People are sharing the job interview ‘red flags’ that said it wasn’t the role for them – 29 favourites
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I once went to a prospective clients house about walking their dog and whilst I was there their dog bit me. Needless to say I did not take them (or their dog) on as clients.
— Lisa B ️ (@Lisamboo) 21 July 2019
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I once went for an interview and they told me the role would involve working. Major red flag.
— Damon Evans (@damocrat) 21 July 2019
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The front door of the office was smashed in and boarded up. The person who was supposed to conduct the interview wasn’t in.
I commented on the state of the door to the person who let me in. She said: “That’s OK. The fire brigade did it. They were putting out the arson attack.”— Niall R. Thotep (@Psychonaut99) 21 July 2019
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“So your website says you have 600 employees in the UK but doesn’t list the offices, where else do you have offices?”
“I don’t think that’s an appropriate question”
“Okay, so are they mostly working at customer sites?”
“Who is interviewing who here?”— (@Luke_who_) 21 July 2019
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I went for an interview at a interfaith charity and they asked me how I’d manage my sexuality in the work place. After being annoyed that I had arrived at the interview 20min early
— Oli Kasin (@OliverKasin) 21 July 2019
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Giant ornate crosses everywhere virtually every wall had a huge cross. The interview went well until I asked if they had that much of a vampire problem. They still wanted to hire me. I said that I wouldn’t be a good fit.
— Ken Harrelson (@angrypuppyfilms) 21 July 2019
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I was applying for a part-time summer job at the KFC in my hometown. The ‘interview’ consisted of all four of us interviewees having to create our own burger with paper and crayon and give a pitch, as well as show team work by building a house made out of straw in pairs. ♂️
— Max (@RealMaximeWest) 21 July 2019
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I was 17 and applied for vocational training to become a secretary. The boss asked me, why socialism in the GDR failed and how I would solve the Kosovo War.
— Rosi Ne (@Rosi_Neee) 21 July 2019
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I walked in and the owner of the marketing agency didn’t speak to me but simply walked out ahead of me and motioned for me to follow without looking back. What a prize prick.
— Lucy Nichol (@LucyENichol) 21 July 2019
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After he gave me the job, at the end of the interview, the guy interviewing me said “What you have to understand about me is, I’m the Captain, yeah? Think of me as Roy Keane. The main man. I’ll help you score goals.” I immediately thought, ‘This is gonna be a fucking nightmare.’
— Niecy O’Keeffe (@NiecyOKeeffe) 21 July 2019
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I walked through the door and the plaster from the ceiling fell down in a shower of white dust. I looked as though I’d fallen into a vat of cocaine.
— Heather Rufus (@gmai_sutton) 21 July 2019
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The job would have meant upping sticks and moving country. It was advertised as a full-time permanent post. I knew it might not be for me when they said (after I had taken the trouble to fly in for the interview) “would you be interested in doing this job part-time?”
— Elinor Elliot #FBPE (@ElliotElinor) 21 July 2019
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One of the managers interviewing me was someone I met the week before when we were both candidates for a job paying rathet less than the one I was there for.
— Steven the Apocalypse will be microblogged Heywood (@StevenHeywood) 21 July 2019
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When one of the interviewers said she was also applying for the job.
— Marverde #FBPE 40 yrs QueueJumping (@wlate17) 21 July 2019
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Interviewer had a rant when I asked how their day was going, then asked the spelling of my name and proceeded to tell me it was wrong and questioning me on my no one spells it the ‘normal’ way anymore. Very uncomfortable. This was before the interview had even properly started.
— Aimee (@aimee_speaks) 21 July 2019
And not forgetting this all time classic.
I went for an interview at the BBC for an IT back office role, and ended up on a live news 24 interview instead..
— Non Playable Comic (@GMooBah) 21 July 2019
— Neil Armstrong (@GH05TED) 21 July 2019
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