Anyone have stories of a time when you thought you fumbled an interview, but still ended up getting the job?🥲

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I showed up 45 minutes late to my first internship interview. Turns out the CD interviewing me had also gotten her heel stuck in a subway grate once before and we bonded over the embarrassment.

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I told my potential boss that I hated awards and then proceeded to call out (unwittingly) a project of theirs as a reason. They said they were “refreshed to hear such honesty”. They ended up making me an offer and me declining.

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Sadly no. I did bomb a recruiter screening a couple weeks ago by having brain freeze when trying to cite specific examples of my background to the point where all I could say when she emailed a couple days later saying I wouldn't be moving forward was "Understand completely. Best of luck in filling the role."

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