17 Real Job Interviews That Went Completely Off The Rails

Put on a nice suit, polish your resume, and kiss your expectations goodbye.
17 Real Job Interviews That Went Completely Off The Rails

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Conventional wisdom tells us what to expect from a job interview: You wear a suit, you prepare your resume, you research the company, then white-knuckle your way through a formal, structured process. It's all very by-the-book.

But as it turns out, it isn't. Sometimes the process of interviewing for a job descends into utter madness. At least it did, for our readers.

Midway through my interview at what I thought was a reputable grocery store chain, the HR lady handed me a form and asked me to fll it out to receive
I WAS OFFERED A JOB WRITING A SCRIPT FOR A SPANISH SOAP OPERA, BUT UNDER THE CONDITION THAT I SHOULD TALK PRIVATELY WITH THE DIRECTOR FIRST. AT SOME P
The interviewer told me to wait in the room and walked out. I sat there for about forty-five minutes before E got up and left. Later that day, the com
DID YOU SEE THAT WOMAN WHO KEPT GETTING HER TTS OUT? ..-just like paradisc So asked the lady interviewing me, upon learning we'd been at the same D
In the middle of my interview, the manager got a phone call. It was his wife. She wanted a divorce. CRACKED.COM
I WENT FOR AN IN-HOUSE DESIGN JOB AT A WELL-KNOWN CIGARETTE COMPANY. The interview room was thick with smoke, and both interviewers were chain-smoking
AN interviewer barely cared about my qualifications. and was way too eager to discuss my weight. NO FAT CHICKS I guess he didn't want fatties teaching
CRACKED.COM I was in a group interview for one full-time position. During a typing test, I saw my car being towed but I WANTED THE JOB! LHE The distra
Straight Out of college, I applied for a job that didn't require prior experience. Except that it did, which I found out at the interview. The manager
When applying for a creative writing teaching job, I was given a task: write a short story in ten minutes, PAOTIT L max Gan crke fny/ h rrar kirltel c
ONE TIME DURNG AN INTERVEW, A FLY FELL INTO THE MANAGER'S CUP. SHE LOOKED INTO THE CUP AND FINISHED IT. I GOT THE JOB. CRACKED.COM
In Asia I was interviewing for a job at a university to teach English to nursing students. In the middle of the interview I was abruptly asked if I wa
During a job interview, O had mentioned that O was good at multi-tasking. The interviewer asked me to demonstrate by having me write something using b
CRACKED.COM My interviewer insisted on carrying on with the interview even though one of their employees was being arrested right in front of my eyes.
BRC My interview consisted of my would- be boss rapid-firing management cliches at me for 25 minutes (I don't believe in 110% has always stuck wit
My interviewer walked into the room with his arms kind of outspread by his sides. I thought he was going in for a hug, So I hugged him. He didn't hug
When I entered the interview room the director was getting a pedicure from one of his employees. It lasted throughout our talk. I was happy that: I di

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