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She got really mad at me and ended the interview right away. Biggest red flag I've ever seen because they didn't even try to hide it. @lempiraholio I interviewed with an insurance company about twenty years ago. They demanded that I provide them with a contact list of no fewer than a hundred friends and family. Noped out of that quickly. @stupidlyugly When you are signing all the forms they give you and you are taking your time to read over every document so that you can fully understand what you are getting into, and people come in and start telling you that you don't need to read this and that just sign here and so on. @Saxon_Shields69 Jobs where the expectations of the position aren't clear. The person hiring you should be able to give a clear idea of what your responsibilities are day to day in a practical way. It shows that the company understands what it wants out of the position. I've worked a couple of positions that had a really hard time figuring out who was supposed to do what that led to a lot of confusion and both of them had this in the interviews.
That woke her up! She apologized, and we made it to the airport a few minutes later. My door was smashed so badly, I had to crawl out the driver's side door. I wasn't hurt, luckily. As it turned out, the rubber had come off the emergency brake pedal. When it released, it cut her foot, and she was driving erratically because she was lightheaded and trying not to pass out. She did not drive home after dropping me off. I didn't get the job. I apparently came in second. Which was OK—I don't know if I would have fit in well there. Funny thing though: A friend of mine got an interview with the same place later. He told me that they were having a driver pick him up instead of a member of the search committee, and he thought that was weird. I knew why! Related: 4 Survival Tips for an All-Day Interview 4. Remember Me? I got a call back for a job I had applied for at a restaurant. The manager asked me to swing by the next morning, and so I did. When I got there, he wasn't in. The lady at the front desk called him on his cell and handed the phone to me and walked away.
It wasn't until I got out of the car that I realized I forgot to switch from my navy blue slippers to loafers. More than likely the interviewer (and my future boss) didn't notice, because I landed the job. I haven't been confident enough to try this again, but it was undoubtedly the most comfy interview I have had! Related: 4 Major Interview Mistakes and How to Recover Photo of dog biting person courtesy of Shutterstock.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Would you be okay hearing "no" from seven out of 10 customers. Goldman Sachs: Suppose you had eight identical balls. One of them is slightly heavier and you are given a balance scale. What's the fewest number of times you have to use the scale to find the heavier ball? Towers Watson: Estimate how many planes are there in the sky. Lubin Lawrence: If you could describe Hershey, Godiva and Dove chocolate as people, how would you describe them? Pottery Barn: If I was a genie and could give you your dream job, what and where would it be? Kiewit Corp. : What did you play with as a child? VWR International: How would you market a telescope in 1750 when no one knows about orbits, moons etc. Diageo North America: If you walk into a liquor store to count the unsold bottles, but the clerk is screaming at you to leave, what do you do? Brown & Brown Insurance: How would you rate your life on a scale of 1 to 10? Jane Street Capital: What is the smallest number divisible by 225 that consists of all 1's and 0's?
The interview went fine—nothing out of the ordinary, just the run of the mill questions. After our conversation ended, the interviewer started to walk me out of the conference room, past his Pilates ball-sitting colleagues toward the exit, when one of the part-time pooches decided to greet me. And by greet me, I mean, bite my leg. As an avid follower of The Muse, I was dumbstruck on the best way to react to being chomped at the tail end of an interview. This scenario was nowhere to be found in my interview preparation check list, which is now revised to look like this: Do Not: Mention how much your leg stings when asked if you are okay. Casually confirm that you are not bleeding. Ask if there is an email template readily available to ask for reimbursement of a ripped interview-caliber suit. Do: Smile and say you are probably vaccinated. Thank the interviewer for his time, shake his hand, and leave. Fortunately, no damage was done to me or my suit, though Fido's feedback was taken into consideration, so I did not receive an offer.