Interview horror stories

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

I love legal interview stories. Before I went to law school, I had a job at a law firm as a legal assistant for a few months. When I was doing on-campus interviewing during my 2L year, they offered me an interview and I happily accepted. I went to the interview, only to be told: "We only invited you here as a courtesy to tell you that your resume isn't up to our standards, but we thought you'd like to know." Lesson learned?

[Anonymous]

My interview was to hold a planning meeting with a project team to find out their communications needs, and then create a year-long communications plan while the hiring team of 3 watched.

Later I found out I was runner up and that they decided to use some of my ideas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

To be fair, that's a weird appetizer....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

To be fair, that's a weird appetizer....

It's definitely going to affect legal work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

I love legal interview stories. Before I went to law school, I had a job at a law firm as a legal assistant for a few months. When I was doing on-campus interviewing during my 2L year, they offered me an interview and I happily accepted. I went to the interview, only to be told: "We only invited you here as a courtesy to tell you that your resume isn't up to our standards, but we thought you'd like to know." Lesson learned?

Related: Rejection letters from law firms I never applied to. Thanks, I'll keep your rejection on file.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

I love legal interview stories. Before I went to law school, I had a job at a law firm as a legal assistant for a few months. When I was doing on-campus interviewing during my 2L year, they offered me an interview and I happily accepted. I went to the interview, only to be told: "We only invited you here as a courtesy to tell you that your resume isn't up to our standards, but we thought you'd like to know." Lesson learned?

Related: Rejection letters from law firms I never applied to. Thanks, I'll keep your rejection on file.

I got a call back from an interview I had forgotten about and didn't attend. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Was interviewed by a business major for a legal job and I have 15 years of deep experience in the legal specialty. Business major didn't know anything about the topic so he starts quizzing me on random trivia- e.g. how many phone books would you need for the DC area.... yikes. I turned down the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to an interview for a simple, mid-level supervisor job. Turns out it was a panel interview with 6 white guys asking questions. Then they said it would take them a month to make a decision.

NOPE.

6 WHITE guys?! The horror. Too bad, I'm sure you would have been a good fit.

[Anonymous]

Just had a weird interview- maybe not really a horror story. All the questions revolved around skills I did not have. Thing was- these skills were not in the job description- maybe only vaguely alluded to. In the description it seemed like maybe a tiny part of the job. In the interview it felt like all they wanted. Not sure why they would interview me when I clearly had no minimal experience in that area.

[Anonymous]

I had a job interview for an entry level position where I was berated by the receptionist for being early (less than fifteen minutes early) and told to stand in a hallway, then during the interview they where they kept emphasizing that they wanted someone who "didn't ask too many questions". I then had to do a test using their unique database system with no instructions. A friend of mine knew someone who had interned there and eventually got a job there, and that girl was sleeping with the CEO.

[Anonymous]

1. I interviewed with the US Post Office. The guy all but offered me the job at the end. "How would you like your offer letter sent to you I mean if we were to offer you the position? We could mail it, or email it?" I breezily replied "Oh, email please. You know how unreliable the mail it!" Whoops!

2. I was interviewing at a law firm that is very proud of their diversity and support of women. The firm hires a lot of people from ARC and the interviewer referred to them as "I'm sure you've seen those cute little people pushing the mail carts ..." ::blink blink::

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

To be fair, that's a weird appetizer....

I don't even know what to say to this. It's a weird appetizer where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. I interviewed with the US Post Office. The guy all but offered me the job at the end. "How would you like your offer letter sent to you I mean if we were to offer you the position? We could mail it, or email it?" I breezily replied "Oh, email please. You know how unreliable the mail it!" Whoops!

2. I was interviewing at a law firm that is very proud of their diversity and support of women. The firm hires a lot of people from ARC and the interviewer referred to them as "I'm sure you've seen those cute little people pushing the mail carts ..." ::blink blink::

HAHAHA

[Anonymous]

At the end of the interview with the COO he gave me a tour of the manufacturing facilities, in another building. We ended up getting locked outside of the corporate building because it was after standard business hours and he forgot his key card. So he showed me how to break into the building, noting it's a skill that I will likely have to use often. I was sure I would receive an offer, but never heard from him again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These were all call-back interviews at law firms:

1. Old Boy Partner kept asking why I wanted to go school in City X, where there are too many minorities. Later, he questioned my order of Banh Mi as an appetizer. There might be fried dog in that.

2. Another law firm partner telling me that in his opinion, the most fun thing the summer associates got to do was break a strike. It was really awesome!

3. This occurred when I was interviewing interns for my government agency. The candidate suddenly realized he would be part doing work for our management team for the summer. "I'm sorry, that's not cool with me. I'm not a management tool." And he got up and left.

To be fair, that's a weird appetizer....

I don't even know what to say to this. It's a weird appetizer where?

NP here and I had the same thought. Banh mi is a sandwich. A sandwich is always a weird appetizer.