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"The
reason the candidate was taking so long to respond to a question became
apparent when he began to snore."
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"When I
asked the candidate to give a good example of the organizational skills
she was boasting about, she said she was proud of her ability to pack her
suitcase 'real neat' for her vacations."
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"Why did
(the applicant) go to college?" His reply: "To party and socialize."
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"When I
gave him my business card at the beginning of the interview, he
immediately crumpled it and tossed it in the wastebasket."
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"I
received a resume and letter that said that the recent high-school
graduate wanted to earn $25 an hour-'and not a nickel less.'"
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"(The
applicant) had arranged for a pizza to be delivered to my office during a
lunch-hour interview. I asked him not to eat it until later."
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"(The
applicant) said she had just graduated cum laude, but she had no idea what
cum laude meant. However, she was proud of her grade point average. It was
2.1."
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"(The
applicant) insisted on telling me that he wasn't afraid of hard work. But
insisted on adding he was afraid of horses and didn't like jazz, modern
art, or seafood."
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"She
actually showed up for an interview during the summer wearing a bathing
suit. She said she didn't think I'd mind."
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"He sat
down opposite me, made himself comfortable, and proceeded to put his foot
up on my desk."
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"The
interview had gone well, until he told me that he and his friends wore my
company's clothing whenever they could. I had to tell him that we
manufactured office products, not sportswear."
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"(The
applicant) applied for a customer service position, although, as he
confided, he really wasn't a people person."
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"Without
asking if I minded, he casually lit a cigar and then tossed the match onto
my carpet-and couldn't understand why I was upset."
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"On the
phone, I had asked the candidate to bring his resume and a couple of
references. He arrived with the resume-and two people."
