Logo design, logo designer | How to ruin a job interview

15 spot-on reader comments to “How to ruin a job interview”

1. Terinea Weblog, on June 14th, 2007 said:

   Have you experience something similar to this David?

2. David Airey :: Creative Design ::, on June 14th, 2007 said:
   Thankfully not, Jamie. I can picture it happening though. Have you ever had any bad interview experiences?
3. Terinea Weblog, on June 14th, 2007 said:

   The worst interview was a second interview I had for a IT security firm. Got pass the first one and was then told if I got invited back for second it was just formality. Met the director of the company in the second interview and for no reason he decided to take the p*ss out of me. Decided wasn’t going to take that and answered him back. Never did work for them!

   Yourself?

4. David Airey :: Creative Design ::, on June 14th, 2007 said:
   Seems to me like you’re much better off away from that firm anyhow, Jamie.

   Once, when leaving the room where a group interview / discussion was taking place, I pulled the glass sliding door off its hinges not realising it was on rollers. There was me, stood in front of everyone having to hand the door to a manager working there.

5. Terence Chang, on June 14th, 2007 said:

   Oh.. that video is just too funny ..

   I haven’t had any bad interview.. Hope never have one.

6. Jennifer, on June 14th, 2007 said:

   I had a wierd interview a few years ago for work with a Norwegian firm. The guy didn’t want to talk about any of my past work experience (which probably wasn’t a bad thing for me) but he wanted to discuss philosophical ideas like why people fight and hurt each other. In the end it was a quite an interesting conversation, a bit more suited to something you’d have in the pub and amazingly I got the job. He turned out to be a great boss too.

7. Santosh P, on June 15th, 2007 said:

   Nice one, I had an Interview for an MNC wearing a t-shirt, It was a kind of fun among we friends, he was staring at my T-shirt more than listening me.. Atlast he asked me to wait for his call which I never got, But who cares I never wanted to work for a company.

8. johno, on June 15th, 2007 said:

   I enjoyed that–very smart ad.

   I haven’t had any nightmare interviews that I recall. However, an Art Director friend at his first interview for something design related (mid 1970’s, back in the days when one could smoke during an interview) recounted how his cigarette set light to papers on the desk of the interviewer–not a major fire, but embarrassing none the less. Moreover, he got the job.

   The moral of the story? I have no idea.

9. Nicholas Burman, on June 15th, 2007 said:

   I can’t say I’ve had this happen at an interview, but I see it happen all the time in presentations, in design, all kinds of places.
   In a presentation, if the person has an annoying habit, it just screams at you, you can’t hear what they’re saying!
   In a design where one point is distracting it just drowns out the rest. Like bad use of type - it doesn’t matter what it says!
   Or in copy, a spelling mistake is all you can see.

10. Swarovski, on June 15th, 2007 said:

    The video is great so funny! The Moral to the story is taking too many drugs can result in strange unexplained experiences at any time ;) Got to watch the video again!!

11. Smelly Piggies, on June 15th, 2007 said:

    Hysterical video. Thanks

12. Lorissa Shepstone, on June 15th, 2007 said:

    Haha! Fun ad. And a good point.

    I’ve had some horrible interviews. Hopefully I won’t experience any more of them, but if anyone ever asks me again “What are your worst qualities?” I’m either going to just get up and leave, or really tell them the hard truth (none of this, spin a negative into a positive). I loathe those stupid questions.

13. Sean, on June 17th, 2007 said:

    HAHAHA That’s awesome. My interviews haven’t been that bad, I don’t think….I didn’t think so anyways lol.

14. Christopher, on September 6th, 2007 said:

    Thanks. I got a good laugh out of that one. When I got out of art school ( in the UK) and went to live in New York I didn’t know what to do. I went for an interview with a sign painting company. They had me draw large freehand S’s. I was nervous with all the guys standing around watching. The curves didn’t really come out as well as I had hoped. I didn’t get the job.

    Perhaps my nastiest interview was in San Francisco for a well known clothing company. At the time, I was trying to draw story boards. In those days they were done by hand. The guy told me to come back in ten years. Anyway, all this went to show me that illustration wasn’t really the thing for me.

    But I do have my most embarrassing first attempt at selling story here.

15. David Airey :: Graphic Designer, on September 6th, 2007 said:
    You’re very welcome, Christopher, and thanks for your email, which I’ve replied to.

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