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Mar16
Top 10 Interview Mistakes

What was the worst interview situation that you've ever been? I just wanted to share this article with you entitled The Top 10 Interview Mistakes that recruiters have experienced in their recruitment career. 51% of the respondents said that dressing inappropriately was the biggest mistake done by applicants while next in line would be talking negatively about previous employer (49%) and appearing disinterested (48%).

Here is the top ten list featured in the article: (in random order)
- Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.

- Candidate told the interviewer he wouldn't be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died -- and his uncle wasn't "looking too good."

- Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

- Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

- Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was "classified."

- Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

- When an applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.

 

- A candidate for an accounting position said she was a "people person" not a "numbers person."

- Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer during phone interview.

- Candidate took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.

As a recruiter, be sure to be prepared because you would be facing worse instances than the ones listed here.

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I have a good interview mistake, which I experienced personally. I was interviewing someone for a mid-level Supply Chain job, but it wasn’t going very well for them. I was asking tough questions, as usual, and they were struggling, despite a resume that showed good experience.

At the end of the interview, I assume in an attempt to salvage things with some flattery, the candidate told me that I looked like Ralph Fiennes. I don’t look like him at all, not even close. Also, comparing your interviewer to the evil Nazi concentration camp leader from Schindler’s List is never a good idea.

There should really be a limit on how personal a candidate could be during an interview. In that case, the candidate was a (too) friendly bordering on being insulting or trying hard to be funny.

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