JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
This ^ wins lol
Although are you suggesting you may have got the job if you had been married, say, 10 years? lol
Where is the funniest/strangest place you had a job interview?
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This ^ wins lol
Although are you suggesting you may have got the job if you had been married, say, 10 years? lol
He certainly used his plunger.
A very indepth and probing interview then, did she have a colleague with her to help with the process?
Maybe
I had to Google him, and No, it only happened to me once.Are you Robin Askwith?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I changed jobs in my current school from being a full time salaried teacher to an hourly paid tutor. Despite me being the only candidate for the job and knowing that I was guaranteed getting the job I still had to go through the interview process:
I turned up at the appointed time and waited, alone, in the interview room for ten minutes.
No one turned up. I then left the interview room and went in search of the interview panel.
I'd barely walked ten yards before being confronted by a child going berserk in the entrance foyer and staff looking on helplessly.
I restrained the child, calmed him down and guided him to my interview room followed by a couple of colleagues who took over after I extracted a promise from the child that he wasn't going to do a runner.
Resuming my search for my interview panel, I located the deputy head in his office who coloured up and admitted that he'd forgotten and sent me in search of the head of science who was also an interviewer.
I found the head of science who was on his way to a meeting elsewhere in the school and he was under the impression that the interview had been postponed as the deputy hadn't confirmed that the interview was going ahead.
Returning to the interview room I found the furniture in disarray and the pupil pinned to the floor by two members of staff with the school liaison police officer who happened to be on site in attendance.
A quick visit to the school office procured an alternative venue for the interview to take place - a good thirty minutes later than scheduled.
The interview then took place and having thanked me for insightful answers to their questions the head of science and the deputy head then left telling me that they would be discussing my suitability for the job and I would be notified of the outcome in due course.
A polite enquiry about the outcome twenty four hours later was met with the response, 'we haven't had time to discuss the interview yet' we'll let you know at the earliest opportunity.
A further forty eight hours later I was told that I'd got the job.
I felt that I'd bloody well earned it!
I turned up at the appointed time and waited, alone, in the interview room for ten minutes.
No one turned up. I then left the interview room and went in search of the interview panel.
I'd barely walked ten yards before being confronted by a child going berserk in the entrance foyer and staff looking on helplessly.
I restrained the child, calmed him down and guided him to my interview room followed by a couple of colleagues who took over after I extracted a promise from the child that he wasn't going to do a runner.
Resuming my search for my interview panel, I located the deputy head in his office who coloured up and admitted that he'd forgotten and sent me in search of the head of science who was also an interviewer.
I found the head of science who was on his way to a meeting elsewhere in the school and he was under the impression that the interview had been postponed as the deputy hadn't confirmed that the interview was going ahead.
Returning to the interview room I found the furniture in disarray and the pupil pinned to the floor by two members of staff with the school liaison police officer who happened to be on site in attendance.
A quick visit to the school office procured an alternative venue for the interview to take place - a good thirty minutes later than scheduled.
The interview then took place and having thanked me for insightful answers to their questions the head of science and the deputy head then left telling me that they would be discussing my suitability for the job and I would be notified of the outcome in due course.
A polite enquiry about the outcome twenty four hours later was met with the response, 'we haven't had time to discuss the interview yet' we'll let you know at the earliest opportunity.
A further forty eight hours later I was told that I'd got the job.
I felt that I'd bloody well earned it!
Telephone call from The Works Manager:
Him: Hello TVC.
Me: Hello Dennis
Him: Are you interested in some temp work while you are looking for a permanent job?
Me: Yes
Him: OK be here at eight tomorrow.
12 years later I'm in charge of all transformer coil winding, run a second production cell producing a third of the companies monthly output and work as a manufacturing engineering accross both our Leicester and Manchester sites.
Not bad for a few weeks temp work whilst I found a proper job.
Him: Hello TVC.
Me: Hello Dennis
Him: Are you interested in some temp work while you are looking for a permanent job?
Me: Yes
Him: OK be here at eight tomorrow.
12 years later I'm in charge of all transformer coil winding, run a second production cell producing a third of the companies monthly output and work as a manufacturing engineering accross both our Leicester and Manchester sites.
Not bad for a few weeks temp work whilst I found a proper job.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Not a strange place, exactly, but a strange interview.
I was working on an IT helpdesk for an outsourcing company.
One Friday morning I had a call from a mate on another team, asking if I'd be interested in moving to work with her. Yes, indeed I would.
5 minutes later, I'm getting in the lift to go for an interview.
Utterly unprepared, and in clothing suitable for a dress-down Friday.
And so it was that I was interviewed in trainers, jeans and a T-shirt.
And yes, I did get the job
I was working on an IT helpdesk for an outsourcing company.
One Friday morning I had a call from a mate on another team, asking if I'd be interested in moving to work with her. Yes, indeed I would.
5 minutes later, I'm getting in the lift to go for an interview.
Utterly unprepared, and in clothing suitable for a dress-down Friday.
And so it was that I was interviewed in trainers, jeans and a T-shirt.
And yes, I did get the job
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
In a pub
The company didn't really want to drag me down to London for an interview so arranged to have an employee that lived fairly close t do it. We met in a pub halfway between us, he bought lunch and beer. I bought beer. We both bought more beer. I got the job.
Could I suggest you first eliminate the unlucky ones by throwing half the (unopened) applications in the bin?
The company didn't really want to drag me down to London for an interview so arranged to have an employee that lived fairly close t do it. We met in a pub halfway between us, he bought lunch and beer. I bought beer. We both bought more beer. I got the job.
Could I suggest you first eliminate the unlucky ones by throwing half the (unopened) applications in the bin?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I was interviewed for a funeral director's assistant's job. For some reason i'd wanted to do this kind of work for a few years when i was in my 20's but i wouldn't fancy it now as i feel closer to meeting my maker! Anyway,the interview was in the actual embalming room,complete with a "client" having their blood drained! 
I think he wanted to see my reaction. I think the white face and the mumbled answers during the interview made both of us realise that maybe i wasn't cut out for that kind of work.
I think he wanted to see my reaction. I think the white face and the mumbled answers during the interview made both of us realise that maybe i wasn't cut out for that kind of work.
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Where??
Why, whilst standing on top of a lamp post, covered in pink blancmange and with Boney M blaring away in the background!! (Long story).
I didn't get the job.
Why, whilst standing on top of a lamp post, covered in pink blancmange and with Boney M blaring away in the background!! (Long story).
I didn't get the job.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
The place was on the stage the London Palladium, the job was for work on a cruise ship. An audition really rather than an interview though there was an interview process.
Because of the lights on the stage I could not see the two or three people interviewing me, so I was just talking to these disembodied voices in the auditorium, then I had to perform on the most famous stage in the world, bricking myself because of the situation and the venue my nerves where shot to pieces. I didn't get the job.
On the way home I got stopped by plod and given a fine because I inadvertently drove along a bus lane. I never did an audition again.
Because of the lights on the stage I could not see the two or three people interviewing me, so I was just talking to these disembodied voices in the auditorium, then I had to perform on the most famous stage in the world, bricking myself because of the situation and the venue my nerves where shot to pieces. I didn't get the job.
On the way home I got stopped by plod and given a fine because I inadvertently drove along a bus lane. I never did an audition again.
