Bosses of Reddit Reveal Their Worst Interview Moments

“I had to interview a guy for some contract labour and when I showed him our work vehicle he shook my hand and said 'I'm sorry but I refuse to drive a Chevy' and left. I was speechless... he was giving me the story of how hard he is having it. I decided to give him a shot and because we had a Silverado for the work vehicle he turned it down…” Via Reddit user anotherone92

“Not the worst, but the weirdest. Guy applied for a warehouse/delivery position. Had emailed back and forth with a few questions before the interview, and it sounded promising. He comes in, sits down and says, 'so, what is this position? Delivery? Oh, I can't lift anything. Also, I lost my driver's license a few months ago. I guess we're done here.' And then just got up and left. No thank you or goodbye, just got up and left. It was the shortest, most bizarre interview I've ever done.” Via Reddit user metrognome64

“A woman was about 15 years older than I was and clearly didn't understand that I was the one actually interviewing her for the job. This was an engineering position on my team making ~$175K. She was very candid with me regarding her overall personality and actually put her purse on her lap at one point and doing her makeup while we were talking. I guess she thought I was the secretary and she was making small talk before meeting with my boss?” Via Reddit user NapCaptain

“I asked a guy when would he be available to begin work if offered the position...his response was that he would have to put down his dogs in order to begin work as soon as possible but was willing to do that to get the job. We called him almost immediately after the interview to tell him he wasn't selected and hopefully save his dogs lives.” Via Reddit user dtrain1234

“When my dad was going through applications, in the "reason for leaving last job" part, a man wrote that he had shot his previous boss in the head. His PO had told him to be honest.” Via Reddit user MoXY_Jellyfish

“I once interviewed a guy for a work study position at a college radio station. The position was for ten hours a week as a sports reporter. I told him that he would sometimes have to carry the equipment for the remote broadcast of sports and he immediately took his shoe and sock off and put his foot on the table to show me a scar on his foot. Tells me that he has a plate in his foot and sometimes it hurts and he wouldn't be able to carry heavy things when it was hurting.” Via Reddit user jim51riffe

“I was sitting in on an interview and this kid comes in with an open Hawaiian shirt and khakis. This was for a state job, mind you. When asked if he had any questions for us, he goes, "Yeah, do you drug test?" And when walking him out of the building, he's looking at the pictures of all the heads of that department and stops at the only woman on there and goes, 'When can I meet her? I want to know about her life.'” Via Reddit user DontKnowAThing

“My old boss told me that one of the applicants put Jesus Christ as a reference. He asked him "How would we contact your reference..." since the applicant didn't put any contact info for Jesus and my old boss was curious on how he will answer. Apparently the applicant told him 'Like this' and then he started praying. I forgot to ask him if he got the job or not since I couldn't stop laughing.” Via Reddit user puzzlinggamer

“I had an interviewee ask if her mom could come to work with her. Not if I can hire her mom, but if her mom could tag along so she doesn't get bored while she is working for me.” Via Reddit user TotallyLikeWhatever

“They texted me the next week asking if they had gotten the job. This would have been fine if not for the fact that they never actually showed up to the interview.” Via Reddit user broganisms