Sidesplitting Tweets About Job Interviews

We’ve all marveled at how some of our co-workers ever made it through the interview process, let alone got hired. Do the interviewers simply give up after a few of these odd exchanges and hire the next person on the docket?

If the candidates in these tweets didn’t care about securing the job, why come to the interview? None of them appeared to have read about how to conduct themselves in an interview. Because they did the opposite. Blunders like “don’t talk too soon about money,” “lack enthusiasm,” “lying” and “not asking good questions” top the charts with these folks.

Let’s hope most of them were just going for a laugh on Twitter.

Aim High

Criticizing your manager before you have the job, a deal-killer for sure.

Reverse Psychology

Sounds like a good way to give the candidate insight into his potential boss. Maybe the interviewer hadn’t ordered from the value menu. Or doesn’t want to be deemed a cheapskate.

Exaggerate Your Assets

This guy would be a belly laugh to work with. He knows at least one big word, but not its meaning.

A Single Criterion

A jokester, for sure, but does this also mean he’s an expert at lying? Looking away from a person is one of those tells.

Tell It Like It Is

Let’s get this out in the open early because what company needs another Mr. Negative?

One Meal at a Time

With food on her mind constantly, if hired, the office will be subject to loud crunching and nauseating smells wafting from the microwave.

Unsee This Visual

The interviewer needs a break and fast after that question.

Taking Counsel Literally

J.K. Rowling might take exception to this.

Do We Need More of These Folks in the Workplace?

Is this how he or she plans to spend their work days?

Don’t Answer This

Not the kind of question the hiring manager had in mind. Plus, he’s doomed if he answers this one.

A Bit Too Cutesie

Not an appropriate move for many industries. Maybe for a role in a comedy movie, but nothing else.

Not the Best Idiom

Probably wore a fur coat, too.

A Hard Pass

This candidate should get in touch with a therapist.

Toss This Resume

Show this candidate the door pronto. Though he or she might want to get in touch with a therapist, too.

Fantasy Land

When someone is light years away from the real world, they probably won’t get the job done.

Captain Obvious

There’s a pocket-sized bit of information the interviewer didn’t need.

Not Much of a Talker

Short, sweet and to the point. Isn’t that what everyone wants?

Wait for It

He played the entertainment card, but is that enough substance to do a good job at work?

Not the Sharpest Candidate

His recall may well be excellent, but it’s also extremely fleeting.

Puns for Buns

If he does a crumby job baking, transfer him to sign making before his humor gets stale.

A Wannabe Astronaut

If this job is working for Jeff Bezos, the billionaire needs this guy. Obviously, getting to another planet is easy for him.

Mixing Things Up

One’s a sleep disorder, the other a felony in most states. Not a way to make a good impression.

Flirting With Disaster

Maybe the interviewer will forget this person has no qualifications for the position.

Reveal Nothing

Keep your job history a mystery.

Admit Your Faults

Get all your flaws out in the open right away.

Unintentional Disclosure

Run away. As fast as you can. 

Social Media Victory

What’s front of mind to many job seekers often has nothing to do with the actual job.

Cast Doubt on Your Ethics

Does she plan to pilfer office supplies, poison a coworker or steal lunches?