How not to apply for a job

[hepcat]

Drug Dealer = Pharmaceutical Street Rep on the resume

[Mr. Scot]

I used to know a pharmaceutical rep.

When people asked him what he did for a living, he would reply "I sell drugs".

[h0llywood]

Make sure to remove your social media photos. I pulled up all the photos of this guy I was interviewing and I knew he had been out drinking the night before. He was 15 minutes late to the interview and I asked him if he had a bad night and he said he was sick but had the strength to come to the interview because he knew he really wanted the job.

 

NEXT!

[R0CKnR0LLA]

some people are great at interviews but are terrible on the job, and vice versa

[Anybodyhome]

I totally believe the cell phone incident. Had it happen when I was interviewing a kid, except he got up and told me, "I gotta take this..." as he walked out of my office. Needless to say, I told him to keep walking.

[Carolina Husker]

I used to know a pharmaceutical rep.

When people asked him what he did for a living, he would reply "I sell drugs".

That is a really great story.

[Sapper]

I became a recruiter for Microsoft a few years back.

Interviews are designed to see how out of the box the candidate is.

The question was: "If you had to build a manned ship to Venus, and return with the crew intact, how would you do it?"

We were looking for "Why go to Venus in the first place?"

His answer was "What's Venus?"

[Anybodyhome]

I became a recruiter for Microsoft a few years back.

Interviews are designed to see how out of the box the candidate is.

The question was: "If you had to build a manned ship to Venus, and return with the crew intact, how would you do it?"

We were looking for "Why go to Venus in the first place?"

His answer was "What's Venus?"

 

...without reading ahead, my first thought was, "I'm going to Venus for what reason?"

 

[Bob NC]

If the interviewer asks where you see yourself in 5 years.  Say "In your job, it doesn't look terribly difficult."

[Doyle]

I was once asked who my favorite painter was.  I answered "Van Gogh."  Why Van Gogh?  "That was the first name of a painter I could think of." 

[thefuzz]

Worst one I ever had was the sales manager asked me to sell his product to him during the interview.

 

Should have walked away at that very moment, he was an amateur, and was an awful boss.

[Davidson Deac II]

I used to know a pharmaceutical rep.

When people asked him what he did for a living, he would reply "I sell drugs".

 

My wife is in charge of prescription medication at a retirement home.  Once a day she loads up a cart to take around to all the residents and give them their medication.  She calls herself a drug pusher. 

[Davidson Deac II]

We use to do group interviews of potential employees.  Three or four of us would ask the potential employee a series of questions.  One lady was ask how well she handled stressful situations.  Her answer, "not very well".  At least she was honest.  Didn't get the job though. 

[Mvp2014]

My wife is in charge of prescription medication at a retirement home.  Once a day she loads up a cart to take around to all the residents and give them their medication.  She calls herself a drug pusher. 

 

Mother of god.