How To Stay Unemployed

Real Life Interview Blunders to Avoid Reported by Robert Half, one of the largest job referral agencies in the U.S.

Some people just can’t catch a break, others are hopeless and  jobless,  for good reason .. Hiring managers were asked to name the strangest things they had ever heard during a job interview, a few of the results follow.

I Just Called To Say I Love You..

One enthusiastic applicant fielded only the first few questions before he absolutely had to pick his cell phone up and call his parents to tell them that the interview was going very well, while the hiring manager waited.

Don’t Fence Me In

A job seeker halted the conversation about work hours and office environment. She stated that she didn’t like being confined to a building, but would consider taking the job if she could move her desk to the courtyard outside.

Tell It Like It Is

When the applicant was asked by the hiring manager why she was leaving her current job, she proclaimed, “My manager is a jerk. All managers are jerks.”

But I’ll Be True To You

After arriving for an early morning interview, the job seeker asked to use the hiring manager’s phone. She proceeded to fake a coughing fit as she called in sick to her present boss.

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