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I grew up in the Houston area, where humidity is a way of life. Dallas/Ft. Worth are dry by comparison, IMO. Still, with the right conditions even that area can become unbearable. While in Dallas I went out on a job interview in mid-July, and as it turned out, was the hottest day of the year that year. It was also extremely humid. There I was, decked out in a nice suit and ready to impress!
After a short interview in one building, I was told to meet with the next person in another building. I assumed the building was across the street, so I didn't bother to drive. After walking about 20 minutes between this building and that, and finding no one who could help me locate the next person, I was quite literally drippping wet.
I stood before the receptionist at my last stop, my hair drenched, sweat pooling on the floor where I stood, and she told me I had to go to yet another building. Enough!
I found my way to my car, turned the AC up full, and made my way back home, thouroughly pissed, and looking as if I had. Later that afternoon I received an apologetic call from someone at that firm, and they asked me to come back. That's one job offer I turned down.
It was really hard to keep a straight face.
Apart from that, I work in an arcane field of social services where every KNOWS how easy it is and yet have never done it. The case subjects can have highly charged emotions and be very violent if pushed - it takes real skill to talk these people down.
Soooooo I quite often, thats at least 3 times a year, get stuck in a room with a senior member of staff who knows beggar all, but wont admit it asking some really off court questions that dont relate directly to what I do.
They then scoff when I dont give a perfect answer, but in turn are unable to answer ANY thing i ask them 'cos they know nuffin. Most times they cant even give an example situation they have been involved with. Total joke.
Best of all I can now spot these interviews just as they start.
[edited by: lawman at 7:01 pm (utc) on Mar. 24, 2005]
Use your imaginations: it was WORSE than that.
When they DID mention the salary, you could hear the thud as my jaw hit the ground - it was HALF of what I'd been earning in my previous job. My face said it all!
The thing that amazed me most was... why was I shortlisted for the position? Surely they would have known, from my age / experience / qualifications that I would have been looking for a much higher salary?
All they did was waste their own and my time.
Out of 400 applicants, I got the job. I count my blessings for that one.
My FUNNIEST interview was one I had at the tender age of 20. I'd been working at the company a couple of years when a better job was advertised internally, so I thought I'd give it a try.
At the time I was supplementing my earnings working 3 nights a week as a barmaid.
The interview took place a couple of weeks after Christmas, when I had gone out with my colleagues one afternoon, got plastered, and was unable to go to work in the pub that night!
During the interview, one of the panel commented on my working as a barmaid and said he was somewhat perturbed. I asked why, and he said "Well, you might have too much to drink in the pub one night and be unable to turn up for work in the morning!"
So I said "Oh no, I have too much to drink at work and I'm unable to turn up for the pub at night!"
Once the panel had stopped laughing, they offered me the job. :-)
