Heaven knows there isn’t much to laugh about in the news these days, yet laughter is what we most need sometimes to feel refreshed and ready to carry on. I don’t usually advise comparing ourselves with others…but I might make an exception in this case. Many of my life and career coaching clients second guess themselves some of the time, especially in anxiety-producing situations like job interviews, but trust me, they have never said anything as foolish as the people quoted in this story from CNN and Career Builders.com--and neither, I'm sure, have you. Here is “43 Weird Things Said in Job Interviews:”
Hiring managers are amazed by what job applicants say during interviews.
"I'm not wanted in this state."
"How many young women work here?"
"I didn't steal it; I just borrowed it."
"You touch somebody and they call it sexual harassment!"
"I've never heard such a stupid question."
Believe it or not, the above statements weren't overhead in bars or random conversations -- they were said in job interviews.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/07/22/cb.you.said.what.interview/
Monday, July 27, 2009
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