prepared, early, suit and tie, certs and paperwork, etc. I’m sitting in this fancy lobby waiting for the interviewer to come get me and another dude walks in dressed for an interview just like me. I figured he was here for another job so we had a friendly chat while we waited for our interviewers to show up. This was clearly an older, more experienced guy.

‘Finally interviewer shows up and is surprised to see us, saying they accidentally scheduled our interviews for the same time. So he takes the older gentlemen and tells his employee to take me and we would be interviewed separately. At this point everything is falling apart…I’m not being interviewed by the man I showed up to talk to. Instead this employee dressed in a T shirt takes me downstairs to the cafeteria and asks me a handful of quick questions in a very unprofessional setting before letting me go.

‘It’s like they decided who to hire before the interview even began. It was a huge let down.’
KGhaleon

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