17 Real Job Interviews That Went Completely Off The Rails
Put on a nice suit, polish your resume, and kiss your expectations goodbye.
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Conventional wisdom tells us what to expect from a job interview: You wear a suit, you prepare your resume, you research the company, then white-knuckle your way through a formal, structured process. It's all very by-the-book.
But as it turns out, it isn't. Sometimes the process of interviewing for a job descends into utter madness. At least it did, for our readers.
![Midway through my interview at what I thought was a reputable grocery store chain, the HR lady handed me a form and asked me to fll it out to receive](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/7/652137.jpg?v=2)
![I WAS OFFERED A JOB WRITING A SCRIPT FOR A SPANISH SOAP OPERA, BUT UNDER THE CONDITION THAT I SHOULD TALK PRIVATELY WITH THE DIRECTOR FIRST. AT SOME P](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/5/652265.jpg?v=2)
![The interviewer told me to wait in the room and walked out. I sat there for about forty-five minutes before E got up and left. Later that day, the com](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/0/652160.jpg?v=2)
![DID YOU SEE THAT WOMAN WHO KEPT GETTING HER TTS OUT? ..-just like paradisc So asked the lady interviewing me, upon learning we'd been at the same D](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/6/652156.jpg?v=2)
![In the middle of my interview, the manager got a phone call. It was his wife. She wanted a divorce. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/5/652155.jpg?v=2)
![I WENT FOR AN IN-HOUSE DESIGN JOB AT A WELL-KNOWN CIGARETTE COMPANY. The interview room was thick with smoke, and both interviewers were chain-smoking](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/4/652154.jpg?v=2)
![AN interviewer barely cared about my qualifications. and was way too eager to discuss my weight. NO FAT CHICKS I guess he didn't want fatties teaching](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/8/652148.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED.COM I was in a group interview for one full-time position. During a typing test, I saw my car being towed but I WANTED THE JOB! LHE The distra](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/7/652147.jpg?v=2)
![Straight Out of college, I applied for a job that didn't require prior experience. Except that it did, which I found out at the interview. The manager](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/6/652146.jpg?v=2)
![When applying for a creative writing teaching job, I was given a task: write a short story in ten minutes, PAOTIT L max Gan crke fny/ h rrar kirltel c](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/3/652163.jpg?v=2)
![ONE TIME DURNG AN INTERVEW, A FLY FELL INTO THE MANAGER'S CUP. SHE LOOKED INTO THE CUP AND FINISHED IT. I GOT THE JOB. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/2/652142.jpg?v=2)
![In Asia I was interviewing for a job at a university to teach English to nursing students. In the middle of the interview I was abruptly asked if I wa](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/1/652141.jpg?v=2)
![During a job interview, O had mentioned that O was good at multi-tasking. The interviewer asked me to demonstrate by having me write something using b](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/8/652138.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED.COM My interviewer insisted on carrying on with the interview even though one of their employees was being arrested right in front of my eyes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/5/652145.jpg?v=2)
![BRC My interview consisted of my would- be boss rapid-firing management cliches at me for 25 minutes (I don't believe in 110% has always stuck wit](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/7/652157.jpg?v=2)
![My interviewer walked into the room with his arms kind of outspread by his sides. I thought he was going in for a hug, So I hugged him. He didn't hug](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/8/652158.jpg?v=2)
![When I entered the interview room the director was getting a pedicure from one of his employees. It lasted throughout our talk. I was happy that: I di](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/3/652153.jpg?v=2)