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  • In a nationwide CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive among more than 3,000 employers, hiring and human resource managers were asked to rate the biggest mistakes candidates make during interviews and share their most unusual interview memories.
  • Candidate was arrested by federal authorities during the interview when the background check revealed the person had an outstanding warrant.
  • The candidate talked about how promptness was as one of her strengths, after showing up ten minutes late.
  • A candidate wore a Boy Scout uniform and never told interviewers why.
  • A candidate put the interviewer on hold during a phone interview. When she came back on the line, she told the interviewer that she had been setting up a date set up for Friday.
  • The candidate kept referring to himself in the third person.
  • The candidate took off his shoes during the interview.
  • The candidate asked for a sip of the interviewer’s coffee.
  • When a candidate interviewing for a security position wasn’t hired on the spot, he painted graffiti on the building.
  • Candidate brought a “how to interview book” with him to the interview.
  • On the way to the interview, the candidate passed, cut-off, and flipped his middle finger at the driver...who happened to be the interviewer.
 
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