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DUMB JOB APPLICANTS

Added on: 25th Jan 2016

 

TRIED TO JUSTIFY THE CRIME.

Tried to justify the crime.

A candidate explained an arrest by stating,

'We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig.'

 

 

FORGOT TO PROOF READ THE

COVERING LETTER.

Forgot to proofread the cover letter.

Advertising is a tough business. Which may be why one

prospective adman wrote a covering letter boasting,

'I am getting to my goal, slowly but surly.'

 

 

JUST WEIRD.

Was just weird.

One job applicant went for an interview with a

cockatoo on his shoulder.

 

 

CARED ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE TOO MUCH.

Cared about his appearance too much.

Then there is the guy who forgot dark socks to wear with his suit

and coloured in his ankles with a black felt-tip marker.

 

 

CARED ABOUT HIS HYGIENE TOO MUCH.

Cared about his hygiene too much.

Or the person that clipped her fingernails while

being interviewed.

 

 

HAD OTHER BUSINESS TO CONDUCT.

Had other business to conduct.

The person who took a cell-phone call and asked the

Interviewer to leave their office while they talked.

 

 

HAS A PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY.

Has a problem with authority.

The candidate who told the interviewer he was fired from

his last job for beating up his boss.

 

 

HE WAS A FUGITIVE.

He was a fugitive.

The candidate who said that by crossing the Maryland state

line he was in violation of his probation but felt the

interview was worth risking possible jail time.

 

 

 SOMETHING DIDN'T ADD UP.

Something didn't add up.

An applicant said she was a ‘people person,’ not a

‘numbers person,’ in her interview for an accounting position.

 


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