Man Fails His Job Interview Immediately After A Trick Test At Reception

No matter how many job interviews you’ve had in your life, it doesn’t make them any less nerve-wracking. Every job search starts from a blank page where the first impression (and the last) can make it or break it. No wonder a whopping 93% of job seekers have experienced great anxiety related to job interviews, according to a recent JDP survey.

But according to one Reddit user who posted on r/LifeProTips, no one should forget that an “interview starts immediately” once you set your foot in the door.

In a viral post that amassed 45.1k upvotes and 2.4k comments, the redditor recounted how a candidate “blew his interview in the first 5 minutes after he entered the building.” And the story is absolutely illuminating. Let’s read the full incident down below, which should give you a lot to think about before you take a shot at your next job interview.

A person shared an incident of a candidate blowing his job interview in the first 5 minutes after he entered the building

To find out what a coach in job interviews had to say about this incident, Bored Panda reached out to Dawn Moss, the founder of “Your Interview Coach” who has been helping both candidates and hiring managers through the recruitment and selection process since 2013. Dawn said that in her 12 years of experience as an in-house recruiter, she has never set up a “trick test” like this one. However, “I’ve rejected candidates because of their behavior towards people during the interview process.”

HoratioTarr wrote:This reminds me of a time when I was working as the PA to the HR  Director.   It was my job to interview people if they came for a job.   As my desk was in reception, the woman who came for an interview for a vacancy presumed I was just a bog standard secretary.  I handed her a form to fill in then took it from her and had a glance through prior to interviewing her.   She said, in a very loud snotty voice in front of everyone, "That's private and confidential, you know!   I don't want you reading it."  

The look on her face as I led her to the interview room was a picture.  She didn't get the job.

HoratioTarr wrote:This reminds me of a time when I was working as the PA to the HR  Director.   It was my job to interview people if they came for a job.   As my desk was in reception, the woman who came for an interview for a vacancy presumed I was just a bog standard secretary.  I handed her a form to fill in then took it from her and had a glance through prior to interviewing her.   She said, in a very loud snotty voice in front of everyone, "That's private and confidential, you know!   I don't want you reading it."  

The look on her face as I led her to the interview room was a picture.  She didn't get the job.