Office Team, a staffing firm, recently asked HR managers what are the oddest things they have seen interviewees do. Here are the highlights:

- One did well during the interview, but on leaving, he walked right through a glass door, shattering it.

- One candidate decided he would address the interviewer by first name - the wrong one.

- One realized halfway through the interview that he had applied for the wrong job, while trying to convince the company that he was right for the job.

- One was told he did not get the job - but he showed up for work the next day.

- One constantly put his little finger in his ear, examined what came out, and rubbed it onto the chair

- One showed up intoxicated, and got upset when he was told they would not do the interview with him due to his state. He said he would come back the next day when he was "more soberer", but the interviewer declined.

- One recent graduate from high school was asked what her grade point average was. She said she didn't know, she just took her diploma and stuck it on the wall. She was also asked if she had ever held a clerical position before. The grad didn't know what "clerical" meant and had to have it spelled for her. The interviewer told her she would let her figure it out, and ended the call.

- One candidate was having a bad hair day, and as she left the interview one of her weave tracks fell to the floor

- One showed up for the interview with her children. She got mad when the interviewer suggested doing the interview at a better time when she could arrange for a sitter. She got angry, saying she does not have anyone to watch her children during the day. How was she planning on working during the day, then, the interviewer thought to herself ...

- Some candidates show up at interviews with their mothers, grandmothers, etc.

- One, while waiting to be interviewed, fell asleep in the reception area and was snoring loudly.

- One, applying for a proofreader's position, spelt the word as "Proffreader" in her cover letter.

- One showed up for the interview in bedroom slippers and a pajama top, hair uncombed, looking like she just rolled out of bed.

- And one, when asked on the application form if he had ever been convicted of a felony, wrote "No, but I did have one Mister Meaner."

Do you have any odd-behaviour stories to share? Do let us know!



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