Any stories of interviews that you’ve gone on and have crashed and burned in? Let’s hear it!

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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.

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And now you rule us all.

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Called the person by the wrong name.

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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🤩

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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

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