If you call to cancel your interview 30 minutes before it’s scheduled to take place because you “just don’t feel up to interviewing today” your resume will go straight into the trash. Your name will be blackballed in that company, and you won’t have a chance of working there until everyone who was working on the day you offered your lame excuse is not working there anymore.
Just show up and do the interview, even if it’s terrible, and then at least you won’t have burned napalmed nuked scorched, obliterated, and utterly destroyed that bridge, and all the other bridges in the area, the entire bridge factory, and the town of Bridgeville.
Idiot.
Or at least come up with a plausible excuse like, “My penis fell off.”
While interviewing candidates for a high-level position, I had a woman miss her appointment and then called later to argue with me about the time it was scheduled. Even after I provided her with copies of emails from her confirming the time, she still insisted it was my fault and demanded a new slot.
It’s absolutely stunning how fucking stupid some people can be.
The level of dumbass in that dude’s bloodstream is approaching toxic levels. He should have that looked at by a licensed clue-stick practitioner.
Wow, I hope you don’t catch the terrible brain-wasting disease that grundelswab has from handing their resume. Best burn it just to be safe, and sanitize your hands with alcohol. From the inside, of course.
You mean the candidate’s complete honestly didn’t endear you?!? :)
Well he probably did you a favour - if he’s too stupid to think up a decent excuse imagine how much fun the interview would have been.
I once interviewed a guy who showed up 45 minutes late, didn’t apologise, and was wearing a shirt with coffee spilled all down the front of it.
All this might have been overlooked if he hadn’t then looked at this watch and said ‘Is this going to take long? I’m having lunch with my mates at 1′.
Oddly he seemed surprised that my response was ‘Well, might as well be early then. Bye.’
Yah, that’s when you go to the indisputable defense: “Have a bit of the explosive diarrhea right now - can I reschedule?”
You’re looking at it all wrong… That is the person you want to get hired. Because next to that individual… You will look like an allstar!
Wow. People never cease to amaze me.
I had someone show up 30 minutes late to an interview and, when I flat out refused to do the interview, had a full on kicking and screaming temper tantrum. Nice.
“the entire bridge factory, and the town of Bridgeville.” Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant.
I haven’t been blackballed since my fraternity hazing days.
Or the candidate who tries to tell YOU what times are convenient for THEM, when you’re trying to schedule multiple interviews with very busy, very senior people on the same day.
Good riddance. Between a couple of us, we could write a book on how NOT to get a job. I’m constantly appalled at the stupid mistakes people make in their resume and interviewing skills. You WILL get asked about your strengths and weaknesses - come prepared. You WILL get asked about what you can bring to the job to make you stand out - be prepared. You WON’T be asked about your recent divorce, how much you hated your last boss, job, etc. DON’T bring it up!!
Oh my word. This is amazing.
I like tfg’s idea. “My penis fell off”.
I think I’ll grow a penis, just so I can use that excuse in the future.
When I was a contender for a job many years ago and ended up in the final five, my boss told me later as he talked it over with his assistant, he said, hmmm, which would should we hire? The assistant said, why not take the one who has NO misspellings in their resume….
HA HA!! I MEANT “which ONE should we hire.” (I said it was MANY years ago….)
“you’re resume will go straight into the trash.”
You might want to lighten up just a bit. I always find it hilarious that people who can’t spell always get down on others for ANYthing.
Kirk- I was a bit fired up when I typed this. Thanks for pointing out the error. I’ve fixed it.