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> We've all been interviewed for jobs.  And, we've all spent
> most of those interviews thinking about what not to do.
> Don't bite your nails. Don't fidget. Don't interrupt.
> Don't belch.  If we did any of the don'ts, we knew  we'd
> disqualify ourselves instantly. But some job applicants go
> light years  beyond this. This is a survey from top
> personnel executives of some major American  corporations
> They were asked for stories of unusual behavior by job
> applicants.
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> 1. Said he was so well-qualified [that] if he didn't get
> the job, it would prove that the company's management was
> incompetent.
> 2. Stretched out on the floor to fill out the job
> application.
> 3. Brought her large dog to the interview.
> 4. Chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles.
> 5. Candidate kept giggling through serious interview.
> 6. She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and
> the music at the same  time.
> 7. Balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to
> office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece.
> 8. Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle.
> 9. Asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel
> executive was qualified to judge the candidate.
> 10. Announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a
> hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's office.
> 11. Without saying a word, candidate stood up and walked out
> during the middle of the interview.
> 12. Man wore jogging suit to interview for position as
> financial vice president.
> 13. Said if he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty
> by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm.
> 14. Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering
> specific interview questions.
> 15. Wouldn't get out of the chair until I would hire him. I
> had to call the police.
> 16. When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and
> started tap dancing around my office.
> 17. Had a little pinball game and challenged me to play
> with him.
> 18. Bounced up and down on my carpet and told me I must be
> highly thought of by the company because I was given such
> a thick carpet.
> 19. Took a brush out of my purse, brushed his hair and
> left.
> 20. Pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash
> picture of me.  Said he collected photos of everyone who
> interviewed him.
> 21. Candidate asked me if I would put on a suit jacket to
> insure that the offer was formal.
> 22. Said he wasn't interested because the position paid
> too much.
> 23. While I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant
> took out a copy of Penthouse, and looked through the photos
> only, stopping longest at the centerfold.
> 24. During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the
> candidate's briefcase. He took it out, shut it off,
> apologized and said he had to leave for another interview.
> 25. A telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was
> from his wife.  His side of the conversation went like this:
> 'Which company? When do I start? What's the salary?' I said,
> 'I assume you're not interested in conducting the interview
> any further.' He promptly responded, 'I am as long as you'll
> pay me more.' I didn't hire him, but later found out there
> was no other job offer. It  was a scam to get a higher offer.
> 26. An applicant came in wearing only one shoe. She explained
> that the other shoe was stolen off her foot in the bus.
> 27. His attache [case] opened when he picked it up and the
> contents spilled, revealing ladies' undergarments and
> assorted makeup and perfume.
> 28. He came to the interview with a moped and left it in the
> reception area.  He didn't want it to get stolen, and stated
> that he would require indoor parking for the moped.
> 29. He took off his right shoe and sock, removed a medicated
> foot powder and dusted it on the foot and in the shoe. While
> he was putting back the shoe and sock, he mentioned that he
> had to use the powder four times a day, and this was the time.
>   30. Candidate said he really didn't want to get a job, but
> the unemployment office needed proof that he was looking for
> one.
> 31. He whistled when the interviewer was talking.
> 32. Asked who the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture
> on my desk. When I said it was my wife, he asked if she was
> home now and wanted my phone number, I called security.
>  33. She threw-up on my desk, and immediately started asking
> questions about the job, like nothing had happened.
>   34. Pointing to a black case he carried into my office, he
> said that if he was not hired, the bomb would go off.
> Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired
> and that I was going to call the police.  He then reached
> down to the case, flipped a switch and ran.  No one was
> injured, but I did need to get a new desk.
>   35. Asked if I wanted some cocaine before starting the
> interview.
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