People Who Noped Out Of An Interview Before It Was Over, Why Did You Do It? (r/AskReddit)

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[@billsmith6884]

My ex is a lawyer. When she finished university she was doing a number of interviews with law firms. One senior partner asked her, "If there was shit on the floor of my office, would you pick it up"? She just looked at him and asked, "Are you in the habit of shitting on the floor"? She then walked out.

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

What is wrong with people?

[@vladimirenlow4388]

There was no shit on the floor of his office, but there was one behind the desk conducting the interview.

[@sadkingbilly]

He was basically asking her “would you f*** me for this position?”. Real classy.

[@billsmith6884]

@@sadkingbilly No, he was trying to humiliate her. It is really common behavior in law firms. Then again, so is trying to fuck article clerks.

[@divisionagentbailey6727]

@@billsmith6884 You know this from experience?

[@lax9586]

Noped out of a call center job when they said the training was unpaid and work wasn't guaranteed even after finishing the training. Fuck that shit.

[@cruzloera4931]

Wtf lol that’s crazy

[@lax9586]

The training lasted a month So I was like yeah that shit ain't happening. My uncle ended up working there and hated it.

[@oppaloopa3698]

Should training always be paid? For one job we got a free meal in exchange. For another we were paid. For another we weren’t. I’m hella confused.

[@Praetorian8814]

@@oppaloopa3698 I suppose it depends. Maybe if its one day training/orientation (show you around where you work, basic instructions) then probably not. If you have to train for a solid month without pay... Yeah.. No. Can't really pay my rent and bills on volunteer shit or free meals.. Lol

[@oppaloopa3698]

@@Praetorian8814 Thank you. I now feel like I shoulda gotten a lawyer last year lmao

[@vladimirenlow4388]

Just say no to group interviews. If they treat you like cattle during the hiring process, they'll treat you even worse as an employee.

[@divisionagentbailey6727]

Boy oh boy don’t I know this from experience

[@princessmarlena1359]

Yes!

[@aa11ct9]

Absolutely

[@jasonmacaro4052]

True

[@erickhan6349]

vector marketing lmfao

[@pathoesr7872]

Never take a job: 1.) Requires full availability for part-time work unless you're a student 2.) A job that has you pay for anything upfront

[@morgmatar2117]

I haven’t encountered a job yet that didn’t require full-time availability for part-time (or less) work; guess that’s why I have such a hard time landing a job, expectations are too high...

[@koops6899]

Why would you ever take a job thats part time that requires your availability full time ESPECIALLY if you have other things to do like school? Ur fried

[@mynameisinsertnamehere2527]

In the Southern United States employers treat an employment agreement like a contract for indentured servitude, meaning that the employer can do or ask anything and if you don't like it leave...problem is literally all the jobs are like this and most people are struggling as it is. The second point is absolutely spot on, also any job that requires you to ferry work stuff to and from your house without paying you for transit, its just a way for them to cut costs on space and space maintenance. Also jobs that ask you to stay "till the job is done" really don't like it when you're late, but when you complain about their time mismanagement (would never have to stay late if the people whose job it was to properly organize time actually did their job) its because you aren't a "team player" which is gaslighting.

[@zebnemma]

I can add one myself. Never take a job that forces you to take an overly complicated online test just so that they will even look at your resume. "mandatory test" and then it's a 100 question test or a fricking 200 numbers checking test and you only have 30 seconds to complete each task! "Dance monkey dance, this test will show us how much of a pushover you are that you are willing to jump over so many stupid hoops for us"!

[@crazy9932]

@@zebnemma i would put those places bad reviews n go to bbb ext

[@UncleMikeDrop]

"We are passionate about the work we do here" translation... we are passionate about comitting wage theft.

[@Waitwhat469]

Right, like not passionate enough to pay for people to work on it I guess

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@Waitwhat469 YEP

[@phlushphish793]

"We need a team player." I.e., do other's people work for them without getting paid for it.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@phlushphish793 YEP

[@lowskill2]

I always passionate about not giving any fucks about stupid overtimes for multi billionaire companies. Overtime is always generated by incompetent leaders or workers that they need to fix no matter what. Fuck overtimes I'm not interested 👍

[@architecteye6089]

I walked out when a dude started talking about mandatory overtime that can last indefinitely and mandatory team building exercises that take place outside of work hours that were not paid.

[@fabiocosta3830]

So... A normal japanese office work then

[@pinkpugginz]

yuuuuck

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@fabiocosta3830 absolutely lol

[@christopherbassit2757]

Sound illegal

[@tonyparrish5566]

Looking for my first job as a teen, a rather desperate Wendy's manager offered to interview me on the spot. It immediately dawned on me that I didn't really want the job and I left. An actual interview at a KFC got way too intense for a minimum wage job. They were recording the entire thing and asked me to define loyalty. I mentally checked out and sabotaged the interview to get out. I was too young and shy to realize I could just leave.

[@divisionagentbailey6727]

Niceeeeeeee

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

I don't understand why fast food joints have these pretentious questions like that. Like dude I just need a paycheck. I'm not looking for a career

[@trublacking8572]

@@caffeinatedkatie4696 that's the same thing with retail places like Macy's Target Etc that's because they want you to work this dead-end assjob and I've gone over with your life that's why they asked those questions

[@phlushphish793]

As a teenager applied for a part time job as a clerk at a dry cleaners. They contracted with some HR co. to do their interviews. Hooked me up to a polygraph! Seriously? Part time job at a dry cleaners? Way overkill!

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

@@phlushphish793 maybe the dry cleaners was a front for something else

[@circejanuary]

I did it once because the salary was too low, the recruiter tried to convince I was wrong for wanting more. After repeating a couple of time that I was not working at that price and him insisting more and more, I stood up and left. Was an insurance company so they definitely had money.

[@steelbear2063]

It's also an insane thing to convince someone to work at their place at all. Like bitch, I'll do what I want about my search for a job

[@JariDawnchild]

Insurance company? Hell, they scalp their customers and pay almost nothing of what they claim to cover.

[@maximyles]

Awesome, good on you to negotiate your pay.

[@circejanuary]

@@maximyles I did not negotiate I just was not work g at that price.

[@maximyles]

@@circejanuary Even more awesome, lol.

[@jimjiminyjaroo300]

When they said they were getting rid of people who had been working there for 20 years because they had to pay them too much, I got up and walked.

[@craigmcpherson1455]

When the interviewer says "We're a family" regarding the company.

[@wolverrot3015]

aka "you're our slave"

[@nathanosullivan5278]

"We're passionate about what we do here" = We expect you to work over time for free.

[@Mew_Mokuba_Akari]

@@nathanosullivan5278 Every employee that does that is either family, married into ths family or stupid.

[@karazor-el6085]

@@nathanosullivan5278 I have an answer for that if a recruiter ever said that to me. "I see. Are you aware that the root definition of 'passion' is 'SUFFERING'...? So, you're asking me to suffer for the company."

[@7StarHeryla]

Vin diesel is a great boss what do you mean? Jk yeah I worked for a family restaurant and no one in the family could do anything bad , I must have interpreted the things they did wrong 😂

[@Ackii]

I did it once. The guy who wanted to Interview me, was an HOUR to late. I had been Commuting for an hour to this place. Anyways before we even started to talked about the job he said: Well you, Resume has a couple of grammatical errors. We didn't even want to Invite you but we wanted to gice you a chance. I immediately said you let me wait an Hour even though we had an appointment and then you have the audacity to say that. I ended the interview and went home

[@CigaretteCrayon]

This comment has a few grammatical errors. 🙄

[@Ackii]

@@CigaretteCrayon keep them

[@anthonymichaud225]

@@Ackii savage

[@Flairis]

@@Ackii goddamn, that was fucking nasty as fuck. Respect

[@GCata-ys3hw]

I had an interview where I was left waiting for 30 minutes before getting acknowledged. When I was finally asked into the conference room we sat silent. I asked the interviewer if we were waiting on someone else, he said yes while playing Candy Crush on his phone. I waited and answered the questions ridiculously and generally had fun with it. At the end of the interview they told me based on my answers I wouldn’t be a good fit. I responded that I just wanted to waste their time as much as they wasted mine.

[@Ospyro3em]

I didn't walk out of an interview, but I mentally checked out of it when I turned up to one for a part time job at a small family run company. I turned up on time pressed the buzzer on the door and the boss abruptly answered the door, said "give me a minute" before shutting the door again in my face. He was running late with the interviews. Eventually, when another candidate turned up and I still hadn't been seen yet, he came out of the room, ushered me into a side room and grabbed his poor bewildered-looking son out of the warehouse to conduct my interview. The guy wasn't prepared, didn't have my CV in front of him and couldn't answer even the most basic of my questions and had to keep interrupting his dad in the room next door to get the answers. At this point I had lost interest in the job- especially at the end when the last question he asked was "what's your name?". I thanked him for his time and left. Next day, the boss called me asking if I was interested in doing a "trial" shift. I politely refused and said due to my experience with the interview I'd rather say no. He got really brash and defensive saying "what do you mean? Come on, spit it out!" I started explaining that I didn't appreciate being rushed into a side room and interviewed by his sin who wasn't prepared to gold an interview but he interrupted me about 4 words in, said "well I was explaining the job to you the best you can. Whatever, your choice" before hanging up on me. I didn't even get a chance to remind him that HE didn't interview me at all!

[@xeokym223]

Group interview: _Serious red flag_

[@muhammadtaha1313]

fr

[@pandamilkshake]

If they have to verbally tell you the phrase "We're not a pyramid scheme"...run.

[@xeokym223]

@@pandamilkshake Another red flag 😋

[@CharlieTheAstronaut]

Not a red flag, a STOP sign.

[@JB-ys2cp]

A lot of supermarket jobs do group interviews because they consume less time so is more suitable for hiring multiple people

[@billsmith6884]

I applied for a Government position. During the interview, the two people conducting the interview began a huge argument with each other. I walked out, because I did not want to work in that environment.

[@Blakezilla594]

Comical

[@zer0deaths862]

😂 reminds me when I was in the Navy Recruiter office, first mention of "The Marijuana" and some big fat dude with giant glasses and a pedophile mustache began a 10 minute rant about "not doing that stupid shit and ruining your career choices" with numerous examples, only to end it with yet another 5 minute rant about how he can get all the weed he wanted and how awesome it is, the recruiter I was talking to initially kept trying to shut him up and change topic only to argue with eachother. 🤣🤣🤣 I walked out laughing

[@epicmiles6534]

If only i had the heartlessness to walk away from a dying business, ever since covid hit tyings have been very slow and we are not making any money like i went from being an employee to a volunteer just to make it a bit easier for the place to keep going

[@kaelt9264]

they wanted to hire me for a $20/hr. job at $12/hr. when the minimum wage was $15/hr. He laughed at my expectation then told me his offer. Than I told him the legal wage and that I'd get more money working at McDonalds. He nervously laughed at my comment and said "I think this interview is over!" I laughed as well and walked out laughing.

[@pelosuelto70]

Great job! You saw your worth and that whole interview was bs.

[@-.-.-.-.-.---.----....-_-]

Whats the job? We should plant something at his office...

[@kaelt9264]

@@-.-.-.-.-.---.----....-_- it was a forklift job in a small kanoe manufacturing and aquatic toys store in BC Canada

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

First red flag should have the manager saying her favorite movie is Twilight. Got an email saying the greeting a membership routine didn't need to be memorized(IN CAPS) I get there and she expects me to have it memorized. Insisting it said the opposite in the email. I left almost in tears. Now I work for the same company, getting paid more than that position. Smell my ass Helen.

[@movom3237]

Had an interviewer ask me to wear lingerie for him. Obviously said no and told him i would like to end the interview and walked out. It was for a clothing store. It was nice and a bit 'sexy', crop tops and cut outs and dresses and stuff, but i dont remember any lingerie in there...

[@axelmilan4292]

Oh you KNOW they had a hidden camera in there somewhere. Smart to walk out when you did.

[@movom3237]

@@axelmilan4292 yeah it was so random and creepy. I was already nervous just simply because it was an interview. That was just the icing on the cake. I remembered i told my mom about it and she was like yeah dont go back there

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

That's a red flag

[@movom3237]

@@MASTEROFEVIL most definitely. Havent been back in like 4 or 5 years

[@divisionagentbailey6727]

Mane hell naw lol what kind of mess?

[@JMorrall89]

Was 18/19 years old and applied to a ton of different jobs not expecting anything. Got an interview with a company at a swanky city office. Didn't do any research and had no clue what they did/sold, entire interview was shady af and the interviewer was overly eager for me to get signed up with them. Noped out of there (politely) and looked up the company once I got home. No joke it was called "The Cobra Group" (How fucking villainous can you get?) and they were essentially a mlm deal selling home security (They'd sign people up get them to buy equipment to re-sell then promptly abandon them) not sure what they are up to nowadays but last time I checked they were under investigation by trading standards and had a number of legal cases brought against them.

[@XDeathwingSilenceX]

Well holy hecc

[@Jarrod0067]

Almost Hydra levels of comic book supervillainy

[@phlushphish793]

Worked as a call center rep for a credit card processing co. They sold the first of the wireless credit card processors. Hired the cheapest contractor to build the cell towers that hardly ever worked; then, started paying to decommission the towers. The poor sales people that bought the now non-functioning equipment were now stuck. What do we do? Well, wanna buy our replacement product?

[@robertlevine2827]

A company selling security equipment that calls itself Cobra. They clearly didn't think that one through.

[@ntfoperative9432]

Was the boss dressed in a blue suit and a mask?

[@ashleywalton2758]

Once showed up to a dollar tree job interview. She asked if I brought my forms of ID and if I could work that night and close alone.

[@egglordsasuke8532]

Fuck places that do that. I had the doller general try the same thing with me. I left and never went back, lol.

[@asims1988]

😅😂😂😂

[@twistedoveryou01]

No they didn’t, you have to pass a background check. It’s literally impossible to work the same day as an interview there.

[@egglordsasuke8532]

@@twistedoveryou01 Or - hear me out moron - they do a background check when they get the application and schedule the interview after that. You don't know other people's experiences better than they do. Tool.

[@MrSqurk]

I got a job in a bank and the shift was 4pm-10pm. On my first day I walk in and meet my manager we talk for a while and he leaves me just sitting there, at 5pm the entire place empties and I am just left sitting there alone (I assume someone will show at some point). I later found out there wasn’t a 4pm-10pm shift and someone had fucked up. I almost quit on my first day haha

[@wisemanwalkingdowntheroad4275]

Went for an group interview for Greyhound bus lines and they told us we had to shell out $225 ($710 in 2020 dollars!) for a uniform if we got hired and this was back in 1980! Two thirds of the people including me walked out of there on the spot.

[@Redskies453]

Lol "we're passionate about what we do here"🤣🤣 I'm passionate about not wasting my fleeting existence working for free.

[@ProtoMario]

They told me, its an associate to manager promotable position. Me - How long till promoted? 6 months, and we move you 2 hrs away. Me - Lmao bye.

[@markass2000]

Ayo cool to see you here

[@AryonaSamoto]

The one about "we are passionate about our work so no overtime" is basically healthcare right now. It's why I left nursing because they expected me to do more without paying and "volunteer my time". No matter how much I care about people it does not give any employer the right to devalue me. It doesn't matter the industry one works in, every person has value.

[@FurnitureFan]

Well said, good for you.

[@demondogmom7221]

Ah yes... Healthcare. Probably the worst industry to work in. My last IT job was in Healthcare and I'm delighted to be out of it.

[@emilhund]

Went in for a sales job, it was supposed to be well paid, with an hourly rate to sell curling irons in a pop up shop. It turned out to be a garbage job selling mud for hands and every time you sold a box, you got a cut. I just leaned over and yanked my paper back. I am not interested I said, and the woman tried to hold on to my paper, saying no, no, no. I just took my paper and walked out, saying to the younger girls, you are getting ripped off. None of them worked there.

[@jonathantan2469]

I hate these sort of bait & switch tactics. Isn't this basically fraud?

[@FurnitureFan]

@@jonathantan2469 IDK. I had something similar when I went for an advertised job that was similar to my current role but a lot nearer to home. It went well. They told me right at the end that they didn't have any funding for hiring me. But would I be willing to work as a receptionist for a couple of months & see how we all got along? Weirdness and I felt they'd deliberately wasted the time, but I don't think it was illegal, they were just cheap.

[@melvinISmischievous]

Just walked from an interview yesterday 1/5/2021 I went in for an interview at a family owned pizza place. After 30 minutes of giving my information and talking about relevant experience I was told I got the job and if I had any questions. I asked about pay, cue immediate deer in headlights look from manager. Says due to covid they had to let go most of their staff and said since they have so few employees they are under a threshold and are exempt from paying minimum wage. They offered me $10/hr and 12 hour workdays. Minimum wage here is 13, job was posted between 14/16 on website. I ended up just laughing a bit, stood up said we are done here then walked out. If you want good employees maybe pay them a living wage.

[@trublacking8572]

Were you applying for a part-time position or full-time position

[@phlushphish793]

Showed up for an interview. Turns out they're only offering $6 an hour. I can't live on that. A married man accepted.

[@davecrupel2817]

Word to the wise: Find out the pay, then make your decision, *BEFORE* giving them any of your personal information. If it botches the interview, then so be it. Who knows what they might have saved it for now...

[@pinkpugginz]

omggg

[@phlushphish793]

@Bobs Slong Oh this was in the 90's

[@kylebrouwn6768]

I walked out of an interview long before it even began. Was trying to get my first job and applied at McDonald's, but every time I tried calling to ask if they looked at my application and would give me my interview their response would always be "call back in a week and we should be available". Eventually I thought of asking for the interview in person. The manager rudely told me that the hiring manager wasn't there, as if I should've known, and that I should try coming back "next Tuesday" to talk to the HM because that's when their next shift was. I asked for HM's name and was told I should just ask when I come back, so then I asked for her name (the manager who I was speaking to atm) and she said Martha. I'm checking my calendar and notice that next Tuesday was actually Christmas Day, so I call the store. The girl who answered was very bubbly and nice so I kinda felt bad about what I asked her to do, but anyway, I ask if McDonald's is closed on Christmas and she says yes; I then ask who the Hiring Manager's name is and she informs me it's Martha. So basically, this bitch Martha lied to me about the HM not being there because she WAS the HM and just didn't have the balls to tell me that she wasn't looking to hire me and instead treated me poorly. I then say to the girl "Ah, I see. Well in that case please tell Martha that [my real name] says she should take his application and shove it up her ass" and I hung up.

[@paulkerrigan9857]

"What do you think the weaknesses of your group members are?" "Definitely the eyes, throat and testicles."

[@muscleman3478]

🤣🤣🤣 Dude you legit made me laugh, thanks bro.

[@wintergray1221]

Don't forget the kidneys.

[@josepherhardt164]

Damn. I'm saving that. Too bad I'm no longer in the job market (retired).

[@matheussanthiago9685]

@@wintergray1221 a good left to the liver area takes literally any human down

[@-.-.-.-.-.---.----....-_-]

​@@josepherhardt164 Ill use it for you, one day a job interviewer will hear it

[@bangmikhail6043]

I knew someone who was about to apply for a work in meat production, and then saw an ambulance with a man with severed arm He asked the security, and then manage to nope the f out before the interview after the security answer "it's just the usual accident"

[@randommanwill802]

I once interviewed for a law clerk position that was advertised on indeed. I got a reply a few days later asking if I would be able to come in for an interview. I scheduled my interview and, on the day of, arrived early. When I got into the lobby, I saw several people dressed in suits. I figured they were interviewing several candidates. We were asked to enter into a conference room for a short presentation before they began interviewing. I started to feel weird about it but I went to the conference room with the other applicants. Within five minutes, their "vice president" came in and began trying to tell us about the sales positions available and about how we could earn as much money as we wanted. I stood up, walked towards the door, and when the guy asked where I was going, I said "to report this bait and switch nonsense". I should have just said to use the bathroom, because when I checked for the position on Indeed, it had been taken down and replaced with a sales position.

[@greenscreen3347]

Had an email for an interview at 8am. Get there and everyone is confused, wait for a bit and manager comes out and tells me she said 8pm. I show her the email that says 8am, and still says I AM WRONG. Not that there was a typo, or anything like that. I just left, working for someone that acts like that would be horrible.

[@greenscreen3347]

@Bobs Slong right. Was for some crappy job when I was in college. Chipotle I think

[@einfachfejzo]

Applied for a job as a junior administrator. Just finished my training of 3 years and was super excited to work a much bigger company. I arrived 20 minutes early, waited a whole hour and was interviewed by 6 guys wearing suits. After all that "Why do you want this job? Why did you chose this industry?" we came down to talk business. I was denied a monthly salary of 3k, highest they could pay me was 1.5k. The best part? The job was advertised as an administrative position, but instead I was supposed to be an on-site technician and drive around with my own personal vehicle "if that's okay". I replied "no it's not." and walked out of there. Learned my lesson. Should've just gone home and not waste my time waiting.

[@lorettarushing3498]

I had one ask me why did or didnt i have kids like something a gynecologist would ask you i was interviewing for a prep cook.

[@WobblesandBean]

That's actually illegal.

[@josepherhardt164]

If I were a female and some idiot asked me why I didn't have kids, I'd say something like, "Well, fetuses make a really good soup." Crimony.

[@jonnuanez2843]

I interviewed at a security company on Oahu. The first question the lady asked me-an "auntie type (people on the islands know what this means)-was "oh-so I see you're Mexican". Whoa. I also worked, in the short past, at an island store that had a few mainland branches but was now out of business. She wanted about 10 references from that store. Her last thing was "okay, so that's all I have for today". No thanks/have a good day/etc. I flew out of there. I saw a white guy-haole-applying as I left. I bowed down and told him "good luck. You'll need it here". He looked at me like "wtf?". Caught the eye of another man and he looked at me like "ah shit".

[@lazylazerrsp8781]

Didn't walk out but switched the position I was applying for. The reason? They used double speak for the exact thing I said I didn't want to happen. The thing they tried to cover up was I said that if I work I need a set in stone responsibility, none of that work this department and work that one next. Turns out they used double speak to say that I would have to help other departments. They were pretty sneaky about it until I grilled them about my specific responsibilities. They basically wanted a handyman, and not what the job's description said. I then switched mid interview the job to basically a janitor. I would be a handyman but only for cleaning. None of that manual labor switching to technical switching to customer support bs they wanted. The job I applied for was general maintenance which meant doing a lot of organizing but they also wanted me to help in other people's responsibilities that weren't part of the job description. I had prefaced the interview that I have ocd, and have a hard time changing gears. So...they basically tweaked the description to be more simple, but when I went in they wanted a guy to fill in for anything missing. Basically if someone was missing on a day I'd do their job on top of mine. Given how large the store was I'd likely do that everyday. I had naively taken the job before and noticed a few common sugar-coated words that made me remember the slave like conditions. At that job I got fired by the store owner for overstepping my job even though my manager literally ordered me to. I have since then stayed alert and noticed the double speak immediately and bombed the interview. It also didn't help that my 11:00am interview turned into a 1:00pm one. They made me wait hours extra just to tell me that I would be an all purpose slave for management.

[@lazylazerrsp8781]

Ah the worst were the shift hours, we started off with graveyard shift but ended up with being a substitute worker.

[@michealdrake3421]

Last one shouldn't have apologized. Scientology is despicable.

[@72motochef]

I'm a chef. The final step is cooking a multi course meal for the employer. Was in the middle of prepping my food for presentation when I noticed several mice in one of the storage rooms. I stopped cooking, gathered up my things and told the employer about the condition of his kitchen as I left.

[@josepherhardt164]

SEVERAL mice? Jesus, those suckers are so fast, all you usually see is a blur. Unless they've REALLY made themselves at home. A couple of restaurants in Richmond, Va., have recently closed. Stopped going to those two because of uninvited (six-legged) guests at the dinner table.

[@matthewhoover6154]

I walked out of the stupid Cutco knives interview when I told him I didn't like sales and he tried to convince me of what a great talker and salesman I'd be. I hate scammy companies. Develop a real company and hire good people. The amount of time to create scams can be used to actually start a real company.

[@PSColdFire]

I was stupid enough to work for them for 3 weeks before realizing it was basically a Pyramid scheme.

[@gavriloprincip8123]

Went to an interview at an university as a newly post graduate teacher at the University that says they're near the "Grand Canyon". They told me how good it would be for my career to join them...I left because they offered me less than minimum wage and asked if I would coach a sports team at the same time. Got up at the end of the interview and said ui hoped they would find bigfoot riding an unicorn.

[@demondogmom7221]

Interviewing with an IT manager in Arizona, back in the late 70s, who kept taking about "wet backs" (derogatory term for Mexicans) and "split tails" (derogatory military term for women) and he had nothing against them. I sat there getting more and more pissed, but was trying to be professional. A guy I knew from a previous job interrupted because they had a production issue and manager had to sign to approve the fix. While the manager read it, ex-coworker and I talked quietly. When the manager was done reading, he ripped ex-coworker a new one in front of me, then kicked him out of the room.. looked at me and said, "I like to keep them on their toes." I stood up and declared that the interview was over, told him he was an asshole, and left. The receptionist saw me leaving and told me I had an interview with the next level manager. I told her IT manager was a jackass and if THAT was an example of their management, I passed. "EXIT...stage left."

[@katrinam6795]

Split tails? Don‘t even get that one

[@demondogmom7221]

@@katrinam6795 - think about the anatomical differences between men and women between the waist and thighs. If you can't figure it out, bless you.

[@Southern-trout0]

I had a bushy beard that had been going for a couple of years and they told me I would have to shave it off. I told them immediately after that it's not going to work if I can't keep my beard and got up to leave. The interviewer then proceeded to berate me for walking out of an interview over mere facial hair. I promptly told them to go pound sand. (I actually said more than that but KZbin won't like it)

[@wolverrot3015]

Was called into an interview for Krogers (not a nice one). My interview was late because the person that was suppose to interview me never showed up. Turns out it would be for 8 dollars an hr, which would have been fine while I looked for something else and/or got a shitbox car. Couldn't even offer me 15 hrs a week, though. They tried to brush by the fact that I would basically be working in the outside gas station all alone at night (tried to say I would relieve people on occasion and work there a just a few hours some nights, but at less than 15 hrs a week? That's all I would be doing). Makes me thankful for the job I have now (warehousing). Hope the person that took that job is in a better position now.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

I literally messed up one of mine when I got interviewed back in 2018. This was the second time I got interviewed but for a different city with the same dental office. As soon as she saw me, she said, "Oh, its you. (Ugh)." I literally pretended to be dumb.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yo, honestly? If she legitimately said that right in front of you, that's the kind of thing you should tell her boss. Good fuck, that's extremely disrespectful of her. That's the kind of BS that drives away decent candidates forever. A bad interviewer makes for bad hires.

[@MikkosFree]

I had an interview to teach computer classes at a local high school. When I went in, the offer was for 60% of the minimum wage. I was willing to accept it to get some experience on my resume. But then they said along with the computer class, I would also have to teach English, Math, and Social Studies, as well as hold an advisory position for one class. I noped out of there quickly. The school closed down about 3 years later.

[@Urbansilverback]

I once remember applying about 20 years ago to Linens N Things. I had to wait like an hour for an interview. In the mean time I had to do some word test. I got a hundred on the test. The interviewers said wow nobody has ever gotten a hundred on the test. Then they looked at my application and where it said salary asking for. I put $10 an hour. While telling me my test score was impressive they crossed out my $10 and put the same starting salary as everyone else which was $7. I am in NY and even then that’s not a lot. So at that point I just got up and left. The store closed in less than a year.

[@b.f.2461]

It’s amazing how many employers expect top quality employees for bare minimum wages.

[@Kiina312]

I didn’t walk out but I should have. One interview I had, they put me in a little meeting room and shut the door. No one was around. After an hour of waiting, I started panicking because I only paid an hour of parking (in the city, it was all that was available) I went to reception & asked how much longer. She said the manager was almost done. Waited another 15mins & the lady came in. Almost 30mins in, she goes “no, I don’t think you want this job. I don’t think it’s for you” (Even though I was actually interested in it). What an absolute waste of my time. Thankfully I didn’t get a parking ticket.

[@swapnil199]

I once went to a job interview for a position of business development executive. Turned out to be members making scheme (pyramid structure). Even snatched back my copy of resume i submitted

[@jonathantan2469]

That fake interview by the news company was downright deceptive & disrespectful of your time. Imagine being a jobseeker & having wasting your time.

[@johnnynieves8689]

My dad went to work for the family express owner, he had to go around to random gas stations and check in on them. He said that they didn’t offer him free gas or wear and tear on his car. Also that he had to volunteer at a place near his mansion every weekend. He said that he never left an interview so quick.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Was at an interview with a small IT company, interviewing for a Helpdesk position - the guy interviewing kept going on and on about being punctual (I'm not a morning person - I rock up to work between 8:30 and 9, but I always have only a 30 minute lunch) - now, wanting people to be on time is fine - however this was non-client facing and remote support, but on top of this he kept going on about needing MS qualifications - the walls of the office were lined with them - all BS low-tier MS Certs. This is despite me having more than enough experience for the position. Anyways, I'm already convinced I don't want to work here, but we get to were we discuss the pay, and his top salary bracket is $10-15K below other offers I was entertaining. At that point I straight up told him that I had written job offers paying at least $10K more than the max he was willing to pay and that I didn't want to waste his time and then walked out. In hindsight, was a brilliant decision.

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

Badass

[@SnapDaddy96]

I got one of these it was the day before my 18th birthday and went into my local game store looking for part-time the owner lights up disappears then reappears and says there's a guy on his way to do the interview. Great I think and wait after around 15 mins of waiting a man in dirty loose fitting black business casual walks in shakes my hand smiling like he'd hit the jackpot and then hit me with "you won't believe the amount of money you can make working for me" red flag 1 "you hardly have to do anything at all it's basically a walk in the park" "all I need to get your uniform and tag is a copy of your license and a check of $34.99" I just looked confused said I'm still 17 so I don't have those things, then his face turned sour looked at the owner then told me to GTFO. Good note the place went under the next year because more people reported they were running a secondary unreported business.

[@brandonballman2599]

I went to apply at this company that installed gutters. Upon arrival I had an application and a tape measure test and a level test... Yes a level to prove I knew how water flowed to where the bubble was raised in either direction. The guy interviewing me said the owner was in the property and would love to speak to me. I thought I had done so well that he had to meet me or something idk I was really hard up on money and was okay with everything. He then brings me outside away from the office and begins to give a lecture about his life and how he got to where he was working as a firefighter and owning this company. And gave me a pep talk about hard work and determination. Any time I thought the conversation was coming to a close he spurred off on something else to stroke his ego. We were standing there for atleast half an hour while he spoke and I listened. And at the end if it he says "not everyone passes that test you took so I'm impressed you made it this far, however I am going to decline your application because you don't have the experience required thank you" we shook hands and he left. Me standing there so confused on what just happened forgot that I applied for an entry level crew member...

[@sadkingbilly]

Interviewed for a job at 9am. Was lead by the lady trough the coffee room where the owner held his (and I quote) “mandatory prayer meeting”. Yes, you heard correct. Mandatory. I looked at her, at the hypocrite robbing honest people at ridiculous prices, decided it wasn’t even worth opening my mouth, sniggered right in the “prayer silence” and got out of there. Forcing your bs fairytales upon others, despicable.

[@Atesz222]

Once I went to an interview for a delivery company. They just straight up told me the payment was not stellar, I'd start early everyday, was not allowed to use GPS on the work phone, have to plot my route myself and if I had a shitload of deliveries and end at midnight (which is not rare) then tough luck. Oh, and I have to pack stuff and do paperwork after I take the car back. My inexperience and general spider senses told me to nope the f outta there.

[@FurnitureFan]

Appreciate their honesty at least, but that wasn't much of a job offer!

[@chrissycurtis4152]

Interviewer lied about job role on advert to get people in. Was advertised as a managerial role, and as soon as they started the interview they were like "so we've already hired for this role but we do have another role" said role was half the pay. I asked why they were still advertising the managerial role if its been filled and they said they do it to get the interview numbers and majority of people end up just accepting the lesser role. Called them dodgy as fuck and walked out

[@williamturnquist2808]

The job said pays $10-$22 an hour, I agreed to the interview. Knowing I could be offered $10 an hour I asked about pay first, saying I’d hope to make around $15 or $16 an hour. They said well because you’d just be starting with us we can’t go higher than $10. So I stopped the interview right there and left.

[@DayVidsgaming]

My time is important also, I went to an interview and sat for five minutes. I had other ones lined up with better jobs and gave some time. It was 10 minutes when I was like what is he doing. Asked the receptionist and she was like he’s in his office. I was like is he interviewing and she’s like no. I’m like ok, thank you. I got up and walked out. Got an amazing job right after. I interviewed, they loved me, gave me a uniform and I was working the next day. Great job I learned a lot but wanted to level up and grow so I left after some time. Always remember this in every situation, know your worth, keep your head high and don’t deal with the bs. Huge red flag to have someone who dressed up and got up early waiting in the front.

[@trashpanda3138]

One time my boss ( ATT) scheduled a job interview for a new hire and she told us that shell be back before 12 the poor guy came in 15 minutes early and waited an hour. We tried to call her but she said she was busy with an appointment or sumn that to tell him to wait there 30 more minutes or to come back around 3pm when the guy came back at 3 and she still wasnt at the store she called and said she was only 10 minutes away and to tell him to wait. When he came back up we told him and he was like "no nevermind" and left and never came back. When the boss finally came in we told her that he left and she tryed to call him but obviously he wouldn't answer I wouldn't either tbh. But the thing is she said "I guess he didnt really want the job, he only had to wait 10 minutes" even though he waited longer then that. I still feel bad for this guy it felt like 3 years ago

[@xaenon]

That Scientology one - that is indeed the best possible thing you could do - WALK OUT and don't give them even the slightest scrap of information. Once they get their hooks in you, it's a nightmare to get back out. They'll do everything they can to ruin you if you leave.

[@droth1031]

My wife and I were applying at a job. The interviewer asked me what I would do in the event of a family emergency, and at that moment my wife bursts in, crying hysterically. She had just received a phone call telling her that her mother had passed away. Needless to say, we didn't get the job.

[@honeybunchstudios]

Omg 🥺🥺🥺🥺🤯❤🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺👀

[@ladythalia227]

I once went to a job orientation prior to starting my summer job. At that orientation they told me to come in for my second orientation on the day of my written exam. I told them I couldn’t and they asked me if maybe I could ask the college to reschedule my exam. I said no and walked out. I told the school and they actually called the business (which was known for employing students during the summer holidays) and chewed them out. I got an apology from the guy who asked me to reschedule my exam and I did end up working there four summers in a row until I found better employment the last two years of college.

[@Nikolai_The_Crazed]

I’m honestly surprised people think you can make money working for an MLM. Unless you’re running the scheme, you’re breaking even AT BEST. At worst you pay out a bunch of money and no one buys it off you.

[@roxcyn]

What amazes me, the MLMs are advertising on job sites as if it's an hourly job. SMH. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@karazor-el6085]

@@roxcyn I was called into an interview that was supposed to be an office manager job. They wanted to meet at a coffee shop (Red Flag #1). They opened with telling me how much money I could make (Red Flag #2). And then they diagrammed the org chart...which was, of course, a pyramid (Red Flag #3). I got tired of it and realized they had never even mentioned the name of the company, so I asked. I had to ask three times before they admitted it was Amway, and suddenly I was in Communist China. I got up and left immediately.

[@KnakuanaRka]

@@karazor-el6085 And suddenly you were in Communist China? I think I missed whatever joke you were going for.

[@karazor-el6085]

@@KnakuanaRka Sorry. A metaphor to mean "I saw red flags everywhere."

[@KnakuanaRka]

@@karazor-el6085 Oh. *ba dum tss* xD

[@azir64]

Was once asked to wait for an interview. After 25min of waiting I just left. They called me, to ask where I was. Told them that if the person I'm supposed to meet, could not take the time to do so, I knew enough. To me it was either a position that they did not really care about, or already showed red flags.

[@Whimmery]

One time went to an interview that was at noon, I arrived 10 minutes early after hunting for a parking spot in their packed parking lot and a 2hr drive through traffic just to get there. Was told to sit and wait for about 15 minutes so it was past noon, before they even came to get me for the interview. Then they had the balls to scold me saying “normally we expect interviewees to arrive 30 minutes early”. I instantly knew I did not want to work there 😒Bullet dodged after speaking to other ppl about em

[@wilsonator2008]

I nearly got a job at a marketing company basically cold calling people trying to sell solar panels. They basically advertised it as salaried, but in the interview they said that you’d get minimum wage plus commission. I basically said to the interviewer that I’ll stick to my current job where I was guaranteed tips and hourly wage and thanks for phoning me. Not even 3 months later the offices of the company were boarded up and the offices have now been converted to apartments so I feel like I dodged a bullet.

[@fieryjalapenos4442]

The pay that was in the job posting was not the wage. It was what you could “potentially” make if you hit all of the goals for bonuses for the year and put in 60-70 hours a week. The job posting said Hourly Salary: $24/hr. Actual hourly wage, was $13 hr. I just stood up and stretched, said thanks for your time and just walked out. Company was listed as Permanently Closed on Google Reviews 6 months later.

[@margaretjohnson6259]

in silicon valley lay-offs were frequent as companies came and went. i was sent on an interview by the unemployment office and the interviewer pretty much said that employees there pretty much lived there with lots of overtime and weekend work. i was trying to think of a way to botch the interview so i wouldn't have to take the job (i had a spouse and home i liked to see occasionally ) so i asked about time off to go to church. i didn't get the job. WHEW. (if offered i'd HAVE to take it or be denied unemployment payments).

[@sprtsfanatic1]

It’s really sickening how toxic the work culture has become in the Bay Area. Plus, with COVID, so many layoffs, companies moving, and unemployment soaring in Cali, it just gives recruiters so much power to essentially low-ball people because so many people are desperate for work

[@davecrupel2817]

@@sprtsfanatic1 Everybody wants a piece of the buisness pie in fancy, shiny, glamorous Silicone Valley. (Load of horses***.) Then they find out the hard way about the *otherworldly* taxes and expenses that come with having a property there, that only the biggest super-corporations can afford.

[@sprtsfanatic1]

@@davecrupel2817 Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful area to live in. I’ve lived here for 90% of my lifetime, but it’s only possible for me by living at home. Unless you’re making $150,000 a year, plus benefits and options, are single, and have very limited expenses, you’ll be barely scraping by. I don’t know how so many that work in retail, customer service, service industry, etc. are able to make it work

[@davecrupel2817]

@@sprtsfanatic1 Oh i don't deny that. I'm sure it's like living in a scifi book being there. But all that fanciness comes at a price.

[@tigersnipez3847]

Interviewed as a salesman for a Harley dealership, I ride so I figured it'd be a good job for 9 months before I go to law school. The biggest thing I look for in a motorcycle salesman is that they will try to talk new riders away from buying bikes they cant handle. After a 30 minute interview where I was asked zero questions and consisted of the manager bragging about himself, I asked him what he'd do in that exact situation. He then basically bragged about how he's sold new riders bikes they couldn't handle and they've killed themselves driving home from the fucking dealership, said it was "just part of the job" I almost cussed him out while leaving...

[@Achinxoi]

I had a corporate recruiter flat out lie right to my face over the phone about a position. When I arrived, I was shown into a waiting room that looked like a preschool. The red flags were already flying. I was on time but somehow I'm waiting? I waited for 10 minutes and suddenly the receptionist is herding in more people. That's when it clicked for me. I walked out. On my way out, the interviewer looked at me surprised I was leaving and smugly said good luck. I stopped because I recognized her voice. I turned to her and said, -How audacious of you to lie to me and expect me to still give you the time of day. Don't ever make the mistake of calling me again.

[@AyalahW]

A few things I’ve learned over the years. 1. Ask what the position pays before you interview. My time is money. If you aren’t able to pay because you’re greedy or your company doesn’t do well I need to know up front. 2. Tell them when you’re available in the interview and that you’re not open to negotiation. 3. Plan out your vacation time so that you can tell them up front so there’s none of this “you have to work here for a year before vacation”. 4. If people start out rude (especially supervisors) immediately ask that you speak to them privately and then you let them know that they will not ever speak to you in such a way publicly or privately or you’ll call them out immediately. Yes these tactics work. I’ve used them and I get treated how I want to be treated

[@Imperatia]

"Ask what the position pays before you interview." Hah, I saw an ad where for salary they only said "decent payment". I applied to it, but in my mail I basically said that I required concrete information about the pay level. Since my CV & mail was pretty decently composed, I can only assume the lack of any reply was related to my "greed" in asking such a question. xD "Decent payment" could mean literally anything, for all I know. But my assumption on seeing those words is ... minimum wage.

[@D-man-online]

Was on the verge of completely broke looking for anything. I applied for an inventory audit job that basically had you go the stores and count what was on the shelves, got called in for an interview at a site nearly an hour away. What they didn't say was that this was a group interview, they sat us down and started talking about the responsibilities of the job and how the store locations that we could potentially be sent to were within a 25mi radius of our current location. I was living as far as possible from them while still being within their "range of operations." When I asked if I would be compensated for my travel time I was told no, that I would essentially be on call, and that my hours could range from 10hrs a week up to 30 and at variable times. They then said it would be minimum wage. Walked out immediately after.

[@alarkhar]

A while ago I did an interview for back office work (i.e. secretarial, paper-shuffling stuff) - they told me to come the following day, and sent me with two salesmen (snake oil peddlers, from how they worked). They justified that by saying that "I have to know what they do". The following day, same deal, but I was asked to wear my best outfit. I did, and before I and the two stooges left the "boss" did a pep talk that would have been more suitable to a minor league football team than anything, and literally told us that we should be ready to sell their crap to our parents, if need be (he did, he stated proudly). What I didn't mention is that I only learned the company's name THE SECOND DAY, as they chanted it "football team style" ("Jui-ce, Jui-ce, YEAH!"). I excused myself a second, then called my mom and one of my best friend asking to do a search online for that company, and finally left. By lunchtime I received two phone calls, one from my mom and one from my friend - the message was one and the same: "Find an excuse and bail." By the end of the second "field day", the boss told me that the following day I'd have to do the rounds by myself, alone - and to memorize the standard sales pitch by heart, because that's what I had to say, no variations allowed. I left, and later sent one of my "prospective colleagues" (the gruesome twosome) a SMS stating that I had received a better offer, and I wouldn't be coming back. I wasn't lying, I had received a better offer - by my own professional dignity and integrity. Oh, and the things mom and my friend found out? Literally the stuff of nightmares: they didn't give bonus to the best, rather they encouraged the other salesmen to bully the worst; the pay they promised was only if we reached the sales quota; they had the newcomers pay for transportation if at all possible; and, worst of all, there was NO SUCH THING AS AN OPEN BACK OFFICE POSITION. They literally placed ads for drivers, storeroom workers, clerks, back office workers, front office workers, secretarial assistants, janitors, whatever... and whoever answered ended up doing door-to-door. The only positive reviews online were written BY THEIR OWN MANAGERIAL STAFF. Yoicks.

[@Napash.Masharath]

did we work at the same marketing hell?

[@alarkhar]

@@Napash.Masharath Unless you too are italian, I don't think so.

[@Mokun413]

Damn😳 sounds like hell

[@CJWRacing]

I once went for a sales job, at the time I was quite naive. They herded us all up into buses, drove us to housing estates and on the way told us it was a practical interview, we would be going door to door selling their products. I noped out of that one

[@xaenon]

I worked for a company for six years and it went belly up without notice. We literally came to work to find the doors and gates padlocked. Anyway, after a couple of weeks of job hunting, I felt it necessary to take whatever work I could find, at least for the time being, and applied at a Dollar General. I know, it's minimum wage, but it would have at least SOMETHING coming in while I kept looking for work. I was called the very next day for an interview. We went over all the usual stuff, but it came time to talk about availability. I was told I would not be scheduled for anything over 16 hours a week - absolutely zero chance of being scheduled more than that, yet I had to be available at 30 minutes notice 24/7. At straight minimum wage. What was hilarious was how she presented it all as a magnificent 'opportunity' - she even used that word. I just got up and left without another word.

[@KenFullman]

I was once given a similar offer during an interview. I asked "So what is the hourly rate for being on standby" the answer "Oh no, we only pay you if we need to call you" my answer. Sorry, if I'm not being paid, I'm not even taking your call.

[@CircuitBird]

Didn't walk out during the interview, but I was applying for a job in security. While there, I was filling out some paperwork and the operations manager was backstabbing applicants on their appearance and their display of nervousness. While I was in the office. I walked away. If she was saying talking about potential employees behind their backs the way she was, I didn't want to know what she was going to say about me.

[@Peyoutube156]

noped out of an interview after spotting All the screens that were running windows had the "please activate", The sales tracking spreadsheet on the wall had red banner (Needs activating) Wouldnt let me look at a magazine that I was supposed to be selling advert space in Offered me the job before I sat down Said it was commission only. Found out later on in the day that it was a total scam, they rang business up, sold them advertising space but never produced any magazines.

[@ColinWatters]

We once took an interviewee out for lunch on us. With our meals we ordered Diet Cokes and asked what he wanted, he ordered a beer. No problem, any other day and we would also have had a beer. However later when he wasn't able to answer a question very well he blamed us for "getting him drunk" and walked out. It was him that ordered the beer and it was one small beer.

[@M4gl4d]

I interviewed as a tourist guide. I speak english, french, Portuguese and spanish. The owner told me he wanted someone who also spoke german, Japanese and Chinese. "For minimal wage?" "Yes" Walked out

[@xercespriest]

"Second Interview" involved the manager wanting me to "show I am a good fit" by washing dishes and scrubbing greasy areas without even any promised pay. I was young and desperate for a job at the time. I guess they saw a young, desperate black young male and thought "yeah we can get him to do anything and even get free labor out of it." Needless to say I noped the hell outta there. Never ever under any circumstances walk into an interview with an aura of "I need a job! I have to have one." Managers love taking advantage of that.

[@andrewbullers6302]

While living in Pennsylvania, I was contacted about a management position with Pet Smart in NC. Was very excited as I wanted to move down that way. Told me they couldn't interview me over the phone it has to be in person. Okay, fine, so I make the arrangements. Show up to the interview, and they tell me the management position isn't open but they want me for a part time position that paid $9 an hour. Never so angry in my life.

[@jackmason9550]

Didn't walk out on an interview but I should have. I'm an Army Infantry veteran and have worked almost exclusively in the security industry since leaving the military. My last job before the one I'm about to tell about was working as a security supervisor for a UPS Supply Chain Solutions warehouse park which stored and shipped expensive electronics like cameras and laptops, pharmaceuticals, parts for military equipment and all sorts of other highly valuable or security sensitive products. There were about 20 VERY large industrial warehouse buildings on the site, hundreds of employees and I was in charge of a security team of 12 officers. When I moved back home I set out looking for another security job. I interviewed for a security job at a pretty professional looking office in a rather industrial part of town. The owner of the company interviewed me personally and said he was a Marine. The owner said his security firm was small but growing rapidly, that being a Marine himself he preferred to recruit military veterans and that his company currently had contracts with about a dozen businesses across the state. Cool, so far, so good. He asks me about my experience in the security industry and what kind of security work I would be interested in. So I tell him about my previous job at the warehouse park as a security supervisor and that I was looking for serious security work for large companies or private contracts such as executive protection details or security consulting work for clients with large estates, etc. He assures me that he is working on securing contracts that he thinks I would be interested in that may come available in the coming months. So then he says for the contract he wanted me working on to start would be 12 hour shifts in a town nearby and would require I use my personal vehicle on the job. 12 hour shifts didn't bother me and though it seemed a little weird for a professional security firm I didn't mind using my personal vehicle to do vehicle patrols if necessary. I knew they had marked cruisers so I figured the contract required keeping some kind of low profile that a marked cruiser wouldn't be suited for and he did say the firm was small after all. I asked what kind of mileage I should be expecting to put on my vehicle and he said probably no more than 5-10 miles per night plus my commute. Sounded reasonable so I told him that was fine. I asked who the contract was with and he said he couldn't say due to a confidentiality agreement with the client. Which was the first thing that really sounded a bit fishy and started me wondering if this was really a legit operation. But I just rolled with it, putting my trust in the fact that we were both military veterans and assuming a fellow veteran wouldn't be trying to screw me over. So I get hired and get a start date and a location for orientation. I show up and... my client is an egg farm. Like a big, 20-30 barn, thousands of chickens per barn all in tiny cages stacked on top of each other, egg farm and our primary security concerns were going to be guarding against environmental and agricultural terrorism. Should have walked out on the job then and there but I figure you have to start somewhere and maybe this is just a test to see if I have what it takes to stay with the firm long term. I know I had made it very clear what kind of security work I was looking for and I know the owner of the firm had said he had contracts that would suit me so I decided to stick it out and hope to get moved to a better client eventually. Then I ended up having to drive my personal vehicle between that location and two other locations owned by the farm, each about a 45 minute drive away and putting about 120 miles a night on my car. Plus when there was an avian flu scare I ended up having to spray down my personal vehicle with chemicals on a nightly basis, which was even worse than the fact that my car was covered in chicken feces all the time from having to drive around the farm and check to make sure the barn doors were closed. We also were expected to check on and perform maintenance on generators in the winter with no personal protective gear in sheds that were clearly labelled to contain asbestos and other carcinogens and clearly stated on signs that a mask should be worn at all times. When bringing up concerns about this to the owner of the farm we were told to just cover our mouth and nose with our shirts. Also, found out that the firm only had maybe a dozen employees, 20 at the most and most of them were the owners family members. Then I find out that the firm only has two other clients, one being a Denny's which the owner of the firm did himself and the other being a single Walmart location but only once a year for Black Friday. Yeah, I pretty much stopped taking the job seriously after that and didn't end up working there much longer. So much for the bond of brothers-in-arms.

[@thornwalker8970]

My coworker at the internship we are doing currently got a phone call for a possible interview just yesterday. The guys expect her to cross the entire country (south of France to Paris) just for an interview for a job she is not even sure she’ll get hired for. The train journey costs between 70 and 120€ and takes a good 8 hours because we are in the countryside; so she would have to pay for a hotel room too. When she asked if they could just do it via zoom, explaining the aforementioned stuff + she is currently in a full-time job, the guys were just like ‘yeah, maybe. It’s a bit hard to organize.’ I was there for the phone call. When they hung up we knew she would never call them back. Wtf! At least we got a good laugh out of it

[@ezewong290]

Anytime someone says "You need to show me your worth first" Just respond with "You do too". Catches them off guard and if they have any self awareness they will just stare at you blankly as you leave.

[@Tralfazz74]

McDonald's interview. Job was for the McDonald's in my town. The woman who was interviewed before me had a 10 minute back-and-forth with the short, Hispanic lady doing the interview. By all accounts, a normal interview. When it was my turn, the lady looked straight down at her phone, and I was asked just 3 questions: "So, are you related to A.W. who works here?" I told her that that was my brother. "Okay.... Would you be able to work at the McDonald's a town over?" I told her that was too far of a drive for me. "Hmmmm... Well... *Sigh* Are you sure you don't want to work there instead?" I repeated that I can't do that. "Okay." She hadn't broken eye-contact with her phone the entire time, and after saying that, she continued swiping in complete silence. I just sat across from her in a McDonald's lobby for 3 minutes before getting up and saying "Well, bye? I guess." She didn't react. I later found out from my brother that there was a very deep well of complaints towards her as a manager. Also, she hated white people and men, both qualifications that I happen to fit. Not upset that I didn't get the job.

[@davidcox3076]

18:54 - When they asked if anyone had researched them at BBB and those who did left, I'd have quietly slipped out. But it appears the poster was more curious.

[@TwistedVNM94]

Red flag: Group interviews mean high turnover rates

[@coreyray979]

I had an interview at a store that sold goods and electronics and they asked what kind of money I was looking for....I said $10 an hour.... I know how expensive everything is...."we don't pay that much,we pay minimum wage!" Ok! Do you pay commission on some of these big ticket items? "We don't pay our employees a commission!" I got up and walked out at that point! Sounds like a lot of work for very little money.

[@johnmccall4528]

Walked out of one hiring event because it was taking forever. They would conduct part of the interview, then have you wait for 30 - 45 minutes before going to the next step. It was taking all day. Walked out of another one because the HR manager kept missing appointments, rescheduling new ones, then missing those and I kept having to wait on her every time I showed up. The last one I walked out of was at a manufacturing plant when the interviewer said I would have to stay inside during the entirety of my shift, even during breaks, and would have to at times work weekends as well as the previous 5 day work week. I said F no to that.

[@anathemat-002]

5:20 My partner had pretty much the same experience. Drove across town, signed in, waited. Saw the boss who was supposed to interview him enter his office while he was waiting, but wasn't called in. An hour later, he asked the receptionist what was going on. She apparently tried multiple times to have a conversation with the boss, but he wouldn't open the door. She had to come back and tell my partner that "he just doesn't want to do an interview today. I'm so sorry, we can reschedule you if you want." Essentially. She was really nice, but dealing with a childish boss. He noped out and never responded to their calls after that.

[@Mintman83]

I had a job interview at a pet resort where the manager explained their entire disciplinary process in a threatening way. I said F that.

[@gigiw.7650]

I walked out before even completing the application b/c a Nephrologists' office wanted my disabled self to hike downstairs to use the bathroom! Are you freaking kidding me?! If they treat applicants like that, how do they treat their patients? Noped the F out!

[@karenlloyd945]

I've walked out of 2 interviews #1 Turned up for an interview & every single female employee was wearing heavy makeup, a red blouse & were all very slim blonds, walked into the interview room where 10 people were going to interview me & all I could think off was ffs they all look like stepford wives! Politely said, I can see I would not be a good fit, thank you for your time & left. #2 was a role with the physio department at my local hospital, quickly realised I wasn't fit enough & said so, thanked them for their time & apologised. They said can we keep your details on record as we think you'd do really well as a receptionist & we've been given the heads up that we will be needing a new one. I said yes but thought I'd not hear from them, they called & offered me that role about 4 months later but I was back in work by then

[@huntermorgan6177]

9:00 This is absolutely despicable. How can you waste nearly 4 hours of people's time just to say, "Oh, there's no job. Also we'll be saying you and everyone else didn't try hard enough on national TV."

[@josepherhardt164]

If there had been social media at the time, I would have made this broadcast my pet project.

[@streetcop157]

Retired police chief applied for an executive position with a national security company. Sent resume, spoke with the recruiter and understood I was interviewing for area director position. Drove 35 minutes to get there. When I sat down they began to interview me for an entry level minimum wage position…..I interrupted as I was there for the advertised area director position….interviewer stated that everyone started entry level and had to work their way up……I said well I applied for the directors position and that was the only position I was interested in and had made that clear when I scheduled the interview….frankly I was unamused that they had wasted my time….. two days later I got a call from the interviewers bosses boss who wanted me to come in and take over the office. The interviewer had applied for the same position. I told them I wasn’t at the point in my life where I wanted that level of petty drama

[@NuRaLoQi]

Oh I've had one where I scheduled the interview for late morning and adjusted my lunch schedule that day so I could go to it. This was explained to them as it would be a short time frame first interview due to that. Got there 10 min early. Waited for30 min past the scheduled time, secretary came to see me twice during that time to apologize in the interviewers behalf. Never found out if she came in a third time because I simply left. They tried calling me (I already had the number saved from previous interview over the phone) and I just declined. If they don't respect you or your time even during the phase where they are trying to lure you in, that's for a place to avoid working at, as it only gets worse from there.

[@TranquilLyric]

That cold stone story was cold! 🥶

[@barnakey]

There's plenty of legit reasons not to finish an interview. I've had a couple phone interviews where I've said to the interviewer "I don't think this is a good fit for me, but I'll see if I know anyone that might be good for what you're looking for." The jobs didn't sound bad, but literally wasn't what I had in mind to be doing. It can actually be a sign of respect to not waste either of your time.

[@edwardhernandez6668]

Every time I apply for a job I look at how much it pays (none of this “up to 32$ an hour bullshit) and what the time is scheduled. Never going to apply to a job that fails to mention those two details.

[@4675636b596f755954]

I was interviewed in a two person start-up for a Software Engineering position. Ended up that I wasn't just going to be their only employee, but they expected me to fill every role in their company, from single-handedly creating the product, to sales, marketing, tech support, etc. "One month trial with no pay, then 3% off profits" or, translated, "you get all the responsibilities, we get practically all the money".

[@christianoperez8224]

as a 16 year old who had only ever had one interview and still currently working that job, these all seem very interesting and makes me realize my interview actually went fairly well

[@josepherhardt164]

I try telling my nephew that between his dad and me, he has 90 years of mistakes to ask us about, as sources of reference. :)

[@shoopdj]

I interviewed for a job in Houston once for a refinery process contractor (I'm a ChE). I really wasn't that interested in the job because the company was notorious for being a sweatshop with lower pay than most others. I did want to move to Houston, though, for better job opportunities and weather. The interview was with 7 different department managers, one at a time, for about an hour each. It was grueling! I was tired from my long trip to get there. Finally, after about three hours of this crap, I just stood up and said, "ya know, I think I made a mistake here 'cause I'm not all that interested in what I'm hearing about the job". The interviewer looked at me like I was nuts as I just picked up my stuff and left. Never heard another peep out of them. Got a job with a really fine company the next week.

[@josepherhardt164]

No kidding. One interview, fine. Two interviews, okay. Three interviews, seriously iffy. More than three, total BS. The company will wind up not with the best candidates, but with those most desperate.