That sucks. But even though it’s not something you think about when considering where to work, good plumbing is pretty important at a place you’re going to spend a good chunk of each weekday, so bullet dodged. Also, thank you for “poopittrator”.

Guy I sit next to got the job after finishing his interview in a car park during a fire

Hehehe. When i was in grad school and TAed 3 hour labs that didn’t end until 6 pm, i would sometimes torture myself by opening the vanillin or benzaldehyde bottles and sniffing them.

Damn. That sounds even dumber now than it did back then.

It’s heartbreaking yes, but you did the right thing, after she volunteered info that you didn’t remotely ask for. Still, sorry you had to deal with that.

But I thought the lawyers were clamped onto the billionaires like remoras on sharks??

Oddly enough, I have always enjoyed shopping at Men’s Wearhouse. Whatever hiring mojo they use seems to work pretty well.

Got to an interview early. While waiting in the reception area, I saw a restroom out in the lobby, so I decided to go and check my makeup. I’m in there, got my makeup all spread out on the counter, and a woman in a suit comes in. We give each other the tight little smile of acknowledgement that you do when you meet a…

I’ve been told something like that, though it was unfortunately after I had been working there a few months. He was a manager for 20 years, and he said “I can tell that you’re highly intelligent, so here’s some advice... get out of this place as fast as you can or you’ll be stuck here for 20 years like me.” Not…

Ouch. :(

I would say the worst occurred to me about three years ago when I had applied to a local lumber company.

Walmart. Need I say more?

Here is one from the other side of the table that included a moment that was, to me, heartbreaking.
I was doing loss-prevention interviews for a Fortune 100 corporation (since defunct). The people I interviewed had already passed through two interviews and a resume screen. The company was already paying for background…

Invariably, it’s the ones where I get hired.

The worst was at my old job. The place is bleeding money so they were reorganizing our department and those that wanted to stay had to reapply for basically their current job but with a different title and extra obligations. I had a phone interview with my director who asked a total of 5 stock questions that she…

Applying for a counter position at a porn store:

Interviewing a lot lately, and none have been too bad, but whenever I get an interview where they ask those SAR interview questions I usually freeze up a lot.

That sounds worse than any other interview scenario I can imagine.

I was flown to Florida for a 2-day job interview. About an hour after I arrive on the first day, I was taken to an all-staff meeting for an “exciting” announcement. Surprise! The marketing department has decided to make a Harlem Shake video!!! Everyone was required to participate...

that’s just scary...

First, the HR lady gave me bad directions. Second, she looks at my resume and says, “Oh my, we have an opening for a junior person and I can see from your resume that you are qualified for a senior position”. They did have a senior position that was opening up in a few weeks though, apparently one of their admins was…