How do you perform in interviews? Even if there's room for improvement, don't take your tips from the following job applicants, who were interviewed for jobs with some of America's biggest companies. Senior personnel executives watched in amazement as job applicants displayed extraordinary behavior including: . . . challenging the interviewer to an arm wrestle. . . . falling and breaking an arm during the interview. . . . eating a hamburger and fries in the interviewer's office. . . . claiming to have been kidnapped and kept in a closet. . . . listening to a Walkman throughout the interview. . . . leaving the room bald, then returning with a hairpiece. . . . offering to tattoo the corporate logo on a forearm. . . . interrupting the interview to phone a therapist. . . . bringing a large dog to the interview. . . . insisting on being interviewed standing up. . . . dozing off during the interview. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you add to these lists of foibles?
<b>challenging the interviewer to an arm wrestle.</b> That shows that you're enthusiastic, and willing to accept a challenge <b>falling and breaking an arm during the interview.</b> Sounds like a workplace safety hazard. If anything, the company should give the prospective employee a job simply based on the pain and suffering he'll go through <b>eating a hamburger and fries in the interviewer's office.</b> If you're interviewing for a job at McDonald's, why not? It doesn't hurt to show that you like the company's product <b>claiming to have been kidnapped and kept in a closet.</b> You have to admit, that's more creative than "I was stuck in traffic". Personally, I would like an employee with a createive mind <b>listening to a Walkman throughout the interview.</b> Well, if the interviewer wasn't so boring, perhaps the interviewee wouldn't HAVE to listen to the walkman. Sounds more like a case of the interviewer needing to work on his personal communications skills <b>leaving the room bald, then returning with a hairpiece.</b> That shows that the job seeker is willing to improve himself <b>offering to tattoo the corporate logo on a forearm.</b> free advertising <b>interrupting the interview to phone a therapist.</b> People handle adversity in different ways. There's no shame in seeking the advice of a medical professional in times of stress <b>bringing a large dog to the interview.</b> Seeing eye dog, perhaps? <b>insisting on being interviewed standing up.</b> The interviewer should make every effort to ensure the comfort of a prospective employee. If the employee is more comofortable standing up, then that's perfectly acceptable <b>dozing off during the interview.</b> This is the one that troubles me the most. Narcolepsy is a very serious medical condition suffered by millions of Americans. If the employer didn't hire the job seeker because of this, it sounds like a CLASSIC case of discrimination based on a medical condition. I bet that place doesn't even have handicapped ramps, either... See, RichRocket, you just have to look on the positive side of things
