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

[BrianSnail]

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

I might try the reverse in future interviews...

"I can see the rate for this role is £350 a day, you know my rate is £500, do you want to continue the interview?"

[chris79]

Not an interview, but I had an agent call me this week to ask me if I was still interested in a job I'd put in for a few weeks ago.

I was told they wanted to interview me asap and would I be able to make it. I asked for the job-spec and rate and asked if I could get back to him on it, to which there was a long pause on the phone, followed by a reluctant tone and a "and when will that be (sigh).. etc". ????? Overall a very arsey attitude toward me, even though I was told "you are the only person in for the interview who they want to see".. (yeah I've heard that one before, sorry).

Anyway, after considering the 7 hour round trip involved for the interview and the rate being offered I emailed him back to say "I'm interested on the following conditions, 1. Telephone interview first, 2. The rate must be negotiated, please come back to me if the client is still interested".

No reply.... I guess that means they'll be re-advertising it since I was the only candidate.

[expat]

We can only pay you £500 a day.

That pisses me right off.

Yes, that's a measly 550 Euros thanks to Mr Brown. He thinks he saved the world. No chance, but definitely fvcked the pound.

No, he didn't do that single-handed. 550€ is all that £500 has really been worth for years, though we managed to persuade the currency markets otherwise.

[Grinder]

I was recently asked what I've been getting up to while benched. I thought he should mind his own business so I just said I was getting really good at Fifa on the PS2.

Didn't get the job....

[chris79]

I was recently asked what I've been getting up to while benched. I thought he should mind his own business so I just said I was getting really good at Fifa on the PS2.

Didn't get the job....

excellent!

The most over-used question I've heard recently is "how are you finding the market?"..

[original PM]

I was recently asked what I've been getting up to while benched. I thought he should mind his own business so I just said I was getting really good at Fifa on the PS2.

Didn't get the job....

the interviewer must have been more of a Pro Evo man!

[NickNick]

I was recently asked what I've been getting up to while benched. I thought he should mind his own business so I just said I was getting really good at Fifa on the PS2.

Didn't get the job....

I once responded with "trying to crack one off in *every* room of the house."

Didn't get the job....

[PM-Junkie]

Guy I was at school with put "stamping in puddles and kicking cats" down for his hobbies and pastimes in his application for the BBC. At the interview, he was told he got the interview partly on the basis that they wanted to meet the guy who would put that on an application form.

He got the job, and as far as I know is still a cameraman with them.

....I could never pluck up the nerve to try something similar!!