i went to an interview a few months back for a move up. i was greeted with (i understand you really dont want this job). the person who got the job convinced the interviewer i didnt want the job plus a few other dirty tricks got her the job.

while in high school, i applied for a job at a junior's clothing store. when the interviewer saw what school i attended, she said something about homecoming coming up soon and i promptly burst into tears.

I have not had any that I consider particularly bad. I have had many where I do not get the job. The most annoying job interviews are the ones where the interviewer notices that I check "other" for "race" and ask what "race" I am. Then, when I tell them, their faces go hard and distrustful. I know, at that moment, that I did not get the job and I often just thank them for their time and walk out. If I think there is a chance, I stay but, by now, I pretty much can tell. I always check "other", I always tell the truth, and I am always polite and articulate. It is one of the ways I stand up for my ethnicity.

I posted for a new position in the company I had been working for for 4 years. The HR department required copies of your last 6 months of reviews, your last yearly review, and 3 letters of recommendations from supervisors at the time you submit for the job posting. If your qualifications match, the HR will perform the interview and then the department manager will conduct a final interview. I had been working overnight and had to secure and pay for a baby sitter to watch my kids while I went for my interview. I arrived 15 minutes early and checked in. The secretary said they were running behind and it was going to be about 30 more minutes until they would be ready for me. I waited and waited and waited. One and a half hours later the secretary said they had a problem and lost my posting application and all the paperwork that was with it. They asked me to refill the application again and to use the phone in the conference room to contact my supervisors to get more copies of the recommendations and reviews. About 20 minutes later I was half way through the application when an HR rep came into the room screaming at me asking what I was doing and why was I late. I calmly explained what the secretary told me to do. Apparantly all of my paperwork was on her desk and she had been waiting for me for 2 hours. When we passed by the secretary's desk to go to the HR rep's office I stopped and asked the secretary to explain what just happened. She said they had a communication problem and she took full responsibilty for the "mix up". Well that didn't pacify the HR rep doing the interview. She was belligerant and rude. She'd ask me a question very hostily and then file her nails and not pay any attention to what I was saying. In the middle of one of my answers she picked up her cell phone and answered a call from her husband and ignored me completely. She didn't even say excuse me, or hold on just a moment while I answer the phone. She then told me that she didn't like me and there's no way I was moving on to the next interview. Not only that she called my currant manager and chewed him out about MY poor performance during the interview and suggested that I not post for any postions in a very long time. When I got to work later that night for my normal shift I got called into the directors office immediatley and got reamed out for making THEM look bad because they recommended me for the job. After I explained the entire scenerio and that it wasn't my fault they relaxed a little bit. I wanted my director to report the HR rep for excessive/verbal abuse but they said to just let it go and forget about it. I think the HR rep should have been put on warning if not fired for her behavior. As it turned out, a month later a former manager of mine was promoted to the department I wanted to go to. He really liked my work ethic and performance and knew about the problem with the interview the month before. He called me and said to meet him for lunch in the cafeteria. He said he wanted me in his department and would make a few phone calls. Two days later I got a call from the VP of the department congratulating me on my new promotion and to pack my desk up and move to my new desk. I got the job afterall without posting for it. My new boss (who made it all happen) actually shot over an email to the HR rep that interviewed me saying how well I performed in the position and that how wrong she was and suggested she post out of HR since she couldn't do her job right.