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Article: Keep your perspective: Job interview blunders
- Article from:
- Credit Union Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Credit Union Executives Society Dec 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Job seekers typically think about what they should do during an upcoming job interview. But knowing what not to do is equally important to their preparation.
One-hundred fifty executives were recently asked by OfficeTeam (www.officeteam.com), Menlo Park, Calif., to name the strangest things they have ever heard of happening in a job interview. The results, the best of which are listed below, show that many job seekers could benefit from a refresher course in interview basics.
* "After answering the first few questions, the candidate picked up his cell phone and called his parents to let them know the interview was going well."
* "When asked why he wanted to work for the company, the ...