Interviewing ... oh, oh's

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We've all been interviewed for jobs.  And, we've all spent 
most of those interviews thinking about what not to do.  
Don't bite your nails. Don't fidget. Don't interrupt.  
Don't belch.  If we did any of the don'ts, we knew  we'd 
disqualify ourselves instantly. But some job applicants go
light years  beyond this. This is a survey from top 
personnel executives of some major American  corporations 
They were asked for stories of unusual behavior by job 
applicants.

 1. Said he was so well-qualified [that] if he didn't get 
    the job, it would prove that the company's management was 
    incompetent.
 2. Stretched out on the floor to fill out the job 
    application.
 3. Brought her large dog to the interview.
 4. Chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles.
 5. Candidate kept giggling through serious interview.
 6. She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and 
    the music at the same  time.
 7. Balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to 
    office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece.
 8. Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle.
 9. Asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel 
    executive was qualified to judge the candidate.
10. Announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a 
    hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's office.
11. Without saying a word, candidate stood up and walked out 
    during the middle of the interview.
12. Man wore jogging suit to interview for position as 
    financial vice president.
13. Said if he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty 
    by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm.
14. Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering 
    specific interview questions.
15. Wouldn't get out of the chair until I would hire him. I 
    had to call the police.
16. When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and 
    started tap dancing around my office.
17. Had a little pinball game and challenged me to play 
    with him.
18. Bounced up and down on my carpet and told me I must be 
    highly thought of by the company because I was given such 
    a thick carpet.
19. Took a brush out of my purse, brushed his hair and 
    left.
20. Pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash 
    picture of me.  Said he collected photos of everyone who 
    interviewed him.
21. Candidate asked me if I would put on a suit jacket to 
    insure that the offer was formal.
22. Said he wasn't interested because the position paid 
    too much.
23. While I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant 
    took out a copy of Penthouse, and looked through the photos 
    only, stopping longest at the centerfold.
24. During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the 
    candidate's briefcase. He took it out, shut it off, 
    apologized and said he had to leave for another interview.
25. A telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was 
    from his wife.  His side of the conversation went like this: 
    'Which company? When do I start? What's the salary?' I said, 
    'I assume you're not interested in conducting the interview 
    any further.' He promptly responded, 'I am as long as you'll 
    pay me more.' I didn't hire him, but later found out there 
    was no other job offer. It  was a scam to get a higher offer.
26. An applicant came in wearing only one shoe. She explained 
    that the other shoe was stolen off her foot in the bus.
27. His attache [case] opened when he picked it up and the 
    contents spilled, revealing ladies' undergarments and 
    assorted makeup and perfume.
28. He came to the interview with a moped and left it in the 
    reception area.  He didn't want it to get stolen, and stated 
    that he would require indoor parking for the moped.
29. He took off his right shoe and sock, removed a medicated 
    foot powder and dusted it on the foot and in the shoe. While 
    he was putting back the shoe and sock, he mentioned that he 
    had to use the powder four times a day, and this was the time.
30. Candidate said he really didn't want to get a job, but 
    the unemployment office needed proof that he was looking for 
    one.
31. He whistled when the interviewer was talking.
32. Asked who the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture 
    on my desk. When I said it was my wife, he asked if she was 
    home now and wanted my phone number, I called security.
33. She threw-up on my desk, and immediately started asking 
    questions about the job, like nothing had happened.
34. Pointing to a black case he carried into my office, he 
    said that if he was not hired, the bomb would go off. 
    Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired 
    and that I was going to call the police.  He then reached 
    down to the case, flipped a switch and ran.  No one was
    injured, but I did need to get a new desk.
35. Asked if I wanted some cocaine before starting the 
    interview.

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