Job Interview Horror Stories

[2CT]

now i know we in the land of the #6certgang but i know some of y'all got some job interviews that went horribly wrong, drop them stories

for me i'm usually good in person but phone interviews is a whole different story, this Bank of America hiring manager got at me so bad one time i almost had to hang up on her cause she caught me fabricating my work history when i was tryna lie about how i left my last job and i had really got fired

it sounds dumb but i was 19 at the time so it's whatever, i learned from it and that's what counts

 

[lowkey0z]

now i know we in the land of the #6certgang but i know some of y'all got some job interviews that went horribly wrong, drop them stories

for me i'm usually good in person but phone interviews is a whole different story, this Bank of America hiring manager got at me so bad one time i almost had to hang up on her cause she caught me fabricating my work history when i was tryna lie about how i left my last job and i had really got fired

it sounds dumb but i was 19 at the time so it's whatever, i learned from it and that's what counts

how'd she catch you

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

Forget about the interview....At least they experience the horror and know ahead of time to dodge the bullet

What about ON the job horror stories....

 

[2CT]

how'd she catch you

with tricky questioning

there was a gap in my employment history and she caught me up with the "why'd you leave your last job" question, i said i left to find higher paying employment and she was like why would you leave a job without another one lined up

i started stuttering n shyt and it was a wrap cut the interview short on me and everything

 

[SadimirPutin]

how'd she catch you

I'm tryna hear this part too

 

[SadimirPutin]

with tricky questioning

there was a gap in my employment history and she caught me up with the "why'd you leave your last job" question, i said i left to find higher paying employment and she was like why would you leave a job without another one lined up

i started stuttering n shyt and it was a wrap

son you could have finessed your way out of that with so many different answers

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

now i know we in the land of the #6certgang but i know some of y'all got some job interviews that went horribly wrong, drop them stories

for me i'm usually good in person but phone interviews is a whole different story, this Bank of America hiring manager got at me so bad one time i almost had to hang up on her cause she caught me fabricating my work history when i was tryna lie about how i left my last job and i had really got fired

it sounds dumb but i was 19 at the time so it's whatever, i learned from it and that's what counts

If you're gonna make up a lie make it sound plausible so they don't question it as much.

The language you use and how you articulate it also counts heavily especially with CACs. Blacks, Black women in particular though will pay more attention to your tone and body language because they tend to think more emotionally like most Women. But the rare few OG Black Men left in the corporate space (that haven't been edged out by Gay White males) will also evaluate your body language and eye contact when describing your experiences more so than the exact language you use.

At the end of the day how long was the past job and did they really fire you or did you just get "terminated". Usually terminations after like 2005-2006 are just "no cause" because they don't want a lawsuit potentially.

The majority of the time past employers can only provide a neutral reference saying you worked here at this title for this long. That's it.

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

Also he was 19 years old not expecting a nikka that young to be able to be good at corporate finnessing.

If he was 29 that would be a different story. The old lady never intended to hire him for the job. So she just decided to be a bytch and bust his balls knowing he is young.

Why would you ask someone who just turned 19 only has probably 1 year real work experience why he left his last job? Who gives a fukk. That lady never intended to bring you on to begin with she wanted to make you feel some type of way and keep a young nikka down. ​

 

[2CT]

If you're gonna make up a lie make it sound plausible so they don't question it as much.

The language you use and how you articulate it also counts heavily especially with CACs. Blacks, Black women in particular though will pay more attention to your tone and body language because they tend to think more emotionally like most Women. But the rare few OG Black Men left in the corporate space (that haven't been edged out by Gay White males) will also evaluate your body language and eye contact when describing your experiences more so than the exact language you use.

At the end of the day how long was the past job and did they really fire you or did you just get "terminated". Usually terminations after like 2005-2006 are just "no cause" because they don't want a lawsuit potentially.

The majority of the time past employers can only provide a neutral reference saying you worked here at this title for this long. That's it.

this was a phone interview though and i got caught extremely off guard cause my job history wasn't as deep at the time

i got terminated and i was there for like a year and a half

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

this was a phone interview though and i got caught extremely off guard cause my job history wasn't as deep at the time

i got terminated and i was there for like a year and a half

I got the same treatment around that age. They gave me a hard time for a paralegal job in college at age 20. I didn't really have legal work history but had a paralegal internship but they didn't really take it serious. Despite the fact I was probably 10x more intelligent than any paralegal they already had due to my Poly Sci college coursework. Most of them were from bum ass local community colleges in the Upper Darby PA I went to a better school. In the legal field college credits should count as experience because the job function is similar to writing papers for school. Either way the reality is a young Black Man they will scrutinize you a lot. (Glad I didn't get into law in particular I don't have the petty personality required for it and dealing with old bitter intimidated Women who think you gonna take their job or the CACs once you pass the bar afraid you will make partner before them )

The scrutiny never ends but you just get better at being 2-3 steps ahead of them. How old are you now?

 

[2CT]

son you could have finessed your way out of that with so many different answers

coulda woulda shoulda

if it was in person it woulda been different cause i'm a person to person type of dude, over the phone i was just like uhhhhhh well i.....uhhh

i don't even remember what i said as the excuse

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

coulda woulda shoulda

if it was in person it woulda been different cause i'm a person to person type of dude, over the phone i was just like uhhhhhh well i.....uhhh

i don't even remember what i said as the excuse

Basically I treat phone interviews as a Q&A session you can't really vibe with someone over the phone like that.

I answer questions to the best of my ability and let them dictate the format. If it gets awkward or falls flat don't try and save it. Let themselves feel stupid. You probably won't get the job (due to their incompetence in evaluating people and holding a basic convo) but it shows how unprofessional they are and inability to structure a basic phone screening.

The reality is for a Bank of America basic ass entry level job they could just screen out any candidates except the local ones who can come in for an in-person interview. Interview them all for 30 minutes each in the same day then make a decision whether you'll move forward with one, multiple ones, or none. Then if necessary bring in the next 3 candidates next week. These days they could do an online pre-screening to weed down further if necessary. Phone screen for an 18-19 year old is pointless you probably have to train them to handle customers via phone anyways.

They do phone screen for my industries because it's specialized and for people with 6-10 years exp. Thatt's when it makes sense. Not for kids

 

[2CT]

I got the same treatment around that age. They gave me a hard time for a paralegal job in college at age 20. I didn't really have legal work history but had a paralegal internship but they didn't really take it serious. Despite the fact I was probably 10x more intelligent than any paralegal they already had due to my Poly Sci college coursework. Most of them were from bum ass local community colleges in the Upper Darby PA I went to a better school. In the legal field college credits should count as experience because the job function is similar to writing papers for school. Either way the reality is a young Black Man they will scrutinize you a lot. (Glad I didn't get into law in particular I don't have the petty personality required for it and dealing with old bitter intimidated Women who think you gonna take their job or the CACs once you pass the bar afraid you will make partner before them )

The scrutiny never ends but you just get better at being 2-3 steps ahead of them. How old are you now?

yeah i do feel they go harder on us as young or even young looking black men

i'm 26 now but i still look 21 or 22, if i go in and see a black person is doing my interview i'm automatically like and more myself rather than trying to play the part of what i think they are looking for

 

[D-NICE]

Worst interview for me was when I was fresh out of college. Had applied for a state job and it was with the military. Got a letter for an interview and had called up to schedule one. Forgot to ask for the address where the interview was at .


Thought I was straight, its got to be on the envelope right.....Nope! Envelope took me to a base and the interview was somewhere completely different. I was like an 1:30 late since it was before smart phones with gps.

Had it been where I was actually staying at the time I would have not even went to it, but it was like an hour away so I said bump it, let me see if I can pull it off.

Got interviewed by two people, a woman and a man. I think dude was in the military himself, so you know he wasn't playing about being tardy. He basically had this face the entire interview ----->

So they asking me questions, and of course they ask what's your weakness. In my mind I'm like I can flip this whole being late right now if I can get them to laugh about it.

So I say 'punctuality'

The woman is like

The man is


Think they might of asked me one more question and they walked me right up out of there.

Probably was the quickest I have ever received a rejection letter in my life. Think it came like the next day.

 

[2CT]

Worst interview for me was when I was fresh out of college. Had applied for a state job and it was with the military. Got a letter for an interview and had called up to schedule one. Forgot to ask for the address where the interview was at .


Thought I was straight, its got to be on the envelope right.....Nope! Envelope took me to a base and the interview was somewhere completely different. I was like an 1:30 late since it was before smart phones with gps.

Had it been where I was actually staying at the time I would have not even went to it, but it was like an hour away so I said bump it, let me see if I can pull it off.

Got interviewed by two people, a woman and a man. I think dude was in the military himself, so you know he wasn't playing about being tardy. He basically had this face the entire interview ----->

So they asking me questions, and of course they ask what's your weakness. In my mind I'm like I can flip this whole being late right now.

So I say 'punctuality'

The woman is like

The man is


Think they might of asked me one more question and they walked me up out of there.

Probably was the quickest I have ever received a rejection letter in my life. Think it came like the next day.

an hour and a half late i woulda just said fukk it and went home

i was about 10 mins late to a job interview once due to crappy parking, tried to tell the interviewer and she was like security in the background giggling n shyt