During my time searching for gainful employment I’ve gone through my fair share of interviews. Although most recruiters have a similar set of questions, there were definitely some interesting individuals that I encountered in my quest for the perfect job…which is still continuing by the way.
1. The Cyborg
“Hi, nice to meet you, bye. NEXT.”
But.
2. The Definite-Maybe
“You are exactly what we need, you clear all our tests, you are the perfect company material…I’m just not sure if we actually have a vacancy.”
So…did I get the job?
3. The Judger
“What are you passionate about? If you’re passionate about music then you won’t be passionate about your work would you huh? So you don’t actually know what you want.”
4. The Mother Goose
“We loooaaavvveeee young people like you, absolutely loooaavveeee mentoring young ones, I feel so much looaaavveee for the young lot…just not right now. Just not ever. Just not you.”
I…okay…
5. The Reaper
“So you’re a marketing graduate? Sell me this pen. No wait that’s too easy, sell me a condom. No? Okay sell me your soul.”
6. The Romantic
“I know you’ve applied for this position but are you sure you will like it? Love it maybe? Promise me that you will love it and cherish it and hold it close.”
7. The Professor
“What is the investment portfolio like for a risk-averse investor? Give numerical working. What is the relationship between Reach and Frequency. Explain with examples. Don’t cry, I just want to know how good you are academically.”
Please stahp.
8. The Newbie
“What do you know about our company? Oooh I didn’t know that. I don’t know what I’m doing right now either, I just joined last week.”
Neither do I. *highfive*
9. The Good-Bad Cop
“I would like to take ten minutes to introduce my lovely colleague here in 500 words…now I will let this amazing colleague ask you all the nice questions while I watch you slowly die inside from my stare.”
10. The Procrastinator
“I’m gonna interview five people at the same time so I won’t have to do this again and again, now you better remember the questions I ask candidate #1 because I don’t wanna repeat myself.”
Aren’t I lucky…
11. The Best Friend
“Omg you write? Send me something you’ve written! And no I won’t give you my email address for this because I’m obviously just trying to make you feel better about the lack of any other talents in your existence.”
We could totally be frenemies.
12. The Non-believer
“Why this company? No but why? No I’m asking why? Why do you want to work here? Where are you going? Don’t you want to work here?”
13. The Investigator
“No I will not look at your degree that states you have finished 18 years of education. I just need to verify this myself. Tell me everything about your life, your family, your job, your friends, your secrets.”
14. The Crook
“Some people say the way we do business is wrong but it’s only some people. Let’s go with what the majority thinks we do eh?”
I feel so…disillusioned…
15. The Sleazeball
“What may I do for a beautiful, young girl like yourself? Desk? Yours. Corner office? Yours. Company? I come with it *wink*.”
Uh…no thanks.
16. The Desperado
“I know our company isn’t famous and you don’t wanna work here but just give the interview okay?”
17. The Forward Thinker
“Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?”
In a goddamn mirror, that’s where.
18. The Commitment-phile
“Do you have children? Are you married? Are you engaged? Are you committed? Oh you’re single? But then you might get committed and engaged and married and have kids and then you’ll leave us. Forever.”
19. The Commitment-phobe
“People leave us very quickly. I want to know if you think you’ll leave us. And how soon.”
You want me to go before I even join? Ok.
20. The Philosopher
“What have you done with your life till now? How do you measure success? What is heaven and hell? What is my middle name?”
21. The Soliloquist
“At this company we…
*30 minute long monologue ensues*
…What else would you like to know about us?”
22. The Player
“Hey yeah I know you didn’t apply for this position, and you’re not even the right fit for this job, but I thought I’d call you over to make you feel horrible about yourself.”
23. The False-Hope-Giver
“No of course this is the last stop, but I’m only saying this to get rid of you because we actually take three-tiered interviews but we won’t tell you that.”
24. The One Distracted by Shiny Objects
“This position is actually- OMG I LOVE YOUR NAIL COLOR!”
25. The Non-existent
“I feel like you’re the ideal candidate so I’d like to make you the final offer.”
Haha. This is actually a myth. There are no happy endings.
*end of list*
haha great. GIFs selection is too good.
thanks for giving us the insight and preparing us for these creatures.
My pleasure, in fact you could tell me about some creatures you’ve met ^_^
Awesome!!!
Loved it
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hahaha.. Nice one!