Comments on: How to ruin a job interview

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:34:35 +0000

You’re very welcome, Christopher, and thanks for your email, which I’ve replied to.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:38:54 +0000

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.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:55:40 +0000

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

By: Lorissa Shepstone

Lorissa Shepstone — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:50:26 +0000

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.

By: Smelly Piggies

Smelly Piggies — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:07:08 +0000

Hysterical video. Thanks

By: Swarovski

Swarovski — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:03:29 +0000

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!!

By: Nicholas Burman

Nicholas Burman — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:14:09 +0000

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.

By: johno

johno — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:58:37 +0000

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.

By: Santosh P

Santosh P — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:01:31 +0000

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.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:38:42 +0000

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.