Worst Interview Ever

We’ve received some rather interesting new additions to our Worst Interview Ever list. Here are the three most recent entries. The full list can be found here.

• A candidate requested water during an interview. The interviewer discovered that he was out of cups and excused himself to get some more. While the interviewer was gone, the candidate showed that he was a self-starter by fishing through the interviewer’s garbage can and finding a cup on his own. The interviewer returned to find the candidate happily sipping out of a up with a giant lipstick smear across it.
• An HR manager informed a candidate that he had to take a drug test. She handed him a cup and pointed him toward the bathroom. The candidate returned a few minutes later with a cup full of poop. Flustered, the manager gave him another cup and instructed him to pee into it. The candidate indicated that he understood and went back to the bathroom. A few minutes later he returned and handed the manager a second cup of poop. Despite his efforts, he didn’t get the job.
• An HR manager interviewed the niece of a VP as a favor. She was instructed to “just interview her and see if we can stick her somewhere.” The candidate showed up dressed inappropriately and spent the entire interview cleaning out her purse, barely acknowledging the interviewer’s existence. When the interview finally concluded, the manager stood to shake the candidate’s hand. The candidate responded by shoving all the trash she had cleaned out of her purse into the manager’s open hand, asking, “Would you mind throwing this away for me?” Despite the HR manager’s less-than-glowing review, the candidate was awarded a position in Marketing.

Article by Mark Toth, Chief Legal Officer of Manpower’s North American operations, and courtesy of Manpower Employment Blawg. Mark also serve as Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President of Franchise Relations and serve on our Global Leadership Team, North American Lead Team, Executive Diversity Steering Committee and Sarbanes-Oxley Steering Committee.

Originally posted by Candice A