One of my favorites is when we told a young designer to "dress professional and wear a suit". He did wear a suit... with tennis shoes and eye brow piercings. He didn't get the job. Second favorite. Early in my career I worked for a company where the local prison would send their newly released job seekers. On open interview day sitting across from me was a 6'6, 250 lb man who had marked on his application that he had committed a felony. Not quite sure how to handle it I explained to him that we needed to know what he was charged with as there were positions that he would not qualify for (my thinking was cash handling or children). He replied "no Maam, I have no problem discussing that. I killed someone"! Needless to say I was a bit frightened. Then he told me the story of a bar room fight gone bad. Believe it or not I actually placed him with a friend who was a brick mason and willing to give him a 2nd chance. Which he later messed up by getting into another brawl. Thankfully it wasn't with me! TNJTIY.