Job interview, Awkward and Work: Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room,...

By Jobless - 07/09/2010 23:27 - Canada

Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room, the interviewer said, "OK, I will interview you, but there is no way I'm hiring you." FML

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By Anonymous - 22/04/2013 23:37 - Australia - Mona Vale

Today, I walked out of a job interview feeling confident because I'd really hit it off with the interviewer. He called me an hour later to tell me that I didn't get the job, since he was afraid we'd "get along too well and never get any work done." FML

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By parker1993 - 03/02/2011 18:53 - United States

Today, while waiting for a job interview, a woman sat down next to me and asked if I was here for the job too. Thinking she was also an applicant, I tried to demoralise her, and said the job was going to be a complete joke. With that, she stood up and said, "Do you still want to go into my office?" She was the interviewer. FML

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By lulupie - 08/08/2016 09:10

Today, I went to a job interview. I really needed the job to keep my apartment. As I was being interviewed, the manager looked past me and stared off into space. There goes the job and my apartment. FML

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By Lyingg - 05/10/2011 20:33 - United Kingdom

Today, I had a job interview. The only moment I impressed the interviewer was when I talked about drama. He started to talk about a play I hadn't seen, but I decided to agree on everything he was saying. Suddenly he said, "the play doesn't actually exist." I silently left the room. FML

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Honest

By Anonymous - 04/09/2024 22:00 - Australia

Today, I had a job interview that I really wanted to nail. Everything was great until the interviewer asked me why I left my last job. I meant to say, "I felt it was time for a new challenge," but instead I said, "I felt tired of pretending to care." The look on their face was priceless. Needless to say, but I don't think I'll get the job. FML

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Am I hired?

By KLM - 14/08/2024 14:00 - United Kingdom - Manchester

Today, I had a job interview. As I walked in, I confidently shook the interviewer's hand, only to say, "I'm doing well, how are you?" before she'd even asked me how I was, or even said anything. The rest of the interview was pretty much a blur of awkwardness. FML

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Waste of time

By wasteoftime - 07/06/2017 20:00

Today, I went to a job interview. I never applied for the job, they'd sought me out, had a phone interview, and sent samples, all before the face-to-face interview. Turns out none of the people I met with had even read my resume or writing samples. I was told I might not be a good fit. FML

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By Jeanna - 15/03/2016 23:14 - United States - Baskett

Today, I went into a store for an interview. I've had several places wanting to talk to me and this job was a lot lower paying. I got a little cocky and when offered the job, I said I wanted some time to finish my other interviews first and see what my options were. The manager then took back his offer. FML

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Not a good sign

By DeepFriedZombie - 09/08/2016 00:18

Today, I went to my first job interview. I didn't think I was doing too badly, until the interviewer said, "Wait a second, you're in high school?" I explained that the guy who'd called me had said that this wouldn't be a problem. I then watched as my interviewer left his desk to "deal" with him. FML

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By amyhyett - 28/01/2015 23:18 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I walked into a door on my way in to an interview, in front of the interviewer and a group of people waiting to be interviewed. FML

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PlutoSA 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 9:13

That's when you say "I'm actually a common-law attorney investigating allegations of incorrect labour practice. I'll listen to your excuses now, but I'm not going to believe any of them."

Norwegian_Wood 4

Wednesday 8 September 2010 9:08

Ouch. Were you dressed unprofessionally or something? Without more info I can't decide if YDI or FYL.

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claudiame 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 12:28

WTF is up with Canada?!?! u might have decent health care but you job practices suck!

compasseagle89 8

Wednesday 8 September 2010 13:16

WTF is up with claudiame?!?! u might have decent misunderstanding of how the world works but you spelling and grammar suck!

GWOTVET 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 12:43

Oh c'mon! In order to get a reaction like that, then you must've done SOMETHING you shouldn't have. interviews are all about great first impressions and apparently you were too stubborn to play the game. Nose ring? Didn't dress to impress? Screwed his wife? ;) It had to be something on your part.

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Wednesday 8 September 2010 12:52

Ha At least they were honest. You got interview practice out of it so don't complain. You probably wouldn't have gotten the job anyway because you scare people.

xdanixx 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 12:55

That sucks! Hope you walked out

Duchess04 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 13:04

That is unprofessional of her, I don't exactly know why she said that, could be the way you dress and show yourself or she particularly know you & heard stuff about you, but either way, that is discriminatory action and is very unethical

Kanvis78 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 13:13

Just because an employer doesn't hire everyone that comes in the door, by no means, is unethical or discrimatory!

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Wednesday 8 September 2010 15:29

It's not discriminatory. Most of the USA is not right-to-work but even if it was you honestly believe employers are not allowed to not hire someone for just about whatever reason? Moron.

ScrabbleBabe2010 0

Wednesday 8 September 2010 14:36

OP could have been dressed perfectly and be the exact race they (MAYBE) needed to fill some demographic and still got that line for many good reasons. In the past I worked building computer boards and they looked for people with smaller hands to do the delicate work. So, if some big, brawny, fat fingered guy interviewed for a job like that, he would not get it. However, even though the interviewer may not feel you are right for this particular job, you always want to do your very best, make a good impression, and not burn any bridges. You may be considered for another position in the company instead, if you did pull off a good interview....

EvilDave 13

Wednesday 8 September 2010 15:34

Of course, the interviewer may have already found the perfect candidate or the posting might have just been a formality because they had already decided on an internal candidate but are required to post the job.

notimaginary 7

Wednesday 8 September 2010 15:46

I hope you said "**** or GTFO!"

EvilDave 13

Wednesday 8 September 2010 15:59

I always love to read these FMLs and the comments from the teens and early 20s who have little to no experience in the real world making unsupported assumptions about the posts and making patently false statements about the law.

devans00 14

Wednesday 8 September 2010 17:06

I agree EvilDave. Lots of FML posters make me think: inexperienced, naive, gullible, clueless. And those are only the ones I think are trying to be serious.