One applicant actually asked for a hug.
According to a recent online study by JobsCentral, interviewers
revealed some of the strangest job candidates they have come
across.
The online study was conducted among 396 hiring managers and HR
personnels between 13 August and 14 September 2012. Here are the 25
real-life bizarre interview encounters:
1. Candidate doodles on his resume while talking
2. Candidate brought all the trophies he won since his schooling
days
3. Candidate showed up for the interview in a hat and Hawaiian
shirt
4. Candidate answered her phone mid-interview and taught her
mother how to cook a dish
5. Candidate stalked female interviewer at the staff
entrance
6. Candidate kept sucking his thumb before speaking
7. Candidate kept looking at interviewer closely with his mouth
open
8. Candidate brought along her 7 year old brother whom she was
babysitting
9. Candidate started crying when she talked about her family
problems
10. Candidate carefully laid out all her stationaries on the
table
11. Candidate insisted on only speaking to the CEO
12. Candidate started singing the national anthem and refused to
stop
13. Candidate asked interviewer out for a date
14. Candidate brought her mother to sit in for interview
15. Candidate whispered to himself when answering questions
16. Candidate constantly played with 3cm long nail on last
finger
17. Candidate laughed at every single sentence interviewer
said
18. Candidate refused to shake hands
19. Candidate was at reception and yet called to say she was
ill
20. Candidate requested for a hug
21. Candidate arrived and left after using the toilet
22. Candidate kept looking around the room like he was searching
for someone
23. Candidate sat very still during interview with only eyeball
movements
24. Candidate combed her hair repeatedly during the
interview
25. Candidate was over-excited over everything interviewer
said
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