When working for a tech company, very casual environment, we interviewed a young woman for a software developer position. I happened to walk by the conference room where the interviews were taking place, and found the interviewer standing outside, looking stumped. After some prodding, he told me that the room grew warm during the interview. The candidate, in attempting to remove the sweatshirt she was wearing over a T-shirt, removed the T-shirt as well. Apparently she decided to go "au natural" that day. I won't say that the interviewer was "TJNTIY", as I believe he was into her, just not for the right reasons!

I once interviewed with a company in Dublin, Ireland. The company's CEO had a freshly printed copy of my CV and had had no time to read it, although I had been waiting for 15 minutes. When he finally did review my CV, he assumed that my current job (first one in the document) was my oldest job, acting bewildered. I resisted the urge to leave the room, but was glad not to have been offered the job. TJNTIY.

I was interviewing a soon to be recent grad at Michigan State a few years ago who was by far the most stunning candidate on paper - student council, leader in numerous organizations on campus, volunteer work, 2 internships with top companies, 4.0 GPA.... when she walked in to the interview room she was poised and professional and spent the first half of the interview wow'ing me. Then, I asked her what here proudest accomplishment was (her resume was full of them) and in one of the most uncomfortably seductive way she uncrossed and recrossed her legs, licked her lips, tossed her hair back - then leaned in and (looking me right in the eye) stated "I am the only virgin left in my sorority" in a voice loud enough for everyone else in the room to turn and look. I was only 24 at the time and people weren't really sure which of us had just said that. I was shocked to say the least!

Over and over as we try to place new grads with good educational background, we ask the question, "What are you looking for as you start your career?" Half the time from Gen Y we hear the following: Having just finished my MBA I need $70K to $80K to start OR I need at least 3 to 4 weeks vacation time OR I want a family friendly company who understands that my family time is my priority OR It has to be a company that will put me in a challenging role with visibility OR The company should understand that social networking is important to employees and encourage online social networking during the work day OR Flex time and the ability to work from home is a strong need. PAY ATTENTION: The unemployment rate is hitting 10% with experienced people out of work. You are 15 to 25K too high in expectation for salary in a recession. 2 to 3 weeks vacation is above average. Almost everybody has a family of some kind employers look for people who make their job a priority so they can provide for their family. If you want to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace and eBay, do it on your own time: the workplace is not for socializing or online shopping or paying your personal bills online. Before you start asking for flex time and work from home it might be good to prove to an employer that you know something, can produce something and have some sort of work ethic. If you give a hiring manager that list of needs and wants your interview will be short, they will move on to someone with experience, a proven track record and who is not looking for more entitlements than the president and will not feel put upon if they are asked to work a 40 hour week in the office most of the year. NEXT! TJNTIY.

This really did happen to me...in January 2009.....I was asked by the C-suite team .....if I was married, if I had children, how old I was, and did I vote for Obama .... I told the headhunter who recruited me that she needed to do some training with her client on illegal and inappropriate questions to ask candidates. I didn't get the job and I am not disappointed---if that was how the executive team was going to behave on interviews, I could only imagine what it would be like to work with them! TJNTIY.

Well after one interview the interviewer said "don't let the door hit you on the way out" but other than that I think she loved me. TJNTIY.

Several years ago, I interviewed for a job. When following up, I was told that I would be scheduled for a second interview. The person was always out sick. They called me back again for the interview. When I arrived the receptionist had no idea who I was and in an odd way asked if he was expecting me. She went off, then a few minutes later someone else came out and said that he went home sick. Then the person I had the first interview with said that he tried calling me on my cell phone about 30 minutes before the interview to let me know it needed to be rescheduled. I never received that call or voice mail, I would have been in transit during that time. The interview was never rescheduled. If they are not interested, don’t string me along and make me come in a second time for something that isn’t going to happen. Very odd. Because of the long time span, a couple of months, I suspect they hired someone that didn’t work out and were calling me back. They probably filled it again right before I got there and didn’t want to say anything. Less than a month later I found my next position. TJNTIY.

So as a former body piercing professional at a tattoo shop i had naturally made some modifications to my body, no visible tattoos just piercings my ears are "gauged" which means basically i have a 1/2 inch diameter hole in my earlobes. I have decided to change professions, nothing specific in mind until I complete college. It seems that even though I remove all of my piercings before submitting an application or going to an interview the holes in my ears are still very noticeable. I could take them but even then it would take a long time for the holes to close and personally i don't feel my lifestyle should have to be changed since I feel taking out the piercings for work is enough. Any ways it seems potential employers are JNTIM, I think it is a shame because if someone were in a car accident and ended up with a permanent 1/2 inch hole in their earlobe it wouldn't be discriminated against but hey if you try to be different in this world i can say as far as an employer is concerned TJNTIY

At one interview with a top 100 Company here in CT, the interviewer started talking to the wall. He was annoyed that he had to take the time to interview me. I thought that was completely rude and unprofessional. TJNTIY.