Stupidest Interviewees
I was in San Francisco last week attending a corporate training. Diane, our instructor happens to be a very talkative person who loves to share some stories other than the text book theories.
Besides teaching, she is also responsible for our department’s hiring effort. So here are a few stories she shared with us:
Stupid Interviewee #1
The guy had a great resume, but when he started talking, Diane noticed that the guy had no clue of what we are doing for a living. He couldn’t even spell our product’s names. Finally, after a few rounds of Q&A, the truth was out. He was a bartender who was lucky enough to get a hold of a copy of our typical resume. “But I can make anything..” the bartender argued. Well, sure enough, he ain’t gonna know how to shake up the WebSphere Integration Server. Sorry Dude.
Stupid Interviewee #2
A few minutes into the friendly pre-interview small talk, the interviewee flat out said to the interviewer, “I am only interested in Director level of jobs. If you can’t offer me the higher position, our conversation is over. “ Wow, chill out buddy, you are the one who is coming here for a job. Well, the part we couldn’t understand was that the job description clearly stated the job title. If this director-wanna-be can’t even read plain English, at least have a director level of manner and finish talking to the person, especially the one who is potential going to hand out the job
Stupid Interviewee #3
Diane, my instructor is a very experienced architect on the team. She may have a sweet 16 year old voice, but she’s been in the field for longer than I have. When she was interviewing a guy who seemed to be a real good fit, the guy started to educate her about the product we are offering. Diane kept telling him, ‘I know this product. I have been working on it for a long time. Let’s get back to the interview questions..” The guy kept on ignoring her and went on and on to teach Diane how to do her job. Wow, buddy, wrong attribute to assume that women don’t know anything. You are soooo not hired!!
Wow… I’m glad my interview did not provide fodder for her! I remember speaking with Diane; she seemed very nice.
Yeah.. if she were the final decision maker, I think you’d be hired..
That’s ok, we tried. Besides, I work for a pretty cool people-focused Consulting company now and actually have a great manager. Hmm… Maybe HAL (2001) really was 1 step ahead…
I remember being interviewed by Diane, I think we ended up talking about my resume for about 20 minutes and the rest of the time discussing what’s the best novels to read on planes