How Not to Get Hired, part 1: What NOT to say in your interview

The following activities were reported by managers and executives dealing with job applicants:

• "One candidate sang all of her responses to the interview questions"
• "One individual said we had nice benefits, which was good because he was going to need to take a lot of leave the next year."
• "One person brought his mother to the job interview and let her do all the talking"
• "A person said he had no relevant experience for the position he was interviewing for, but his friend did."
• "One job-seeker said he should get the job because he had already applied three times and felt that it was now his turn"

Would you hire any of these people?


Just a little humorous excerpt from my Organisational Psychology textbook and I wanna share it.
All credits goes to Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2010).Psychology and Work Today (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson.