Interviewers have been sharing the weird reasons they instantly decided not to hire candidates – 17 examples of how not to job hunt

10.

‘Guy had to do a presentation but his laptop battery was dead so he asked if he could plug it in.

‘One of the panel members had to go under the board room table to do that and the candidate says, “Well look at that, I’ve only been here five minutes and already got a woman on her knees.”‘
-woolgathering_futz

11.

‘I had a candidate reveal classified information about their work at their previous employer during an interview. No way were we going to trust them with our stuff.’
-UsernameIsWhatIGoBy

12.

‘“I’m not good enough, I’d like to end the interview”

‘I told them that it was just nerves and everything would be okay and we can continue and see where the discussion goes, but they were adamant that they were overwhelmed and wanted to end the interview so we did

‘Poor lass’
-Pndrizzy

13.

‘Had a woman come in and started going through everything wrong with the coworkers at her previous place of employment. All of them, far as I could tell. As she left, I advised her not to do that on her next interview, and she seemed to get it.’
-dan_jeffers

14.

‘In a behavioral interview assessing leadership skills, etc.

‘Q: Did you enjoy having an intern?

‘A: Oh, yes, I was able to offload lots of work to him.

‘Not a word about mentoring, collaborating, etc.’
-marcozarco

15.

‘When asked about how he had handled issues with managers in the past, he started by describing the age, ethnicity and weight of his manager. Beyond irrelevant. That’s going to be a no.’
-lelawes

16.

‘Brought their parents to sit in on the interview to “make sure I am fair” in my decision making process.’
-hatred-shapped

17.

‘Back when I was in corporate, a candidate for a middle management role walked into our conference room and before a handshake or an intro, asked if I was there to take notes for the ‘boys’ meeting.’ Suffice it to say, the interview didn’t get much better from there.’
-Brilliant_Island_121

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