What is the most unexpected thing to happen to you before an interview?

[dracore]

For me, I was all set for the interview. I walked through one of those small revolving doors down at the lobby of the building. Right at that moment the sun reflected off the glass revolving doors and blinded me. I walked right into the revolving door (ouch) and my glasses fell on the floor.

Luckily my glasses did not break but the frame was totally warped. I sat in the lobby unwarping my glasses. Then took the elevator to the office where the interview was being held and I was asked to wait in the meeting room till the interviewers were ready.

I sat in the chair and waited... that's when I felt a stinging sensation on the side of my face. I was bleeding.... (frame of glasses had cut into the flesh) I was thinking "CRAP! I'm about to interview with a bleeding face" Pulled out some extra tissues from my bag that I had carried with me and tried to stop the bleeding. I chucked the bleeding mess (wasn't too bad) into the garbage just as the interviewers walked in.

I couldn't help but think that maybe they noticed my flesh wound as I interviewed.

Suffice it to say.... I didn't get the job. Perhaps they did notice :confused:

[Thalo]

How Clouseauesque

[Spongemike]

just b4 the interview I ate MCD (bad descion) and during the interview I have to take a crap REAL BAD. So I kinda just fly through the questions and didn't show interested in it(heck I was about to poo in MY PANTS who cares abotu jobs).

I rush to the washroom afterwards and made it just in time..... from then on I don't eat anyting 2hrs b4 any interview and make sure I go to the the washroom 30misn b4 the interview start.

[weedb0y]

being stuck on QEW in literally 5km/hr bumper to bumper!

When it takes 15 makes to make it, it took me 2.5 hrs and I had left 2 hrs early so I was just 30 min late but had called in advance. They were understanding

[awesome-o]

when I was doing co-op interviews, I walked into the wrong interview. I had the same name as the real interviewee so it was an easy mistake.

we both didn't realize we were talking to the wrong person until about halfway through when he gave me a quiz on programming concepts, which was weird because I thought I was interviewing for a marketing job

[df329]

i decided to polish my shoes the night before and spilled it all over my hands when the bottle leaked... i had black stains all over my hands at the interview :D

[mbm]

walking in to the interview without a copy of my resume, i felt so bad when they asked me a copy of it and i said "honestly i forgot to bring it because I was nervous", but i did get the job :)

[coriolis]

Took a quicky leak at home before heading out, flushed the toilet, then chaos as everything came back out, and more. No one was home, so I quickly used the mop to prevent it from leaking out of the washroom, opened the window and used a bit of Febreeze, and left right away.


Came back and spent a joyful hour cleaning up.>:(

[Neovingian]

I had 3 awkward scenarios occur to me during an interview.

#1 = going to the bathroom about 20 mins before an interview started & forgetting to do up my zipper in my dress pants, so I was walking around during the interview with my fly undone and my suit jacket open. Hopefully no one noticed?

# 2 = I had a lady interview me who recognized me from a neighbors party and we spent 1/2 the time talking about the old times, family, my personal life & the my neighbors. I almost couldn't recognize her in her work outfit & glasses.

# 3 = Being interview by this hot older lady who could have been 10-15 yrs my senior. She has quite attractive & had an amazing bod for an older lady body, she was wearing a revealing business outfit, one of those with the plunging necklines. Needless to say I was thrown off during the entire interview and tried my best to maintain eye contact. I don't do well in interviews when the female asking the questions is hot.

I ended up getting 1 of these jobs...one won't say which ones...I worked there for a bit, I got a call back for another but I later got a better position so I left.

Sometimes its the most unexpected things that happen during the interview which make you stand out.

[Bazooka Joe]

This didn't happen to me but happened to a friend.

He was working in a town with two mines about 30km away, both on the same road. He called in (I don't recall if it was sick or personal day) to his job at the one mine (mine 1), and had an interview at the second mine (mine 2). The interview was in the afternoon, and as he was driving out he got into an accident (slid off the road into the ditch due to really poor weather). The cops came and a tow truck too eventually, but it took long enough that the people who work at Mine 1 were getting off for the day and drove past him (it's a small town and everyone knew his vehicle). On top of that, the person who was interviewing him happened to be the girlfriend of the cop who responded to the accident.

The interview got rescheduled and he got the job at mine 2, but he had to explain to a LOT of people what he was doing on that road at that hour in the ditch.

[nwwong]

Interviewing for a coop job on a nice sunny day. All the interviews are held on campus in a coop building. Since I live near campus, I walked to my interview. Well walking in a black suit in 30 degree weather is not very comfortable. I didn't have enough time to cool down and was sweating like a pig.

To me it was because I was still really hot and uncomfortable. To them, it probably looked like I was nervous as hell >:(

[YnD]

just b4 the interview I ate MCD (bad descion) and during the interview I have to take a crap REAL BAD. So I kinda just fly through the questions and didn't show interested in it(heck I was about to poo in MY PANTS who cares abotu jobs).

I rush to the washroom afterwards and made it just in time..... from then on I don't eat anyting 2hrs b4 any interview and make sure I go to the the washroom 30misn b4 the interview start.

Yes... always unload at least 30 mins before an interview...so you also have time for the post-crap relaxation... having to take a crap during an interview is the WORST feeling... lol.. never eat McD, Taco Bell etc before an interview...

Another thing unexpected to happen is when the person I believed was the secretary was actually the HR lady. She was MAD hot... looked like Zhang Ziyi but hotter.... it was really hard to answer her questions when she dressed so sexy with a secretarial look while having that whiny type voice.

:)

[hoob]

Junior HR person: "Uhh... We thought you were supposed to be here tomorrow... No one's here until later this afternoon."

[lapopal]

I was on my way to an interview when I was 17 at a bank and my car stereo caught fire on the way to the interview, black smoke started billowing into my car from the speaker port/openings, used my jacket to put it out, on the side of the road with half my trunk melted, I said screw it, I called them up and I could tell they didn't believe me. lol

[monty613]

just b4 the interview I ate MCD (bad descion)


you might as well have taken a full bottle of ex-lax and metamucil

what a terrible idea lol

[ullyeus]

first summer job was with the gov,

I showed up ready to do an interview and couldn't find ANYONE in the building. After walking around an hour I eventually found a clerk of some sort who said not to worry about the interview as I was in his HR files as "hired" and but my boss was on vacation for 2 months (2 month term position btw).

So I hung out in the building for 2 months having no idea what my job was or who I was reporting to.

(ps: It was an awesome summer and it was on an old military base, I found a bomb shelter full of orange soda !)

[Odysseus_Maximus]

On the way to a job interview my buddy who was giving me a ride gets rear ended (serious accident). I guess as a result of shock or whatever I totally forgot to call the interviewer and tell them what happen. About 5 hours later I finally remembered I had an interview and called. Only to be informed that a police officer called earlier and told them what happen. I guess he figured it out from all the copies of my CV, notes, and directions in the car.

[alv077]

I was wearing shures and one of the sleeves got stuck in my ears when I tried to pull the earphone out.

Looked like someone was feeding me what to say ;P

[Jucius Maximus]

Years ago, at one interview I ended up doing the can-can dance with some others in front of like 40 people. (Long story, but it was actually in-line for that interview for a job as a counselor at a math/science camp.) I got to 3rd round interviews but did not get the job.

At another interview, the guy asked me how much I could drink without getting a hangover. I asked him if he was challenging me to a contest. He laughed. I got the job.

In another case years ago during university co-op, I had not slept for 30 hours before the interview because I was working to finish a major class project. You may know that sleep deprivation is in many ways similar to alcohol intoxication (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/930615.stm). I ended up going on about how wanting this job was not for a power trip because I'm not a BOFH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOFH) and all kinds of other stupid crap. A few days later the director of co-op education held a meeting with me to discuss what I said at that interview... (If you think I got the job, you're nuts! :lol: )

[dracore]

That sounds familiar... seemed to happen to a friend of mine back then who was also in coop. I don't suppose your name is Eric? :)


when I was doing co-op interviews, I walked into the wrong interview. I had the same name as the real interviewee so it was an easy mistake.

we both didn't realize we were talking to the wrong person until about halfway through when he gave me a quiz on programming concepts, which was weird because I thought I was interviewing for a marketing job

[weedb0y]

On the way to a job interview my buddy who was giving me a ride gets rear ended (serious accident). I guess as a result of shock or whatever I totally forgot to call the interviewer and tell them what happen. About 5 hours later I finally remembered I had an interview and called. Only to be informed that a police officer called earlier and told them what happen. I guess he figured it out from all the copies of my CV, notes, and directions in the car.

That was very nice of that cop.

[ItemFinder]

Um, how would the cop know the interviewer?

[pintobean]

Um, how would the cop know the interviewer?
The cop didn't have to know the interviewer...he probably saw directions to the interview in the car and then saw Odysseus_Maximus' resume and notes about the time of the interview so he called the company to say that Odysseus_Maximus had been in an accident and couldn't make it. That was definitely a very nice cop.

Anyways...

When I was 18, I was eating in a well-known chain restaurant with my girlfriend when I noticed a sign saying that they were hiring experienced servers. I had never worked as a server before, but since I had loads of restaurant experience as a host and busboy, I figured I had nothing to lose and dropped off my resume later that night. The next day I got a call from a manager named Denise saying that she wanted to hire me as a door host but not as a server. Since I knew that servers could make really good money, I told her that I actually wanted a job as a server, but she said that since I had no serving experience, she couldn't give it to me. I told her that I had worked in restaurants for a long time, and just needed someone to give me a chance as a server since I knew that I could do it. She said that she would hire me as a door host and if things worked out well in the first few months, then she'd promote me to the position of server. I said OK.

A few days later I went in for my first training shift and asked for Denise. The GM of the restaurant told me that Denise was on vacation for three weeks and then he asked me what position I had been hired for. I paused for a second and then told him that I had been hired as a server :cool: . He said OK and then told me to shadow one of their most experienced servers for the next couple of days until I got the hang of how things worked. That night I took home the menu and the food specs and literally memorized them over the next few days.

By the time Denise got back from vacation, I had not only memorized the prices and ingredients of all the menu items, but I was actually serving a 5-table section by myself with no problem at all. Needless to say, Denise was pretty pissed off at me. I sheepishly told her that I must have misunderstood her when she said that I would start as a door host, but she wouldn't hear me out. She tried to convince the GM to demote me to the door host position, but he said that it made no sense since I was doing an awesome job as a server. Denise and I never got along from that point onwards, but she ended up getting transferred to another location a few months later anyways.

I ended up working at that restaurant for 9 years and moved up through the ranks all the way from server, to bartender, to head trainer for that location, and finally to supervisor. I even did a stint as a member of the training team for newly opened locations in Ontario and Quebec. By the time I quit, I was making over $200 cash per shift. It was the best lie I ever told :lol:

[kamu]

During a coop interview at an accounting firm, I went to the washroom 5mins before the start of my interview to take a piss. A young man goes on the urinal beside mine. After a few seconds of satisfaction, he says: " you must be xxxxx, I am chris your interviewer." Apparently his last interviewee didnt last too long. After a brief exchange, we shook on it and proceeded outside to the interview room. Needless to say, the job was mine due to unique situation :lol:

[pintobean]

During a coop interview at an accounting firm, I went to the washroom 5mins before the start of my interview to take a piss. A young man goes on the urinal beside mine. After a few seconds of satisfaction, he says: " you must be xxxxx, I am chris your interviewer." Apparently his last interviewee didnt last too long. After a brief exchange, we shook on it and proceeded outside to the interview room. Needless to say, the job was mine due to unique situation :lol:
I hope you both washed your hands first :lol:

[Jabb]

I hope you both washed your hands first :lol:

i dont think he meant that they shook hands:razz:

[mbm]

The cop didn't have to know the interviewer...he probably saw directions to the interview in the car and then saw Odysseus_Maximus' resume and notes about the time of the interview so he called the company to say that Odysseus_Maximus had been in an accident and couldn't make it. That was definitely a very nice cop.

Anyways...

When I was 18, I was eating in a well-known chain restaurant with my girlfriend when I noticed a sign saying that they were hiring experienced servers. I had never worked as a server before, but since I had loads of restaurant experience as a host and busboy, I figured I had nothing to lose and dropped off my resume later that night. The next day I got a call from a manager named Denise saying that she wanted to hire me as a door host but not as a server. Since I knew that servers could make really good money, I told her that I actually wanted a job as a server, but she said that since I had no serving experience, she couldn't give it to me. I told her that I had worked in restaurants for a long time, and just needed someone to give me a chance as a server since I knew that I could do it. She said that she would hire me as a door host and if things worked out well in the first few months, then she'd promote me to the position of server. I said OK.

A few days later I went in for my first training shift and asked for Denise. The GM of the restaurant told me that Denise was on vacation for three weeks and then he asked me what position I had been hired for. I paused for a second and then told him that I had been hired as a server :cool: . He said OK and then told me to shadow one of their most experienced servers for the next couple of days until I got the hang of how things worked. That night I took home the menu and the food specs and literally memorized them over the next few days.

By the time Denise got back from vacation, I had not only memorized the prices and ingredients of all the menu items, but I was actually serving a 5-table section by myself with no problem at all. Needless to say, Denise was pretty pissed off at me. I sheepishly told her that I must have misunderstood her when she said that I would start as a door host, but she wouldn't hear me out. She tried to convince the GM to demote me to the door host position, but he said that it made no sense since I was doing an awesome job as a server. Denise and I never got along from that point onwards, but she ended up getting transferred to another location a few months later anyways.

I ended up working at that restaurant for 9 years and moved up through the ranks all the way from server, to bartender, to head trainer for that location, and finally to supervisor. I even did a stint as a member of the training team for newly opened locations in Ontario and Quebec. By the time I quit, I was making over $200 cash per shift. It was the best lie I ever told :lol:

haha amazing job...u don't happen to own the Kelsey's do u :p i know u won't mention names but if i was right u can pm :p reason i say is because same thing happened with someone I know or u know same things can happen to anyone :)

[ullyeus]

During a coop interview at an accounting firm, I went to the washroom 5mins before the start of my interview to take a piss. A young man goes on the urinal beside mine. After a few seconds of satisfaction, he says: " you must be xxxxx, I am chris your interviewer." Apparently his last interviewee didnt last too long. After a brief exchange, we shook on it and proceeded outside to the interview room. Needless to say, the job was mine due to unique situation :lol:

urination is unique?

[f00kie]

urination is unique?

How often do you meet someone new in the washroom?

[mbm]

How often do you meet someone new in the washroom?

unless its the opposite sex ;)

[jcoltage]

I was young but I paid a taxi money when the fare meter was not ruining. from Weston to Just North of Airport cost me 80 bucks .... nearly triple the cost.