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Many years ago, I scheduled a dentist appointment and an interview on the same day. At the dentist, he applied a local anesthetic which made the right side of my mouth numb. He assured me it’d wear off in a few hours...
I spent the entire interview drooling (saw the evidence on the mirrored elevator ride down) and unfocused (I was enjoying regaining sensation way too much). Needless to say, I didn’t get the job.
And now you rule us all.
I closed my laptop for a virtual (recorded) investment banking interview when the first question they asked was “what is your favorite movie”
Called the person by the wrong name.
Final interview at McKinsey senior year in college - first 1:1 interview I shook the guys hand, sat down, and my shirt button popped and landed in the middle of the table. He tried to keep a straight face and said it’s okay, but I couldn’t recover mentally after that.
At a lunch interview I closed my fingers in his bmw car door and he panicked because the door was locked and he was trying to get the keys But he was so rattled that I just stood there while he was trying to get the keys with blood pouring out of the car door with my fingers locked in...and I never lost my cool. I got the job by the way🤩
Recorded virtual interview for a trading role at JP Morgan. Ten minutes into answering their questions, I realized I didn’t give a shit about commodities trading and closed the window.
Software engineering interview at Palantir. I failed to complete 2/3 of the coding questions and got every follow up theory question wrong.
Lol I had a Microsoft SWE interview right after a really bad migraine that exhibited stroke-like symptoms that impaired my speech for about an hour. That was fun
When looking for my first job before my KPMG interview one place asked desired salary, my range was 50-60K. Lady looked offended and goes “we’re not paying you 60K”. Was going well otherwise.
Had an interview at Amazon for a finance position and I hadn’t touched anything finance related in about 3yrs. Interviewer was got super technical using different finance terms and threw in a little case interview. I literally knew nothing and started guessing lol. At the end the guy goes “best of luck in your search” 😂 glad I didn’t get it