Comments on: 10 More Ways to Bomb an Interview

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:35:55 +0000

I went to this interview today…after waiting for 30 mins, the receptionist told me if could come back the next day. As it turned out the interviewer was off-site. Should I attend the interview?

By: shawna m.

shawna m. — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:42:31 +0000

I once interviewed with an analyst firm that asked me to come in 8 separate times to interview (once at 6:30 am) and when they offered me the job, the president refused to name a price, stating only that he would do the right thing by me. No thanks!

By: Jane Prusakova

Jane Prusakova — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:18:11 +0000

I was once asked whether I had children, and in the same breath informed that ‘A woman with kids could not possibly do this job’. I did not have kids, but decided that was too much chauvinism to deal with.

By: Hugo Batista

Hugo Batista — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:27:33 +0000

Once a manager asked me “What have you done last Saturday?”. I answered “I went to a cousin’s funeral”. Without any hesitation he asked “What about Sunday?”.
I promptly left the interview left without answering.

By: unacoder

unacoder — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:53:27 +0000

i once waited an hour standing beside the boss’s chair while he and all the other employees (it was a very small company) played a video game. i had an appointment for a specific time, but he didn’t seem to care about that. my price went up for every minute i waited. needless to say, after an hour, it was more than he was willing to pay.

By: to anonymous

to anonymous — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:51:15 +0000

so?…. why is that bad?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:26:13 +0000

I once interviewed at a company where one of the team members had a pin-up from a men’s maazine on his wall…

By: Joe Grossberg

Joe Grossberg — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:45:53 +0000

My favorite was the one guy who said he had all these great ideas for how to build the business, but was going to sit on them until his divorce was finalized.
Umm … yeah. You sure sound trustworthy.