What was your worst interview answer?

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Reply 60

username854791

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Why us?

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Why not?

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Your hired!!

Reply 61

All Taken

"How do you feel you would contribute to social aspects here?"

Mind went blank, I panicked, and just went;

"... Rock-climbing."

Reply 62

Alexandra's Box

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

Sure, why not? :smile:

Yay

I'm famous!

Reply 63

kiss_me_now9

Tesco interviewer - 'Name a situation where you've had to work with someone else to teach them something'

Me - 'When I was 14 I helped my sister with her German GCSE revision.'

Tesco interviewer - 'Oh, so are you fluent then? How long have you been learning it?'

Me - (Knowing that made no sense) 'Oh, since I was... uhmm... 14... :/'

Tesco interviewer - 'So how did you teach your sister German for her GCSE if you'd only just started learning it yourself?'

Me - :erm:

Reply 64

specialk_698

(phone interview)
Interviewer: Describe yourself in three words?
(this caught me off guard)
Me: umm errmmm diligent
Interviewer: ok
Me: malleable, and ermm.....ermmmmm..how about err... charming (nervous laugh)

Complete silence on other end of phone.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 65

IzzyAnne

Interview for English at Oxford University:
'So what do you enjoy in terms of poetry?'
'Um...nothing...in...particular...'
Everything I'd ever read turned into a bottomless pit of BLANK.

Reply 66

marcusfox

My mate was going for a job in warehouse, nothing to intellectually taxing, just donkey work, packing and box shifting.

At the interview, the interviewer asked him "How did you prepare for this interview today?"

His reply - "Well, it's a warehouse job, isn't it? I polished my shoes and ironed my shirt."

Reply 67

H.JJJ

Original post by Tokyoround

A consultant once told me to respond to "Describe your best quality"

with

"I am like water, I mould to any bowl you put me in and carry people along with my flow"

:facepalm2:

Good god...

Reply 68

JD17

Once I had an interview to become a cocktail waiter at a nightclub.

Interviewer: What's your favorite cocktail?

Me: A crisp, refreshing pint of Carlsberg.

Needless to say, I didn't get the job. I did get some work at a pub though...

Reply 69

TattyBoJangles

*First ever job interview at Clarks*

Them: So, what's in fashion at the moment?

Me: ... I hear.. shoes are quite fashionable..

:facepalm:

Reply 70

RipperRoo

Original post by JD17

Haha, reminds me of this.

Reply 71

Llamageddon

Oh, I kinda told the interviewer that I had an offer to do a funded MSc 5 months later.

You know, just around the time where they would've trained me up and I'd actually be useful?

Reply 72

Pawsies

Care home job:

Interviewer: So why did you apply for this job?

Me: Well I believe the elderly relate to animals quite well

-interviewer laughs- Are you calling OAP's animals?

Me: I mean, they are both dependant on help and support, both need help being changed, feeding etc.

-cringe-

I still got the job :colone:

Reply 73

thecookiemonster

Original post by Tokyoround

A consultant once told me to respond to "Describe your best quality"

with

"I am like water, I mould to any bowl you put me in and carry people along with my flow"

:facepalm2:

sounds like something an apprentice candidate would say :tongue:

Reply 74

Juno

I once had a whole interview where my answers were along the lines of "no, but..."

Do you have any experience of giving presentations to large groups?
No, but at work I regularly do to small groups.

And that kind of thing.

Strangely, I was successful, and I think it's because I tried to give relevant examples rather than just saying an outright no.

Reply 75

tikrumo

My first ever interview at Varsity:

Q: What animal would you be?
A: Err... A cat.
Q: Why?
A: Because... They are lovely... and feminine?

Reply 76

Lintu93

Interview at Nandos. Question 1.

Interviewer: "So have you ever been to Nandos?"

Me: "No..."

*Awkward pause*

Reply 77

hamzazulfiqar

Original post by chocolate buttons

Interview for Iceland customer assistant:

Q: Why do you want to work at Iceland?
A: I just want some money, really.

It was my first interview so I didn't know what to expect!

this is made me lol haha. :clap2:

Reply 78

Lintu93

Original post by chocolate buttons

Interview for Iceland customer assistant:

Q: Why do you want to work at Iceland?
A: I just want some money, really.

It was my first interview so I didn't know what to expect!

I know someone who used a similar approach to one of her interviews. When asked why she wanted the job she replied "well to be honest, I'm skint". Her managers later told her that she got the job on account of her honesty :tongue:

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