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We all know how scary job interviews can be - the
sweating palms, the heavy breathing, the fear that they might find out you know
nothing about the topic you’re talking about. Having recruited all over the
world for the past sixteen years Think Global Recruitment has seen it all. As
we approach Hallows Eve the team here has wickedly decided to share some of the
most horrifying incidents they’ve ever heard or witnessed during an interview.
They know how the prospect of facing a recruitment
panel can be more daunting than saying Candyman in Mirror three times, they
also know how the fear can be shared both parties, like
two people using a Ouija board- unaware what will happen next and hoping they
both make it out alive. So sit back and read these stories if you dare.
The fear of a job interview can drain the human soul
but it can also just be really exhausting. One of our team shares the tale
of a man, a Director of a global firm, who fell victim to his own exhaustion
and collapsed on his interviewer like he was a padded coffin.
One
foot in the grave
*Disclaimer
these are not incidents which occurred at Think Global Recruitment but
rather a collection of scary stories circulated around the industry, keeping
candidates awake in their beds at night*
The
Black Eye
After a particularly frightful night a candidate once
turned up with a black eye to an interview. When asked about it by the
interviewer the man declared he had been out with other people in the same
company the night before and they he had got drunk and ‘fell over’. He felt
that the bonding session with their existing staff would have saved him from his fate,
however, it ended with another knockout blow as the gentleman was shown the
door.
The
Twirl
We all know someone that should never be put into the
powerful interviewer position. Many evil villains have plotted their way to the
top of the ladder only to say something that would dare not pass a normal
person’s lips- in this case blatant sexism. The ‘request for a twirl’ makes
most shudder but thankfully these cases have mostly disappeared (unless you
present the US Apprentice).
Rest
In Peace
From
CV to obituary
It can seem easy to lie on a CV, many are tempted but
few are bold enough to go through with it. There was one candidate who will go
down in horror folklore, having asked their spouse to write their CV and used
their grandparents contact details as references. The lies spouted on this CV ranged from degree
modifications to ghost employers, all of which the candidate knew nothing
about. Ironically, theses lies left the candidate writing his own interview obituary when the horrid truths were unveiled.
Perhaps we left the scariest of all to last, this one
can make anyone jump back in disgust. Once a candidate felt they were in the
comfort zone a little too much in an interview when they decided to do something that no one was
prepared for. Their shoes slipped off under the table and went on the hunt for
one of the interviewers. The interviewer still gets flashbacks to this day of
this from the event, insisting those in close quarters to wear socks
just in case.
So there you have it, the most horrifying situations
we have ever heard of in recruitment. We hope this hasn’t put you off
interviews for life, just make you wary to wear your shoes and use the STAR
technique.
Happy Halloween!
