# Let's make the worst job interview ever... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327 "2008-10-10T15:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/21 "2008-10-10T23:37:25Z")
Q: Would your former employer recommend you for this job? A: He will if he knows what’s good for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/22 "2008-10-10T23:46:03Z")
Q: What references do you have that are applicable to this position? A: None, I’ve left a path of destruction behind me. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/23 "2008-10-10T23:54:08Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Why should we hire you instead of the other candidates? > > Because if you don’t, I’ll catch you alone in the parking lot, take you deep into the woods, break your arms and legs, and leave you there. I like your style. I suspect that I’ll be cribbing this at some point. Not at a job interview of course, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/24 "2008-10-11T02:09:41Z")
Q: What do you consider your biggest asset? A: The pictures I have of your company’s CEO engaging in anonymous gay sex in a bus station men’s room. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/25 "2008-10-11T02:20:40Z")
Q: Why did you leave your last job? A: I got tired of people trying to kill me. Q: Why do you want to work here? A: You guys are hiring and I got used to that whole ‘eating more than once a day’ thing. I’ve actually said those two things. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/26 "2008-10-11T03:06:58Z")
vaguely recalled from a webcomic. The strip is dealing with interviews for an evil minion position in an army of the damned. Q: Some of your co-workers have some habits you may find unsavory. Do you have a problem with eating other living things? A: Not at all. Q: What about individuals who only eat meat? A: Shouldn’t be a problem. Q: Splendid! How about species that only eat other sentient beings? A: Hmmm… Q: Does that sound like it would be a problem? A: That sounds… Q: Yes? A: …delicious! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/27 "2008-10-11T03:29:00Z")
Q: Why do you want to work here? A: I don’t. Q: What’s your greatest weakness? A: _insert genitalia of choice_ Q: What would you do if you found out that an employee had stolen from the company? A: Ask them for a cut in exchange for silence, of course. Q: Why did you leave your last job? A: Oh, they were so touchy about me setting my last manager on fire. Q: Any questions? A: You wanna go smoke a j in the parking lot with me? And to turn the tables, an actual exchange that took place during a job interview I had. To set the scene, it’s a Saturday afternoon, and instead of being upstairs in an office or something, we’re in the movie theater lobby. The manager is eating popcorn as he reads questions off a piece of paper. Q: Can you tell me about a time you’ve needed to use teamwork to get something done? A: Absolutely. Last summer- Q: -Nah, I don’t actually need to hear about it, I just need to write down that you said yes. A: … ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/28 "2008-10-11T03:52:19Z")
Two things that really happened when I was interviewing applicants for a job. (Partway through the intrview) Me: You go to school ? Him: Yes Me: You live on Campus? Him: I did but they kicked me out for smokin’ reefer. Me: Oh…umm… well, we would do the same if ya did that here. Him: Well, thats ok,don’t think I’d like workin here anyway. This next one still makes me go 😕 Her: Would you mind if I got a snack? (We had vending machines in our lobby) Me: Umm…no go ahead(course I did mind and and already decided not to hire her…but what happend next was strange) She grabs her purse and takes out a KFC box meal and starts eating it…during the interview! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/29 "2008-10-11T04:05:12Z")
Q: So you want to be the communication director at the American Jewish Committee. This will involve putting out our monthly newsletter; how are you at proofreading? A: I’m a real grammar Nazi. This really happened to me. I was the interviewee. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/30 "2008-10-11T10:42:02Z")
classic **Family Guy** : > [@](#): > > Interviewer: So where do you see yourself in five years? > Peter: [Thinks: “Don’t say doing your wife. Don’t say doing your wife.”] > (looks at interviewer’s family picture) > Doing your, uh, son… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/31 "2008-10-11T17:27:51Z")
I like the one from Don’t Be A Menace . . . “Aye! I heard y’all niggas is hirin’!” And then, interviewer: "It says here your hobbies are drinking, smoking weed, and all types of ill shit . . . " ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/32 "2008-10-11T22:19:29Z")
Q: What is your worst quality? A: Really? Everyone knows “common” is the lowest quality people can make. Q: Tell me about a time when you handled adversity. A: Oh man, Al’gazalor’ithan the Fire Lord was a real pain to take down. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to destroy living fire that can reignite from its own ashes? Well, let me tell you… Q: No, that’s okay, um… next question. How do you handle stress? A: Well, first you have to research the proper spell “Solidify Emotion: Stress.” But handling it is difficult, you see, concentrated emotion can have tons of bad side effects. You need to first get a flask… on second thought this is easier to show than explain do you have any workers here I could show you with? Q: No. We don’t. And we ask you do not try that, ever. Why did you leave your last job? A: I wouldn’t call it a “job” so much as “independent problem and slaughter contractor.” I wasn’t hired per se… Q: Wait, your resume says “Adventure Guild” what about that? A: Oh, that? That was an inside job. I guess you could say I left it because there was no one else there in my… um… current state of vitality. Q: What are your greatest strengths? A: Well, I spend inordinate amounts of time pumping up my arcane spellcasting, so probably that. Q: Uh… okay, what about weaknesses. A: I’d say fire and bug types, you don’t have any giant flying bees with needles for hands around here do you? Q: Um… no. Anyway, For contact information you wrote “concentrate the energy of five mortals around an altar with a sacrificed squirrel while chanting my name and looking into a bowl of water,” care to elaborate? A: Man, I didn’t think I could get more clear than that, it means exactly what it says. Q: Okay, uh, last question. So why should we hire you over the other candidates? A: FOOL! The mere cosmos bends at my whim! Physics are a mere joke in my eyes, these other knaves do not have one-tenth the power I do in my pinky. Whether you choose to or not, my superior grasp over reality will ensure that some day, some time, you will hire me, whether it is by your own whim or mine I cannot say. _Throw smoke bomb and jump out window, pray window is on first floor_ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/33 "2008-10-11T22:26:14Z")
This is like a game they play on ‘Mock the Week’ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQ-g_xW5UY) Edit: Best bit: 1.07 (NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/34 "2008-10-11T22:34:51Z")
Q: What is your greatest weakness? A: I tend to pick at my blackheads. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/35 "2008-10-11T22:38:07Z")
Do you have any medical issues? Naked narcaleptic sleepwalking. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/36 "2008-10-11T22:53:44Z")
Actual job interview exchange: Me, the interviewer: What would you do if you saw some trash on the floor of the lobby? Slack-jawed interviewee: Tell the secretary to clean it up. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/37 "2008-10-11T23:01:41Z")
Q: So, why are you interested in this position. A: Look, I don’t really know what exactly you “do” here. I’m just interested in hunting brown people. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/38 "2008-10-11T23:08:38Z")
Phone interview: Q: What are you wearing right now?\* A: Whatever you want, mister. It’s your dime.\*\* \*Actual interview question. \*\*What my father suggested I should have replied. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/39 "2008-10-12T03:02:53Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Q. “Would you paint a room blue, green or red?” > > A. “None of them - I don’t like to work.” > > Q. “Why were you late for this interview?” > > A. “I can’t keep track of time.” > > Q. “Do you know you have odd socks on?” > > A. “Man, I was so wasted this morning.” Those aren’t odd socks, I have another pair just like them at home. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-the-worst-job-interview-ever/467327/40 "2008-10-12T05:45:13Z")
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