5 Real-Life Job Interview Horror Stories!

Job interviews can be incredibly intimidating for a lot of people and at Cassidy Crane Recruitment, we try and put the minds of our Candidates at as much ease as possible before the big day.

In an ideal world, you'll blow the socks off your interviewer and close the deal with a non-sweaty handshake. In the real world, things don't always go according to plan. You might be a little nervous going in, but read the horror stories below and be very grateful that these didn't happen to you!

"The Flop"

"The interview went on for over an hour. My legs were crossed the entire time. When the interview concluded, I stood to shake hands and leave. I did not realize until too late that my leg was asleep and I did not have control to stand. I ended up collapsed on the floor with the interviewer helping me up. I panicked about what a great first impression that would make! I did get the job though! My boss and I laughed that I just ‘fell into the job'.

Source- salary.com

"The Mummy"

During a phone interview, a recruiting manager heard a candidate’s mother giving the applicant answers to her questions. The interviewer asked him, “Who’s feeding you the answers to my questions?” He said no one. The manager told him she could hear his mother in the background. The applicant got flustered and hung up.

Source- pbp employment.

"The Hobo"

I arrived early for an interview at a coffee shop—only to find that my interviewer had shown up even earlier and was waiting for me. Things were already off to an awkward start. We were talking about the work I do

as a member of the campus ministry team and educating students on the struggles of those less fortunate. All of the sudden, a homeless man walks in and directly approaches our table. I quickly tried to disengage the man by apologizing and stating that I didn’t have any money on me—a simple comment that has always gone over just fine in the past. This time it didn’t. The homeless man confronted me about how I didn’t give him a chance to talk and immediately disregarded him. For a good three minutes he went on, telling me how he hopes that one day someone treats me the way I treated him. My interviewer just sat there quietly as this was happening. I tried to make a quick joke after he finally left, but the rest of the interview was pretty awkward after that.

Source- The Levo League

"The Shower"

One of my first jobs as a supervisor was to interview candidates for an administrative assistant, We scheduled a full day of screenings. Following a very wet and rainy night, some areas of our office roof were leaking and maintenance had a couple of buckets in the hallway. Not a great first impression, but hey, it was a quaint old office building. Each applicant had to complete a battery of written tests.

As one candidate dutifully sat at a desk outside my office, I heard a “crack,” a “swoosh” and then a huge splash. The ceiling tile just above the candidate had collapsed under the weight of the rain water and drenched her. Wet but unharmed, the experience clearly dampened her spirits and her prized interview suit. She immediately informed me that she was no longer interested in the job.

Source- Careerbuilder.co.uk

"The Liar Liar"

I once had an interview where the person was not aware that I knew her former boss. I didn't know him that well, but when I mentioned it after some very nice conversation on our company and her potential role, she asked if she could check the copy of the résumé she gave me for a typo to "see if I had the right one." I handed it to her and she asked to use the ladies room. I never saw her again. When I asked her former boss about her, he told me she was a receptionist. I recall her résumé stating she was a project manager.

Source- businessnewsdaily.com

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