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"Dumbest thing to say in a job interview EVER"

So I'm in the recruitment office this morning, a little worse for wear but I can focus and I'm filling in all the numerous forms before I get to sit down and have a little chat with my person. Forms filled in, documents signed, yadda yadda yadda, and I'm sat down, admittedly a little nervous because I've never had to look for temp work before.

Anyway, the interview went really well, got quite chatty to the primly attractive girl and spoke about Uni and stuff. When the end of the interview came, I though 'ah, that wasn't that bad' and stood up her shook her hand, in newly-found RelaxTM mode. Then she says 'what are you doing for the rest of the day?', to which I reply...

"Actually I'm a bit hungover so I'll probably just go back to bed."

Round of applause for the assclown. She did a little nervous laugh and looked at me, so I said "Prrrobably shouldn't have said that, should I?"

I might as well have said "Well actually I've got a couple of dead prostitutes in the back of my car and I've got to dispose of them sometime today." In fact, that probably would have got me more work as it shows I'm resourceful.

What a tool.

The sagacious one wrote:
> I was at a job interview once and was talking animatedly, when a large
> globlet of spittle flew from my lips and landed in the middle of the
> desk. The two lady interviewers pretended not to notice and I
> desperately tried to find something to say that would allow me to
> perform a wiping motion on the table.
>
> "Yeah I take a holistic approach and everyone is important. If I
> were drawing a pie chart on this here table..."

LOL, now THATS an anecdote.

Heh, Kudos Snuggly.

you should have followed up with :

"I'm a little upset about a bad sexual episode I had last night"

*whispers* what about all that money!!

Hey, if you can't be yourself in an interview and get the job, then there's no point going for the job.

:^D

I was at a job interview once and was talking animatedly, when a large globlet of spittle flew from my lips and landed in the middle of the desk. The two lady interviewers pretended not to notice and I desperately tried to find something to say that would allow me to perform a wiping motion on the table.

"Yeah I take a holistic approach and everyone is important. If I were drawing a pie chart on this here table..."

Apparently i'm excellent to be interviewed says my old boss!!

*pokes out tongue*

monkey_man wrote:
"you should have invited her to spend the day in bed with you too, just for good measure."

Damn right, sleep your way to the dole.

I hate recruitment agencies in London. They give Aussies the best temping assignments (because they are only around for a few months and are therefore more mercenary) and then allow them to set themselves up as "consultants" so they don't have to pay tax or NI.

Therefore any Brits temping in London get a shatty deal as they are more reliant on having continuous employment. Plus we have to pay tax etc.

Ah, it was just the recruitment office, but they'll probably give some other low-band job with all the other hangovees now. Well done *slow claps* but you should have invited her to spend the day in bed with you too, just for good measure.