Happy Thursday!

It's a short work-week this week but why does it feel like it's dragggging? Maybe it's because I'm going on vacation next week? That always seems to make the week go slower. I figured I needed a little pick-me-up so I scoured the web looking for funny job interview stories. Why? Because I am literally the WORST at job interviews, so I think laughing at someone else's pain might make me feel better about my own shortcomings.

Here's a few I've found:

Have you ever been rained on at an interview before?
“One of my first jobs as a supervisor was to interview candidates for an administrative assistant,” Leigh S. recalls. “We scheduled a full day of screenings. Following a very wet and rainy night, some areas of our office roof were leaking and maintenance had a couple of buckets in the hallway. Not a great first impression, but hey, it was a quaint old office building. Each applicant had to complete a battery of written tests.

As one candidate dutifully sat at a desk outside my office, I heard a “crack,” a “swoosh” and then a huge splash. The ceiling tile just above the candidate had collapsed under the weight of the rain water and drenched her. Wet but unharmed, the experience clearly dampened her spirits and her prized interview suit. She immediately informed me that she was no longer interested in the job.”

Have you ever been arrested at a job interview before?
"An applicant had taken a cab from the airport hotel. He had a dispute with the driver over the fare. Unsatisfied with the amount of money he received, the cab driver called the police. The job interview was interrupted by one of our security officers, who had to escort the applicant to the lobby where he was asked by police to pay the cab driver the remaining fare."
-from Stacy Murphy, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

This one is definitely my favorite and for all my fellow road-ragers out there:
"My friend was racing to an interview. She flipped off another driver who blocked her car in the garage. The other driver ignored her, so she started honking and shouting obscenities. She finally got her car parked. She ran upstairs to the interview. The other driver was the owner of the company who was interviewing her."
-from: Kelley McCormick, Qorvis Communications

So, there you have it my dear friends. If you've ever had a bad job interview experience, you can be happy in the fact that none of these things happened to you!

Has anyone ever had a job interview go so wrong that it was funny? We'd love to hear it!