The weirdest things people have done in an interview

If you’re sticking to your New Year’s resolution to get a new job, hopefully you’ll have an interview lined up soon. Consider this your refresher course on how not to blow it.

A new survey from CareerBuilder asked hiring managers to name the biggest ways that someone can sink a job interview. Here’s the top 10:

1. Lying about something, 69%.

2. Answering your phone or texting during the interview, 68%.

3. Not making eye contact, 67%.

4. Acting arrogant or entitled, 60%.

5. Dressing inappropriately, 50%.

6. Swearing, 50%.

7. Not smiling, 39%.

8. Playing with something on the table, 33%.

9. Having bad posture, 30%.

10. Fidgeting too much in your seat, 30%.

The survey also found the WEIRDEST things people had ever done during interviews. Here are our eight favorites . . .

1. A woman took a family photo off the interviewer’s desk and put it in her purse.

2. A person trying to get a data entry position said their ideal job was, quote, “painter of birdhouses.”

3. A woman said her main job was a psychic and tried to read the interviewer’s palm . . . even when they said no.

4. A person put lotion on their feet during the interview.

5. A woman sang the answers to the questions.

6. When a guy was asked why he’d applied, he said, quote, “My wife wants me to get a job.”

7. A person felt the interviewer’s chest so they could, quote, “connect heart to heart.”

8. A guy on a phone interview took the phone into the bathroom . . . and flushed.



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