Walked in on Boss While on Toilet
My cousin had a big interview at a BB bank, so naturally, five minutes before the interview he wanted to "fully empty himself," as he says. So he goes to the bathroom and walked into a stall to find a guy sitting on the toilet (lock was broken). They locked eyes for 3 very long and awkward seconds before my cousin quickly apologized and ducked out. Five minutes later, my cousin walked into his interview to find out that the interviewer sitting behind his desk was the man who five minutes earlier was sitting on the toilet. My cousin didn't get the gig.
Along these lines, a recent post discussed the worst conduct by an interviewer... but can we hear stories about idiotic things interviewees have said or done? I’m just wondering if there are certain things applicants have said or done during an interview that made you automatically think, “No way.”
On the flip side, I’d love to hear if an interviewee said or did something in the interview that made you think on the spot “Yeah, we definitely need this person.”
Or, if YOU were the interviewee, was there anything you did that completely torpedoed an interview (like my cousin)?
Always check for shoes. Always.
I just did this to my actual boss and its awkward. Couldn't imagine being an interviewee.
Yeah, hard to rebound from that... hopefully, you did it end of day on a Friday before a long weekend so you could both kind of erase it from your memories (though I’m sure something like that is never fully erased).
I remember it like yesterday... it was the first week in a year that we are both going to be in the office all 5 days together.
should have spun it into a joke and used it as an advantage
"holy shit what a coincidence"
Ha. Or used it on boss as blackmail. Or I guess in this case, brownmail. Sorry, guys, had to do it.
"Asking for a cousin"
Never Happened.
As stated above.
Never happened.
... and always check for shoes.
Not mine, but back in his Analyst days, one of our Associates walked in on a fellow Analyst choking the chicken.
For God’s sakes, put that thing away until you get home.
"I mean seriously, how often do you look at a man's shoes?"
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What if shit dropped and both heard the sound of splashing toilet water during those 3 seconds?
That would not be good.
Then You could literally say that shit went down at work today.
Nice.
No shit!
(I can't believe nobody has said that yet :))
Hahaha
I remember an interview I went to one time and I wasn't able to find the place using Google Maps. Now usually I am 15-20 minutes early to my interview to take a shit at the place and calm down my nerves, but I was walking around the block numerous times, not able to find the place still. I definitely had to ask someone, considering that I was short of time. I looked down at my watch, as I was walking, 5 minutes left.
AND then I bumped into someone. I knocked a coffee cup out of a woman's hand. OH SHIT Well I then aplogised and asked her where the xx office was located at. Thankfully she knew, so I ran towards the office and got to my interview just on time.
After the interview, I was walking around the office and being the immature student that I was (still am), I made myself a cup of coffee at the kitchen. I looked around while reading the newspaper placed on the table, and I noticed a lady staring at me, separated by a wall of clear glass. I noped out of there ASAP, placing the coffee on the table.
I hope she drank my coffee.
To anyone who was wondering, I didn't get the job.
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