Hiring managers report:

• When I told a college student that the position would not work with his schedule, he asked, “Can I hire an assistant?” No.  Goodbye.
• Candidates have asked me if they can work under the table. Huh?
• We had an applicant who put down as a qualification that he had his haircut by Charles Worthington and had done some hair modeling. He was applying for a financial analyst. That hair thing is so important in the numbers game.
• Q) A goal you worked very hard to achieve?
  A) My Girlfriend! Umm.
  Q) Your scores on the resume don’t match from what you just said?
  A) Oh! I might have sent you the wrong resume. This resume was for XYZ company! Speechless.
• An applicant said she was a “people person” not a “numbers person” – in her interview for an accounting position. Perfect.

And my favorite…

I once had a friendly well-dressed guy fill out his application with sparkly purple ink. I asked him about it and he said that he felt the purple would help to make him more memorable. Memorable? Yes. Employed? No.

Please share your funny interview stories; I’ll post them after the first of the year.