Worst interview ever

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I had to sit in on an interview this last week where the potential hire, when asked about what she enjoyed most in past jobs, informed us that she didn't like any of her old jobs because her coworkers were idiots and her managers were either lazy or "another word for the plural of sphincters."

It was the most surreal experience. I've been in wonderful interviews and awkward ones, but never one this uncomfortable. The manager and other charge nurses were stunned. What's the worst interview you've ever witnessed or participated in? Most of the others that were odd were due to unprofessional attire or just awkwardness or nerves. I've never seen someone tank an interview like this before.

Ok I'm sorry, I just had to... All that begs the question... How many cups of coffee did you have before you wrote that post?[/quote']

Lol!!!

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I was so nervous during an interview that they interviewers offered to get up and do a dance in hopes of calming me down. I of course calmed down 1 minute before the interview was over.

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Ok, I'm sorry, I just had to...

All that begs the question...

How many cups of coffee did you have before you wrote that post?

Haha, maybe my baseline is hypomanic :p

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

We held interviews for our rapid response team. One of the candidates was asked how she would incorporate AIDET into her job. She replied "I don't use AIDET we don't have time for that." Needless to say she didn't get the job.

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I was thrown out of an interview one time when, letting go of the end of the rope after a grueling series of questions and statements from the interviewer, I had too much and stated I was tired of living in my car. You should have seen the looks of the two employees who had greeted me warmly when I arrived! Frankly, don't see why they would be surprised when a nurse is looking for a CNA job.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Awkward!!!!! :blink:

As she looked over my resume, the interviewer said, "Oh, your name is Ruby Coe. You must be Professor Coe's daughter! I dated your brother my last year in nursing school."

Not my father, not my brother. My father-in-law and my husband. Whom she dated the year we got married. Before AND after. I didn't get the job and the marriage didn't last much longer, either.

I'm sure she thinks *I* was the worst interviewee ever, because I told her she'd been dating my HUSBAND.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

I've never been in management, but heard about one while working in a SNF. It was for a CNA position. He asked, "Will I have to do...PERI CARE??" with a gesture like scrubbing w/ a washcloth. Thankfully they were not desperate for warm bodies, and he didn't get the job.

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I was an office manager and was looking for a file clerk. I interviewed one gal who had obviously mistaken my calm, friendly demeanor to mean that we were friends. I had asked why she left her last position and she said "Well I didn't like the office manager. We called her the office b***h." And then she laughed. She didn't get the job. :)

Brook

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With nursing so competitive these days, this person must of been nuts.

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The worst interview I ever had involved 2 interviewers playing "good cop, bad cop". One was respectful and interested in my answers to the questions, the other one was rude and responded to some of my answers "What does that that have to do with anything?" as well as telling me I lived too far away for the job and generally being unpleasant. I normally go to interviews prepared, this interview being no exception and thankfully with good self control. The interview ended with both interviewers looking at each other, literally shrugging their shoulders as if they didn't know what else to say. Needless to say I left quite annoyed, thinking why was my time wasted if I was so unqualified. I quickly forgot about the job interview, but a week and a half later I received a phone call offering me the job, which I accepted. I worked there 15 years until the plant closed in 2011, taking the oppurtunity to pursue a career in nursing.

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Specializes in Oncology, Ortho/trauma,.

I'm sure she thinks *I* was the worst interviewee ever, because I told her she'd been dating my HUSBAND.

I have never talked to my computer or to myself out loud but this post made me say out loud "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" like some Maury/Jerry Springer show response to a lie detector test.

Wow. Just wow.

And I am one of the stupid ones to answer the where do you see yourself in 5 years question honestly " Hopefully not dead (cancer warrior) Making more money than I make now and expanding my resume to include "global domination" in it.

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Specializes in Float Pool-Med-Surg, Telemetry, IMCU.
I was interviewing for a job I really wanted in a city 1000 miles away from where I lived, worked and went to school. By some coincidence, the interviewing assistant manager had graduated from my school, two years ahead of me. I walked in thinking this was going to work in my favor.

As she looked over my resume, the interviewer said, "Oh, your name is Ruby Coe. You must be Professor Coe's daughter! I dated your brother my last year in nursing school."

Not my father, not my brother. My father-in-law and my husband. Whom she dated the year we got married. Before AND after. I didn't get the job and the marriage didn't last much longer, either.

I'm sure she thinks *I* was the worst interviewee ever, because I told her she'd been dating my HUSBAND.

Hahahaha! Awkward!!!

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