What to Do if Your Job Interviewer is Incompetent

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This has been an amazing read. The vitriol shared by what looks like a majority here has got to come through your vibe in the interview. When practically everybody needs a job today, it may be a very good idea to get some positive attitude techniques prior to going on an interview. I have known more than one person who could walk in to an interview and receive the offer on the spot. I have also been called and RECRUITED for a couple of positions. I believe this is because I keep a good attitude. People want to work around people who will make the environment pleasant to work in. I've even stayed in an onerous job because I really liked my coworker. Are you able to create or discover the good things in people or situations? This may just be a skill to cultivate. The old cliche of making lemonade from lemons applies today...maybe as never before in our lives.

nscotty of TX 12:33AM October 31, 2009

2 Hot: If you have to brag about how shapely and attractive you are, you're probably a skank with no dress sense, a pound of make-up slathered on your face, a too-small push-up bra, a gallon of cheap perfume sprayed all over you, and high heels that make you wobble when you walk across the room. No wonder the "gatekeeping troll" wasn't interested. Furthermore, if the reception area was full of fat, homely women, you wouldn't have had anyone to compare nail-care tips with, and no one to tell you 100 times a day what a stone fox you are. I agree with some of the other posts. Get over yourself, or start turning tricks so you can use your hotness.

TheaM of IA 9:34PM October 29, 2009

Candidates looking for a job do not mean that they are coming into your office and be your slave. I have been interviewed by several interviewers who are completely not prepared. For examples,
-calling me up during weekend nights.
-Asking me to go for an in person interview and talk on cell phone regrading their person issues during the interview.
-When my resume is full of education and past employments in an area for almost 10 years, the first question the interviewer asked me was, "Are you local?"
-The interviewers do not have any knowledge in the field and when you answered outside their answer sheet, they took it as a wrong answer. I don't want to educate interviewers during interviews.
-Asked me something doesn't exist in the field.
-Start the interview by looking at my resume for more than 3 minutes. I have no problem leading the interview, but I am not sure would that be appropriate. I might offend the interviewer.
-Saying that he would interview me, but made me wait for 5mins+ and let HR informed me that he won't interview me.

Peter of CA 8:22AM October 10, 2009

I just * love* how you have psychoanalyzed this group of people. Let's just go out on a limb here and say - perhaps they're not 'threatened' by your attractive shapeliness - maybe you just come off as vapid as a spokes-model. Maybe, like so many others who *know* they're 'hot', you come off as an egotistical jerk and THAT is what blows your interview chances. Did you dress to emphasize your 'hotness' or did you dress professionally? Were you going for an interview at IBM but dressed like you were gunning for Vanna White's job on Wheel of Fortune? Get over yourself. The application / interview / hire / probationary process is designed to filter people out. The fact of the matter is that there are more job seekers than jobs out there in many fields. If you can't manage getting in the door the normal way, through those 'HR gatekeeping trolls', just email the VP or CEO directly and offer to blow him - then you can put your 'hotness' where it belongs - on your knees under a desk.

diane of OR 3:27PM October 06, 2009

My fourth grade English teacher once taught us that the number one important thing about bad grammar is that it is horribly rude to chastise people for using it. This is doubly important if you are participating in perpetuating its usage.
"Poor grammar, spelling, punctuation and inability to form basic sentences in almost every post is terrible. Especially when pointing out how ignorant other opinions are just to blow their own horn (those crack me up)."
I'm not even going to point out all the grammatical errors I could note in this run-on sentence that's lacking at least one comma(oops, guess I just pointed out two), or that another principle of GOOD grammar is to avoid contractions at all costs. Don't use can't if you aren't SPEAKING.....there is bumper sticker.

Adm of TX 6:29PM September 30, 2009

Please tell me the comments posted are not a good indication of our educational system. I hope the authors simply did not finish school or English is a second language. Poor grammar, spelling, punctuation and inability to form basic sentences in almost every post is terrible. Especially when pointing out how ignorant other opinions are just to blow their own horn (those crack me up). I can't spell correctly to save my life, SO I SPELL CHECK! If you can't write properly don't post publicly (almost sounds like a bumper sticker, eh).

KC of ID 3:35AM September 30, 2009

HR women gain weight by consuming calories from the corporate boots they lick. Highly insecure, nondescript, and easily threatened by beauty and intelligece, they conspire with management to rid the company of high performers and potential stars. Once while I waited in the lobby to be interviewed, I noticed the receptionist was hefty, and 3 other women buzzing around were hefty and plain also. When the HR witch came to get me, she looked stunned that I was so attractive and shapely. Needless to say, the initial interview did not last long at all. Even though I was well qualified and educated, the troll-like, gatekeeper HR witch saw to it that I would get no further.

2 Hot of OH 10:12PM September 29, 2009

I love this article. There are way too many articles about interviewees, covering the same stuff over and over.
In my experience, I have been asked my religion, my age, and marital status. One Director didn't show up to our interview, because she was getting a massage at the time. In another interview, my interviewer asked his boss if he wanted to interview me as well and then gave his resignation. From his boss's reaction, his resignation was unexpected and the boss clearly didn't want to accept his resignation.
Although, the worst interview of all time, was one of my first interviews for a large Investment firm right out of college. As I didn't have much work experience at the time, I was using one professor's class and explained the valuable lessons I learned from his teaching. The interviewer got this stern look on his face and asked me if my professor was (his full name), and then told me that my professor was an expert witness against him in court.

DJV of NY 9:07PM September 29, 2009

Put that 11 years and church experience on your resume and then talk about in the interviews. THAT'S how you get around it. Plus, perhaps, coherent written sentences (especially as a word processing specialist) and spellcheck might be helpful as well. Not to be mean, but you are trying to make a good impression. Good luck!

AK of CA 7:26PM September 29, 2009

what is bad is when you are told to be there for a job inteview, they see what is on your resume and know you don't have what they are looking for and then tell you we can't use you. that is low. however, at the same time, my time and again complaint is i have 5 years of college 3 in office assistance and 2 in wordprocessing specialist, plenty of freelancing, and know how to get around the major part of a computer concerning office work, and because i don't hve first hand knoweldge of office work they say they can't use me cause i don't have the experience. well, what do you call working for your husband for 11 years and 1 year for a churhc/academy? i had done filing, typing, use of computer, answering the telephone, makingorders for church and school supplies. i still cannot find a job. so, wise guys, that seem to know it all, how do you answer this?

Gigget of FL 5:45PM September 29, 2009