10 Strange and Toxic Job Interview Stories

Reddit has a new interesting thread. In it, users share stories from interviews that made them understand: no matter what money they offer, you should not accept this offer. 10 bright examples were chosen.

1. “Some people turn interviews into idiotic games. Somehow they put me on a low chair at a low table, put an empty glass and a decanter of water on such distance that I had to stand up to reach out, while the six people interviewing me were sitting at a normal high table.

Everything was done in such a way as to give me maximum discomfort, and the questions were more about me personally, and not about my skills. It would do well for such people to remember that an interview is a conversation, not an interrogation, ” fargmania

2. “I was interviewing for a junior marketer in the film industry. It wasn't until the second hour that I was told that I wouldn't get anything for the first few months while I was trained on the job. Moreover, it was about full-time employment, and I had to work from a personal laptop, ”-

3. “When asked about the minimum bid for my position, I was asked why this is so important to me,” — Punkstarbabe

4. “When the company called me for the fifth interview, I realized that there would be no end to this and it was time to stop wasting my time,” kyle71473

5. “When the recruiter said that my duties would include transferring clients’ money to my personal account, and only then to the company’s account, I turned around and left,” asstyrant

6. “I had an interview at a private school with a no buts policy. I was asked to imagine a scenario in which a student comes to me and says that he did not do his homework because he spent the night in intensive care: his brother was seriously injured. The rules of the school assumed that a student without homework always remains after school. I couldn’t bring myself to answer this question “correctly,” fxcassell

7. “It was a low-paying job in the service industry, and besides me, another woman was interviewed. And it turned out to be the most strange and awkward. She said she lost her job and needed money to provide for her children. I had to explain that without this job I would not be able to pay for the university, as if it were some kind of competition for the worst situation in life, ” Future_Classic_

8. “I got a supposedly technical position: I had to maintain and update the company's website. After almost an hour of conversation, the recruiter clarified how I feel about sales, because half of the working time I have to make cold calls, and I still need to comply with the monthly sales norms. Of course, this was not mentioned in the vacancy, ” risenphoenixkai

9. “Three out of four employees I spoke to urged me not to accept a job at this company. At the same time, the fourth, the general director, told how wonderful everything is with them, ”- IAmDotorg

10. “I was out of work for a long time, so I started going to every job interview that came my way. At some point, I tried to get a job in a store - better than nothing. The group interview went well, the second one was already one on one with the manager. He spent 10 minutes telling me what a terrible resume I have, ” godzillastailor