The weirdest encounters with candidates

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According to CareerBuilder hiring managers know who they will hire within the first five minutes of an interview and just 8% of interviewers said they will give candidates half an hour before making up their minds. With that said the job portal site compiled a list of the worst interview deal breakers, have you face any of these?

 

And finally, these were these most absurd interview moments experienced by a hiring manager that turned them right off the potential hire.

• A candidate that did not have the skills to do the job and stated, “Fake it until you make it” as his personal philosophy.

• A Candidate asked the interviewer if she was qualified to be doing her job.

• A candidate asked for a cocktail.

• A candidate asked to taste the interviewer’s coffee.

• A candidate called a government job “something government-y.”

• A candidate came to interview wearing slippers.

• A candidate wore a Darth Vader outfit to the interview.

• A candidate spent a lot of time quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower, which had nothing to do with the position he was interviewing for.

• A  candidate leaned far forward with his head down during the first five minutes of the interview.

• A candidate offered the interviewer pumpkins and said they transfer good energy.

• A candidate pulled out a bag of drugs with his keys.

• A candidate broke out in song in the middle of the interview.

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