| Instead of getting all bent out of shape over innocuous | | | | how soon he can have the interviewing manager's |
| remarks made by the President of Mexico, perhaps | | | | office· "Applicants offered their interviewers gifts, |
| the Lord and Prince of African-American Ideological | | | | money, and even sex in return for a job offer, and one |
| Imperialism (that's Lord Jesse and Prince Al) should | | | | job seeker offered to shine the hiring manager's |
| know just how Americans apply for those jobs they | | | | shoes." [4]Now this is NOT to say that all Americans |
| so vehemently claim Mexicans are stealing.The good | | | | show up at interviews a "brick shy of a load". I would |
| folks at recently took a peek into the matter. In a | | | | not dare make such a generalization. So let me go on |
| survey of 600 hiring managers, 70 percent of them | | | | record so I don't get a lot of nasty emails. Not every |
| reported the following bizarre behaviors displayed by | | | | American without exception shows up at job |
| American job applicants. [1]Now listen carefully Lord | | | | interviews with "the porch light on but no one's at |
| Jackson and Prince Al:· No shows-they make the | | | | home". Just a lot of you apparently do.Do not, and I |
| appointment for the job interview then do not show | | | | repeat, do not do these (are you still listening Lord |
| up· Compulsive watch-checking during the | | | | Jesse and Prince Al?) at job interviews. I guess no one |
| interview· Interviewee asking the interviewer to | | | | told you these were not good things to do when |
| hurry up the interview· Applicants literally running | | | | applying for work:· Pick your nails |
| from the room as soon as the word "drug testing" is | | | | · Light up tobacco or other smoking products |
| mentioned· Applicants telling the hiring manager | | | | · Fart |
| that the company has a black aura and leaving the | | | | · Belch |
| interview· Applicants showing up for the interview | | | | · Pick your nose or any other bodily orificev |
| in T-shirts and jeans· "One job hopeful arrived at | | | | · Scratch your private parts |
| his interview displaying a hairy chest, medallion, strong | | | | · SpitI am not making this stuff up. Americans |
| cologne and a wad of gum in his mouth. And which is | | | | really will do this, and more, at job interviews.This |
| worse: the applicant who wore a housecoat and | | | | behavior is what Mexicans would call "uneducated". |
| slippers or the one who wore his slippers with a | | | | And you know what? THEY ARE RIGHT!So Lord |
| bathing suit and T-shirt?" [2]· Applicant singing the | | | | Jackson and Prince Albert, perhaps you should take a |
| national anthem· Trying to sell the interviewer a | | | | long and hard look at the reasons American |
| car· Applicant drops to the floor and starts doing | | | | employers are hiring more and more Mexicans!What |
| Yoga during the interview· Applicant lapses into | | | | do you think of that?[1] Weirdest Interview Behavior by |
| doing celebrity imitations· Applicant tells interviewer | | | | Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder.com[2] Ibid[3] Ibid[4] |
| he wants the job so he can get the employee | | | | IbidDoug Bower is a freelance writer and book author. |
| discounts and then retire in 2 months· Applicant | | | | His most recent writing credits include The Atlanta |
| tells the interviewer that George Bush was his last | | | | Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, The |
| supervisor at his previous place of employment· | | | | Philadelphia Inquirer, and Transitions Abroad. He is a |
| "Another admitted he didn't do all of the duties listed in | | | | columnist with and the Magic City Morning Star. He is |
| his résumé - but he assured the hiring | | | | also listed with He lives with his wife in Guanajuato, |
| manager that it didn't matter." [3]· Applicant asks | | | | Mexico. |
| for a raise during the interview· Applicant asks | | | | |