What do you mean I DIDN'T get the job????

[tlc2559]

A survey of personnel executives at 200 of the Fortune 1000 companies provided the following examples of job applicant behavior:



* "The reason the candidate was taking so long to respond to a question became apparent when he began to snore."



* "When I asked the candidate to give a good example of the organizational skills she was boasting about, she saidshe was proud of her ability to pack her suitcase 'real neat' for her vacations."



* "Why did (the applicant) go to college?"  His reply:  "To party and socialize."



* "When I gave him my business card at the beginning of the interview, he immediately crumpled it and tossed it in the wastebasket."



* "I received a resume and letter that said that the recent high school graduate wanted to earn $25 an hour 'and not a nickel less.' "



* "(The applicant) had arranged for a pizza to be delivered to my office during a lunch-hour interview.  I asked him not to eat it until later."



* "(The applicant) said she had just graduated cum laude, but she had no idea what cum laude meant.  However, she was proud of her grade point average.  It was 2.1."



* "(The applicant) insisted on telling me that he wasn't afraid of hard work.  But insisted on adding he was afraid of horses, and didn't like jazz, modern art, or seafood."



* "She actually showed up for an interview during the summer wearing a bathing suit.  She said she didn't think I'd mind."



* "He sat down opposite me, made himself comfortable and proceeded to put his foot up on my desk."



* "The interview had gone well until he told me that he and his friends wore my company's clothing whenever they could.  I had to tell him that we manufactured office products, not sportswear."



* "(The applicant) applied for a customer service position although, as he confirmed, he really wasn't a people person."



* "Without asking if I minded, he casually lit a cigar and then tossed the match onton my carpet....and couldn't understand why I was upset."



* "On the phone, I had asked the candidate to bring his resume and a couple of references.  He arrived with the resume....and two people."





Unbelieveable, huh???  I'll bet these people couldn't understand why they DIDN'T get the job!