Things said in interviews that p*ss you off...

[ASB]

"Oh god it's not you again. Please stop changing your name".

[pmeswani]

"Oh god it's not you again. Please stop changing your name".

To which you respond... "Stop calling me for interviews then!!"

[deckster]

"Oh god it's not you again. Please stop changing your name".

The old comedy glasses and fake nose not working any more then?

[ASB]

The old comedy glasses and fake nose not working any more then?

Clearly they've never worked.

[d000hg]

"Do you have any children?"

I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked that - yes I know they're not supposed to, but they do.

CAn you not throw a strop, and scare them into hiring you so you don't sue

[kula]

I like "can you name some of your key strengths and weaknesses?"

Strengths - power of 10 men, hearing of a bat and able to assume any form.
Weaknesses - garlic, crucifixes and running water.

Do I get the gig then?

[yeahyeahwhatever]

LOL couldnt agree more buddy

When you hear that. . . . .RUN. . . .it roughly translates as ''we have promised to deliver a ridiculous amount of projects in an unrealistic amount of time, senior management dont know how to say no, i dont know how to say no , its just how things are done round here, dont worry. . ..we follow Prince 2 methodologies. . .'' its usual followed by words such as multiple, plates and spinning, replace/substititue where nessecary. Are you in? (just say you can then we can tick the box. . . . . )

Yup - 20 projects... "as if..." ... Sorry but unless you want me to just delegate 95% of the work and turn up for sign-off then yes, I am perfectly capable of operating 20 projects within a normal working week.

I think there is going to come a point where I just turn up to interviews and tell them the way things are, if they don't like it then they can get someone else. I hope one day when my war chest is big enough I can put this into practice.

[Rockfield]

Best reason I've had for not getting a contract... "we decided to go for the tallest candidate". I kid you not. I'm not exactly short. The position was managerial so I didn't exactly need to be 'beefy'! Lucky escape :-)

For a perm position I was asked whether I was thinking of having a family within the next 2 years, because if I was, they "probably wouldn't bother". After some coughing, spluttering and correcting that question by another other interview panel member, I got the job. Amusing!

[kookachoo]

The gig I have at the moment:

Q: Would it bother you being a contractor with an Accenture project team on site at MyCo?

A: No, not at all

What I wanted to say was, why do they need a contractor, I thought they were the best at everything. As it turns out, they need more than a contractor!

[mky21]

This absolutely killed me ... About half way through the interview ..

"Not sure why we are interviewing you, We are being taken over by EDS and the job will probably disappear"

And a government based company quite a few years ago ..

"I can see you are currently earning £17k per year, you know this role is at 11k, do you want to continue the interview"