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45. My 1st job interview was a phone interview

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 02:08 PM

Mar 2019

In the middle of it my college roommate arrived after his night shift job.
Slams the door
Shouts out HEY MAN!
Cranks up the stereo to 10
Shouts out SEE Y A!
And leaves

I tell them
I didn’t catch that last question
Let me turn down the stereo
Which
I did

I got the job
But was told afterwards the stereo almost killed my chance

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What's the Most Embarrassing Thing That's Happened to You in an Interview? [View all] ProudLib72 Mar 2019 OP

Oh no! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #1

That is much, much worse than my incident! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #8

Theyll really remember you now! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #11

That's what everyone keeps telling me! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #12

I started. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #2

Auto-correct cleaned up your shart. Flaleftist Mar 2019 #21

Well that shucks. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #25

I showed up at the office of a university dean for an interview concerning my possible Atticus Mar 2019 #3

He probably thought, "That Atticus is a party animal. No way could he make his grades!" ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #10

I wish it was your wife True Dough Mar 2019 #19

No relation. nt Atticus Mar 2019 #23

😁 underpants Mar 2019 #36

I was in a phone interview when the cats came into the room and started a screeching fight ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #4

Anyone who has had cats would have understood immediately ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #9

The thing that irritated me was that I had closed the door for privacy ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #17

I stupidly put my panties on over my hose. Lunabell Mar 2019 #5

omg I am choking... CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #6

I know someone who was giving a speech in university when her old pare of underwear started to applegrove Mar 2019 #28

During my interview for a job as a high school librarian... Freedomofspeech Mar 2019 #7

I interviewed for a marketing job with a major American orchestra. stopbush Mar 2019 #13

I don't think that would be embarrassing for you ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #14

My employment history has been rather spotty since I moved into the nonprofit world. stopbush Mar 2019 #15

This wasn't me, and it might even be apocryphal, but The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #16

I hope that's true too. underpants Mar 2019 #37

The soles of my shoes, which I just had glued that morning, split open Ron Obvious Mar 2019 #18

I fainted. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #20

Did you get the job??? ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #29

No, I didn't get the job. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #32

I was making a brilliant point and tapped my finger on the desk between us ChubbyStar Mar 2019 #22

Lol!!! MLAA Mar 2019 #27

My first interview out of Nursing school Texasgal Mar 2019 #24

Spilled coffee all over the interviewer's desk....still got the job whew! MLAA Mar 2019 #26

Pretty much everything. trackfan Mar 2019 #30

I've only had a couple three jobs interviews in my life and got all the jobs but in court... Shrike47 Mar 2019 #31

Lots of bra misshaps here underpants Mar 2019 #38

That was hilarious! zanana1 Mar 2019 #41

Never dressed up much except for an interview (or wedding, funeral, etc.) captain queeg Mar 2019 #33

In my early twenties the interview asks me...so what is that you think you could most improve upon UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #34

👀 marking this to read later underpants Mar 2019 #35

Never anything really embarrassing but I don't have a good record on phone interviews underpants Mar 2019 #39

The latest thing in interviewing is the "one way interview" ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #42

I thought I made a good impression... zanana1 Mar 2019 #40

You fell on your butt too!? Hurray, we're butt falling twins! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #43

I tend to be a fast-talker. And the faster I talk, the worse my enunciation gets. Aristus Mar 2019 #44

My 1st job interview was a phone interview benld74 Mar 2019 #45

Sounds like your roommate didn't want you to get a job ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #46

True. I lasted another 6-8 months at that place benld74 Mar 2019 #47