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The Lion’s Pride: Interviewing

Worst...Interview...Answers...Ever

We've all bombed at least one interview. Maybe it was nerves. It could have been a lack of experience or practice. It may have even been for a position way above our heads.

Today, we'll take a look at the lighter side of interviews - the worst interview answers ever.

Pulling A Rabbit Out of My Hat. A hiring manager once told me she asked a candidate what he could offer that other candidates couldn't. He proceeded to do a magic trick with a pen. To his credit, the hiring manager said, he did use it as a metaphor for his skills and philosophies, but it smacked of desperation to stand out. "It was sophomoric," she said. "I was afraid to ask him another question for fear he'd pull something out of my ear."

TMI! TMI! I was sitting in on an interview with a young man for a part-time job. The question posed was the typical "What's your biggest weakness?" He felt it appropriate to mention he liked spicy foods and that it gave him the trotts. While most of us, if we were the hiring manager, would have ended the interview at that point (without a handshake), the manager remained professionally straight faced and asked him to tell a story about himself. The young man provided a hitchhiking adventure. A hitchhiker with the runs? Too much information, indeed!

...If You Show Me Yours. I've heard from several hiring managers that candidates have come on to them during interviews, as if that would help their prospects. One particularly handsome candidate, in fact, went so far as to proposition the interviewer, despite the big honking diamond on her hand and clearly visible family pictures on her desk. This, of course, was in response to her asking what his best trait was. She told him he wasn't qualified for either position.

Hope these provided a giggle and that you've never used any of these in your interviews. If you have really bad interview answers, send it to editor@WildJobSafari.com. The really good bad ones will be published at a later date.

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