Craziest real-life job interviews – Part 1
Job interviews can be tough. What do you wear? Are you answering the questions right? Does the interviewer like you? You show up late, you wear the wrong thing and you can’t seem to put a sentence together. But there are some job interviews that are one in a lifetime events. We asked you to tell us about your craziest job interview moments, and you responded with some great stories of your wildest interviews. Here are a few of our favorites.
Actually it was at the end of the interview. It was late in the month of May. After a grueling interview where I was passed from person to person to interview me, I finally was told that the person who would be supervising me was in a meeting (oh surrrrre!) so they would call me, thanks for coming in, etc, etc. Anyway, I was wearing my new suede oxford style stilettos. It started to rain heavily, then hail. I was stuck between the parking lot and the building I had just exited. I was standing in a small patio area next to the windowed company lunch room. A small group of employees gathered to see the unusual hail and this crazy person who refused to venture into the parking lot, (me). It only rained and hailed harder, and not to ruin my new shoes, I took them off, rolled up my pant legs and trotted to the parking lot in my stocking feet. I saved the shoes!!!! I was quite a spectacle for all to see. Afterward, hoping for raving results with my interview, I was told that I didn’t get hired. They didn’t like my suit. - Debby F.
When I went in for a retail store called American Apparel, I didn’t know what to wear. It was my first interview. I had a little tip of what to wear. Just a laid back outfit. So I grabbed my cutest collared shirt and dress pants. I walked in my interview sooo confident. She asked me questions about the company and I told her all I wore was their brand. and she brought up Hollister and similar companies. And I told her their alright but I’d never shop there. I stayed true to my American Apparel….we laughed , and she pointed at my shirt, and I had an Hollister logo, I wasn’t even aware of…..soooo embarrassing. - Monique S.
Many, many years ago I applied for a sales position with a wireless company. There were several interview processes & the last person who I had to interview with was the CEO of the company. He asked me where I saw myself within the company in 5 years & I told him that I saw myself in his position. He gave me a smirky grin & asked what he would be doing once I took his place. I smiled my greatest smile & looked him straight in the eye: “Well, that would depend on how you treat me on my journey to get there!”, I said. His professional, stern face completely contorted before he busted out laughing. I was hired on the spot & spent 8 & 1/2 years with the company until they sold out! 
- Linda S.
So when I was fired by my job at subway, I was put back out in the “Job World”. Although this uh unexpected event was not a catastrophe in my life, I tried to look at the positive anyway. Kinda like a mini vacation if you will. So in that vacation I blew my last paycheck on the normal stuff like booze and BBQ supplies and to get my tongue pierced….So the next day Linda Bunton from EQC calls requesting and interview. So I make it to the interview with my swollen tongue at all with minimal drooling. What did I apply for? If you had asked me, I would have said a Dewwee Ashendent. Means deli attendant in swollen tongueville. However, I did get hired on at the EQC….but in an upgraded job. I was a hoshtess. (Hostess) - Julia H.
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