Job Interview Horror Stories

[Easy-E]

I feel like the number you called post interview either had a rap song on the voicemail or as their ringback tone

It was like 4 college kids set this up to get people.

I think I was asking too many questions.

Damn, the name is on the tip of my tougue.

But, I searched them and found NOTHING

They had a generic YouTube channel, tho

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

By senior year of high school I was only taking 2 classes a day and going home early so I decided to pick up a part time job. My homie since middle school had been working at this restaurant and told me they needed people, said I should apply. I applied and used him for a reference.

The place had a 2 interview process. The first guy I interviewed with was cool af. After we were done, told me straight up "Yeah man we're most likely gonna hire you. You seem like a good dude and we need some help in here. The last cats we had workin for us was all fukked up." Told me to come back the next day at 3:30 for my follow-up interview and ask for him. I'm thinkin shyt is set.

I get there the next day and I'm like "Excuse me, is Greg here?". They tell me he's not there. Immediately I'm like . Tell them why I'm there they tell me to give them a few minutes. Finally they send this chick out to do my interview. I basically gotta start from scratch and regurgitate yesterday's interview plus the new questions. At some point I let her know my homie D told me about the job. Soon as I say his name she looks up like .

I walk away from the interview with a shytty vibe. The next day I'm telling my homie about the situation and as soon I tell him who did my 2nd interview he's like "Bruh...that bytch hates me!! You probably not getting that job."

Needless to say I didn't get a call back. Moral of the story: Be careful about in-house references, especially if it's someone whose not in an authority position. You never know what a person's reputation is in that company.

By senior year of high school I was only taking 2 classes a day and going home early so I decided to pick up a part time job. My homie since middle school had been working at this restaurant and told me they needed people, said I should apply. I applied and used him for a reference.

The place had a 2 interview process. The first guy I interviewed with was cool af. After we were done, told me straight up "Yeah man we're most likely gonna hire you. You seem like a good dude and we need some help in here. The last cats we had workin for us was all fukked up." Told me to come back the next day at 3:30 for my follow-up interview and ask for him. I'm thinkin shyt is set.

I get there the next day and I'm like "Excuse me, is Greg here?". They tell me he's not there. Immediately I'm like . Tell them why I'm there they tell me to give them a few minutes. Finally they send this chick out to do my interview. I basically gotta start from scratch and regurgitate yesterday's interview plus the new questions. At some point I let her know my homie D told me about the job. Soon as I say his name she looks up like .

I walk away from the interview with a shytty vibe. The next day I'm telling my homie about the situation and as soon I tell him who did my 2nd interview he's like "Bruh...that bytch hates me!! You probably not getting that job."

Needless to say I didn't get a call back. Moral of the story: Be careful about in-house references, especially if it's someone whose not in an authority position. You never know what a person's reputation is in that company.

Yeah next time if that same exact guy isn't there just say please tell him to call me ASAP to reschedule.

And yeah I experienced something along those lines except they hired me in part due to a reference from a college classmate and fired me in part for that same reason.

A lot of times sometimes knowing someone can make it worse than coming in not knowing anyone at all.

 

[H. Selassie]

Yeah next time if that same exact guy isn't there just say please tell him to call me ASAP to reschedule.

And yeah I experienced something along those lines except they hired me in part due to a reference from a college classmate and fired me in part for that same reason.

A lot of times sometimes knowing someone can make it worse than coming in not knowing anyone at all.

Word. It's better to go into a situation on your own merit. You don't want to inherit someone else's enemies. At the same time, it's kinda hard to get around the "who you know" system.

I'm in the military now where just about EVERYTHING requires a signature or recommendation letter so it's impossible to get around it. Luckily, I've built relationships with a lot high ranking officers since I've been in (work ethic/mouthpiece) so navigating hasn't been too hard up to this point.

 

[Ghanaian Armor]

Word. It's better to go into a situation on your own merit. You don't want to inherit someone else's enemies. At the same time, it's kinda hard to get around the "who you know" system.

I'm in the military now where just about EVERYTHING requires a signature or recommendation letter so it's impossible to get around it. Luckily, I've built relationships with a lot high ranking officers since I've been in (work ethic/mouthpiece) so navigating hasn't been too hard up to this point.

Yet another Amerikkkan Catch 22 System

 

[badtguy]

Interviews were difficult like fresh outta college but now I have experience in my field, went on interviews just for fun and turned down offers just cause.

I stopped going on interviews cause j realized being hired and turning down offers may negatively effect black brehs after me.

But interview wise I be killing them.

 

[TransJenner]

When I worked at LA fitness I would hire the front desk girls and the janitors




It's crazy what bytches do for a job

 

[Scholar]

When I worked at LA fitness I would hire the front desk girls and the janitors




It's crazy what bytches do for a job

Any stories about crazy stuff people said during interviews with you?

 

[TransJenner]

Any stories about crazy stuff people said during interviews with you?

Nahhhh I just had crazy clients

I had a chick who told me she was gonna give me a "good surprise" and when I looked her number up on FB she was a big one

 

[Lord_nikon]

A young breh stayed getting finessed in these San Diego streets when I was fresh outta college

I went on an interview from a company off craigslist (I know but cause craigs has also helped a breh eat)

job listing said something like "Route Delivery Driver" and "salary plus commission" so I was llike I'm going for it

I call in

"so and so meat company"

"Umm...excuse me sir I'm calling about the delivery driver position"

"great show up tomorrow at 8 AM and we can do the interview... If you like the position you can do a ride along"

I get off the phone like

Spoiler: "interview"

I show up early to the location and I notice there's middle aged dudes, dropout looking dudes, and a bunch of trucks...all with some meat company magnet on the side. I'm thinking "" but I go in and interview

The manager is screaming "it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" and some other motivational BS

He calls me in and says "You here for the interview?"

Mind you I'm in slacks and a t-shirt and tie and holding my "portfolio"

I say "yea "

He says "well here we don't really interview...if you can drive a truck and sell... you got the job... do a ride along with Reggie (the only black guy) to see if you can do this... it pays $10 an hour OR commission"

Spoiler: Ride along

So I climb in this breh's truck and he says "hey... ditch the tie"

so we start driving and I'm asking him questions. First off...this truck is musty AF and homie is like "you wanna spark one "

I tell him "naw I'm good" on some Training Day shyt thinking he's testing me and I immediately think "damn what if I fycked up by saying no "


No joke homie says "more for me" and pulls out a fat blunt and is smoking it while driving

I ask him about the job and the "salary" and he hits the meanest right in my face... "salary? " you make what you sell

So I ask him about the "route" and he hits the on me and says "it ain't no route...you go wherever you can sell this shyt"

so now I'm about this whole gig and I know homie ain't gonna just take me back to the office.

This nygga is driving around to every shopping center, every small business, mom and pop restaurant trying to sell fukking meat out of the cooler of his truck

talkinbout "we got these Omaha steaks, flash frozen, high quality"

craziest part is that there is no "set" price. As long as you sell it above whatever the retail is, you keep the profit. He starts the price at like $200 for two packs of steaks and burgers and then drops it all the way down to $75 for both packs . He says "shyt all I made was $15 for an hour of haggling "

I go in to a few of the stores with the breh...one time I'm his "younger brother" when he is at a barbershop , next time he's the owner and I'm his trainee , just pure foolishness.

I keep telling this dude "yo...take me back" and he's on some "nah... maybe a little later... I gotta get this bread... I'll run you back in the afternoon..."

Funniest story about the ride along is when we went into a beauty shop and homie was trying to sell meat to the owner and customers and used the line "if you were selling these steaks in here...maybe you'd be able to get better clientele"

We went into a gated community of mobile homes and he was hustling door to door talking bout it was a "goldmine" because there were so many people there... he was bargaining with these old ass white people on a fixed income on some " We ended up getting chased out by security because he called some lady a bytch after she said "no solicitors "

I finally told breh I would buy a fyckin pack of steaks off him if he took me back to my car... as soon as I got out that truck I went to my car and zoomed out

 

[TRFG]

Nahhhh I just had crazy clients

I had a chick who told me she was gonna give me a "good surprise" and when I looked her number up on FB she was a big one

Well, what was the surprise

 

[TransJenner]

Well, what was the surprise

Pretty sure she wanted to fukk or at least that's what she inplied


I always had too much clients that whenever someone texted me I had to FB there number

 

[Lord_nikon]

Had a interview with with this healthcare company two ago weeks, so the recruiter emailed 5 links information about the company to study for questions that the IT director will ask on the phone interview, He also had me to rehearse the information that I learned so I wouldn't have any trouble with the IT director.

the IT director called and the interview last 2 minutes I think the mother just cross referenced my resume

so you went to school at XXXXXXXXXXXXXX yes

are you familiar with windows cmd lines shyt is on my resume !

are you familiar with ticketing system ? yes ( BMC ) Remedy is on my resume


Basically the job was like my previous,,, I knew I wasn't going to get that job once I found out his name was Jack ! I'm sure I didn't get job because I sound black , fukking CAC trump supporter

 

[Afro]

A young breh stayed getting finessed in these San Diego streets when I was fresh outta college

I went on an interview from a company off craigslist (I know but cause craigs has also helped a breh eat)

job listing said something like "Route Delivery Driver" and "salary plus commission" so I was llike I'm going for it

I call in

"so and so meat company"

"Umm...excuse me sir I'm calling about the delivery driver position"

"great show up tomorrow at 8 AM and we can do the interview... If you like the position you can do a ride along"

I get off the phone like

Spoiler: "interview"

I show up early to the location and I notice there's middle aged dudes, dropout looking dudes, and a bunch of trucks...all with some meat company magnet on the side. I'm thinking "" but I go in and interview

The manager is screaming "it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" and some other motivational BS

He calls me in and says "You here for the interview?"

Mind you I'm in slacks and a t-shirt and tie and holding my "portfolio"

I say "yea "

He says "well here we don't really interview...if you can drive a truck and sell... you got the job... do a ride along with Reggie (the only black guy) to see if you can do this... it pays $10 an hour OR commission"

Spoiler: Ride along

So I climb in this breh's truck and he says "hey... ditch the tie"

so we start driving and I'm asking him questions. First off...this truck is musty AF and homie is like "you wanna spark one "

I tell him "naw I'm good" on some Training Day shyt thinking he's testing me and I immediately think "damn what if I fycked up by saying no "


No joke homie says "more for me" and pulls out a fat blunt and is smoking it while driving

I ask him about the job and the "salary" and he hits the meanest right in my face... "salary? " you make what you sell

So I ask him about the "route" and he hits the on me and says "it ain't no route...you go wherever you can sell this shyt"

so now I'm about this whole gig and I know homie ain't gonna just take me back to the office.

This nygga is driving around to every shopping center, every small business, mom and pop restaurant trying to sell fukking meat out of the cooler of his truck

talkinbout "we got these Omaha steaks, flash frozen, high quality"

craziest part is that there is no "set" price. As long as you sell it above whatever the retail is, you keep the profit. He starts the price at like $200 for two packs of steaks and burgers and then drops it all the way down to $75 for both packs . He says "shyt all I made was $15 for an hour of haggling "

I go in to a few of the stores with the breh...one time I'm his "younger brother" when he is at a barbershop , next time he's the owner and I'm his trainee , just pure foolishness.

I keep telling this dude "yo...take me back" and he's on some "nah... maybe a little later... I gotta get this bread... I'll run you back in the afternoon..."

Funniest story about the ride along is when we went into a beauty shop and homie was trying to sell meat to the owner and customers and used the line "if you were selling these steaks in here...maybe you'd be able to get better clientele"

We went into a gated community of mobile homes and he was hustling door to door talking bout it was a "goldmine" because there were so many people there... he was bargaining with these old ass white people on a fixed income on some " We ended up getting chased out by security because he called some lady a bytch after she said "no solicitors "

I finally told breh I would buy a fyckin pack of steaks off him if he took me back to my car... as soon as I got out that truck I went to my car and zoomed out

I can't breathe

 

[PullOutGawd]

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

What's a good answer to say why you left your job without having a backup job ready

 

[ALonelyDad]

I had an interview at target at 18, was my first interview. bytch started asking stupid ass questions like team building and stuff. She asked when was the last time I worked with ppl and accomplished a goal, god dam I choked I told her I did a school project last year with friends and got a good grade