One horror interview story I heard was about a candidate who entered a very dimly lit interview room. The interviewers were sitting in the shadows and barely spoke. They just stared at the candidate in silence for minutes, which made the candidate extremely uncomfortable. It was like they were trying to intimidate him on purpose.
In an interview once, the room was freezing cold. The employer didn't seem to notice or care. I was shivering while trying to answer their questions. And on top of that, they were asking really personal questions that had nothing to do with the job, like about my family's financial situation. It was a very uncomfortable experience.
I once had an interview where the technical questions were way beyond the scope of the job description. They started asking about very advanced algorithms that I hadn't really studied in depth. I felt so unprepared and it was really nerve - wracking. I left the interview feeling really down about my skills.
A student walked into the interview room and immediately felt an intimidating atmosphere. The interviewers were very serious - looking and didn't give any reassuring smiles. Then, during the interview, they were constantly interrupted while trying to answer questions. This made the student lose their train of thought multiple times and they felt like they couldn't get their full ideas across. It was a very disheartening experience for them as they thought they could have done much better if they had been given a chance to fully express themselves.
I heard of a case interview where the technical equipment failed. The candidate was all set to present a complex data analysis case, but the projector didn't work and there was no backup plan. The candidate had to struggle to explain the graphs and data just verbally, which was a nightmare as it was hard to convey the full picture without the visual aids. It made the candidate seem less prepared than they actually were.
A student had prepared extensively for the wrong topic. They thought the interview would focus on a particular area of their subject based on some misinformation. So when the interviewers started asking questions on a different area, the student had no clue how to answer. They tried to bluff their way through but the interviewers quickly saw through it, and it was a really embarrassing and horrible experience for the student.
One horror story was when the interviewer was constantly checking his phone during my interview. It made me feel like I wasn't important at all. I was trying to answer his questions as best as I could, but his lack of attention really threw me off. It was so unprofessional and it made the whole experience really uncomfortable.
One horror story I heard was when a candidate walked into an interview at a law firm and the interviewers were constantly interrupting him. They didn't let him finish answering a single question fully. He was trying to explain his legal experience, but they would cut in with other questions or just start talking among themselves. It was so disrespectful and made the candidate feel like he wasn't worth listening to.
Sure. One of my worst interview horror stories was when I arrived at the interview location on time, but the interviewer made me wait for two hours without any apology or explanation. By the time the interview started, I was already frustrated and it affected my performance.
I had an interview where the waiting area was freezing cold and there was no one to greet me for over an hour past my appointment time. When the interview finally started, the interviewer seemed completely disinterested, just looking at their phone half the time and giving one - word answers to my well - thought - out responses.
Well, there was a case where a job applicant thought the interview was a casual event. So, he showed up in flip - flops and a tank top. The interviewers were shocked as it was for a corporate job. Also, a friend of mine had an interview where the interviewer kept interrupting her and not really listening to what she had to say. It made her feel so unimportant and she didn't get the job.