I was interviewing a candidate for a sales position and I told him the job required a good home Internet connection, as the sales leads would have to be inserted in the company's system everyday. He said his connection was great and that would be no problem -- only to apologize minutes later for not having been able to answer an email quickly because his computer had a virus or something like that. I still don´t know whether he´d be able to go online everyday or not, but I surely did not want to risk infection and hired someone else. TJNTIY.

I had a candidate, very nice and pleasant, come in to interview with me. The interview was going great she seemed to have done all of her research on the company and the position. She was energetic and excited but started talking really quickly (almost rushed) about 15mins into the interview. I noticed that she then started to look at her watch quite frequently between questions/answers. I was wondering what had caused the sudden change in her mood so I asked her. She let me know that she did not want to be late for her next interviews and I assured her that I would get her to the next one on time. I looked at her interview schedule and noticed that I was her last meeting of the day and she went on to say "Yes, you are my last interview here, but I don't want to be late for my next company interview". Needless to say, I wrapped up the interview quickly after that so as not to make her "late" for her next appointment. Yes, I gave her credit for her honesty....but we decided to hire someone else...TJNTIY

The interviewee was a recent college graduate. He was interviewing for an entry level sales position. The candidate wasn’t sure of himself at all and was very tentative in his answers. I finally stopped the interview and told the young man flat out that I expected a candidate for a sales position to sell me on his candidacy. He said he understood and proceeded to answer the next question with, “Well, I guess I could definitely do that.” I ended the interview and suggested he look for a different type of position. Believe it or not, he thanked me for my candor and said no one had every told him the truth before. TJNTITY.

1. Exaggerate or make up anything in your resume
2. Sit before being asked
3. Chew anything
4. Smoke
5. Fidget
6. Interrupt
7. Slouch or get “too” comfortable
8. Mumble or shout or raise your voice at the end of sentences
9. Talk too much on the same question (yada...yada...yada !!!)
10. State your answer and stop
11. Answer with a simple “yes” or “no”
12. Be negative about anything (prior job, manager, company)
13. Show annoyance
14. Play hard to get
15. Curse...when an interviewer gets you comfortable with hard questions...or drop the F..Bomb!!

I actually did this a few years back.. The job sounded promising online, and even in the phone interview it seemed like a descent fit for me. However, when I got to the interview itself, my 'would-be' boss was very drab... wore a suit from the 70's looked like he hadn't combed his hair in a couple months, and to top it all off, was a monotone with absolutely no facial expressions to speak of. After talking for about 5 minutes I realized (not because of the boss) that this position was NOT a fit for me at all... something I had a lot of experience with, and hated every minute of it.