20 Job Interviews So Surreal We Don’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry

A visit to the HR department can be dramatic, as to get the dream job we often have to go through a series of challenges. Numerous tests, irrelevant questions and sometimes even a polygraph test… All this can become our reality when looking for a job.

We, from awesome.club, we are sure that the difficult task of finding a job also has its positive aspects. Often, even an ordinary meeting with an HR manager can yield a curious story to be told at a family party.

Yesterday I had the most surreal interview ever! First, they asked me if my birthday was January 1st, and then they tried to find out when I planned to have children, because I’m already 26 years old. My answer was that I wasn’t with anyone at the moment, so I didn’t have an answer. The woman said: “Well, what if you leave here now and meet someone, will you ask for maternity leave in a month?”. I sincerely hope they don’t call me back! © Podslushano / Ideer

A colleague held the vice-principal position at an elite school and recommended me for a position as a psychologist. I went to an interview with the director that was short-lived. He asked me what my previous salary was. When I answered, the director sighed and said: “Then you won’t want to work here.” © Deleted User / AdMe.ru

About 15 years ago I went through a series of interviews at an appliance and electronics chain. There were five in total and one of them, I found out some time later, was a test for military pilots🇧🇷 For 30 minutes I sat there stupidly pressing the button in case numbers appeared on the screen. And without squeezing it, in case words appeared. The image changed every second. And the vacancy was for an architect in the central office. © NebivoLOL / Pikabu

My teenage son once went to a job interview at a large supermarket. He arrived at the scheduled time, but the person who was supposed to interview him wasn’t there, so the managers sent him home. After some time, representatives of the supermarket sent him a letter informing him who didn’t want to work with him because he had failed the interview. We were shocked. Today, luckily, my son has a better job. © FrightenedOfSpoons / Reddit

I was scheduled for a job interview in a large office building. I arrived at the property and at the property checkpoint a man in shorts and a T-shirt ran up to me, shouting: “You’re fired!”. He was, quite simply, the CEO of the company. It was the shortest interview of my life. © Bash.im

I had the toughest and longest job interview at 15 years old for the position of pamphleteer. They even asked me to sing! My friend, who didn’t sing, wasn’t hired, even though that skill was useless for that job. To this day, I still don’t understand why someone decided that an advertisement on the street for a furniture store that would open in just two weeks, wearing a costume by Diva Plavalaguna, from The Fifth Element, would be a good idea. © Scarlett Sky / AdMe.ru

When applying for a job, the questionnaire (of 15 sheets) had the following question: “If you go fishing, do you feel sorry for the worm when you put it on the hook?”. I love to fish, I don’t mind the worms. That’s what I answered. They didn’t hire me. The job was for an accountant. © Amurriba / Pikabu

To get that job, I took a vacation, bought a plane ticket, and paid for my hotel stay. The first thing the HR manager said to me was, “I’m not planning to hire him. I will only do the interview with you as a favor, as I know your brother.” A few weeks later, that same company offered me the same position because they couldn’t find the right person. I politely declined and received a rather aggressive message demanding an explanation for my behavior. © seeing_red415 / Reddit

I was once given a quiz with questions like, “Which wildflowers would you use to shoot at planes flying across the moon on a moonless night?” It was also mandatory to write the biography of all family members up to great-grandparents and indicate the reason for not attending the interview. After reading all this, I laughed a lot and left. © soulguard / Pikabu

I was going to work at a local grocery store 10 minutes from my house. I was called in for an interview, during which I was offered a position in the office. Then they called me in for another interview. The manager appeared, welcomed me into his office, looked at my resume. He didn’t ask me anything and asked me not to ask anything either. After three minutes of silence, he thanked me for visiting and I left the office. © Nikki Smith / Quora

I’m a landscaper. When I got my penultimate job, there was another girl at the interview. She was unremarkable in appearance, except for her eyebrows, which had been painted black and very badly shaped: as if they had drawn two sticks with a thick pen🇧🇷 I ended up getting hired.
Six months later, the HR manager, with whom we communicated well, secretly admitted that the girl had not been hired fairly. by your eyebrows🇧🇷 The boss said that she would not hire a person for the vacancy of a landscaper who could not beautifully maintain the “vegetation” of her own face. © Podslushano / Ideer

When that happened, I had just graduated from college and decided to try working as a junior marketing analyst🇧🇷 Upon arriving for my first interview, I was shown into a dark, almost empty room, on the walls of which were only a few pictures of the director in his BMW. Then the HR manager appeared saying that I would go on to do some fieldwork with two other employees. At that moment, already I had a bad feeling🇧🇷
The team consisted of two girls. They took me to a mall, gave me some coloring books, can openers, tiny whisks and we were to go from store to store trying to sell them.
I was dying of shame. This was definitely not written in the job description for a junior marketing analyst. © Celia Stangarone / Quora

I am looking for a job, sending my resume with a photo from a year ago. Since then I have only changed the hair color. Today, I came for an interview and they told me the following: “In the photo there is a beautiful young redhead, but you came…”. © Podslushano / Ideer

After graduation, I looked for a job and was turned down in three places: “Girl, you’re in the wrong place, you should be at a modeling agency.” So I dyed my hair black, put on a sweater, and didn’t put on makeup. I got work in a week. Thanks for telling me the truth! © Bash.im

About 20 years ago, I went through a job interview at an insurance company. During the conversation, the company demanded that I provide information on no fewer than hundreds of friends and acquaintances. Of course I got away from there quickly. © stupidlyugly / Reddit

I was once turned down for a job for one reason only: I had no children. That is, in the director’s opinion, I would soon go on maternity leave. I asked him if he didn’t think that, with people without children, he would be more satisfied without the endless certificates presented by employees with children. He didn’t know how to answer me. Despite turning me down, he praised my education and experience. © Divadlo / AdMe.ru

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