Article: You snooze, you lose at job interview

By Derek Abma

OTTAWA -- It may not be necessary to say this, but you should avoid asking for a cigarette from someone who's interviewing you for a job. And just for good measure, try to stay awake during the interview.

Such truths may seem self-evident, but a survey conducted by international staffing firm, OfficeTeam, shows these and other gaffes are well within the realm of possibility in the job-interview setting.

The firm, based in California, asked 150 senior executives in the U.S. and 100 in Canada to describe the most bizarre interview behaviour they'd witnessed or heard about.

Some of the other strange tales included someone who sent his sister to do the interview for him, and ...

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