From being asked to moo like a cow to getting a fake cancellation, candidates revealed their worst job interview experiences.
Going for a job interview is often the most stressful part of applying for a job and every candidate has had their own bad job interviews. However, for some people, this experience can be downright bizarre.
Aixin Fu had her own nightmare job interview when she applied for a minimum wage job as a university student ambassador. Ms. Fu says that during a group interview, they were asked to crawl on the floor on all fours and “moo like a cow.”
Speaking to BBC News, Ms Fu said: “We did this for about three to four minutes.
“At the time, I was pretty upset. It was completely inappropriate.
Axin Fu says that when she applied for a minimum wage job as a university student ambassador, she was asked to “moo like a cow.”
Uganda-born Pearl Kasirye was invited in a job application for a remote job at a public relations company in Milan. She was told she would be paid a Ugandan salary rather than a London salary.
“But there was a bit of peer pressure because everyone was doing it.”
The interviewer explained to the group that the strange cow-related activity was to see if the contestants were “fun.” However, Ms Fu thinks the interviewer might have been “a bit off-color”.
After the interview, Ms. Fu learned to challenge the interviewers if they asked her to do “weird” or “unreasonable” things during the interview.
If Ms. Fu’s experience is not alone in her strange interview techniques. In Lae’s case, she never even had access to the interview process.
Lae arrived early for a job interview at a law firm in Bristol, only to be told after waiting 20 minutes that the interview had been canceled and she would have to return tomorrow.
After leaving, understandably upset, she was even more distressed when she received a message telling her that the so-called cancellation was a test and that she had failed and did not get the job.
Lae described the experience as “totally bizarre” and later decided to start her own business where she uses more typical recruiting styles.
Other people may experience bias during the job application process, as was the case for Pearl Kasirye.
Ms Kasirye, who was born in Uganda but moved to Europe as a child and now lives in London, was asked about her heritage during an interview for a PR role at a fashion brand in Milan.
The interviewer for the remote job insisted she was paid a Ugandan salary rather than a London salary. After that, she chose to withdraw her candidacy.
Meanwhile, many women, during the interview process, face sexist comments about their marital status or whether they have or plan to have children – which is illegal for employers to ask.
Data from recruitment platform Applied revealed that almost one in five women were asked in interviews if they had children or were planning to have them.
Applied CEO – Khyati Sundaram says she’s been asked if she has kids or plans to have kids in job interviews ‘more times than I can count’
Applied CEO Khyati Sundaram says she’s been asked this question “more times than I can count.”
Ms Sundaram says these questions are often asked because of concerns about maternity leave.
She said: “The higher the salary, the more maternity you have to pay to find cover, and they don’t want the hassle. »
In 2022, people across the UK took to Reddit to reveal their worst job interviews.
One person wrote: “I once had an interview at Toys R Us and the woman who interviewed me asked me why I hadn’t had a job for about a year. I told him it was because my mother had passed away and I was feeling a little confused at the time.
“His next question: ‘How did your mother die?’ » I answered her and told her it was a heart attack and she said, “Oh, so it was a painful death then.”
“I left the interview right away and went to talk to her manager about what she said. I don’t know what happened after that, I guess that’s all.
Another wrote: “Delivery driver to Iceland. I had to do everything, sit in a circle and talk about you, what animal would you be, build a tower out of newspaper and duct tape, asshole. I didn’t stay until the end.
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