One applicant actually asked for a hug.
According to a recent online study by JobsCentral, interviewers revealed some of the strangest job candidates they have come across.
The online study was conducted among 396 hiring managers and HR personnels between 13 August and 14 September 2012. Here are the 25 real-life bizarre interview encounters:
1. Candidate doodles on his resume while talking
2. Candidate brought all the trophies he won since his schooling days
3. Candidate showed up for the interview in a hat and Hawaiian shirt
4. Candidate answered her phone mid-interview and taught her mother how to cook a dish
5. Candidate stalked female interviewer at the staff entrance
6. Candidate kept sucking his thumb before speaking
7. Candidate kept looking at interviewer closely with his mouth open
8. Candidate brought along her 7 year old brother whom she was babysitting
9. Candidate started crying when she talked about her family problems
10. Candidate carefully laid out all her stationaries on the table
11. Candidate insisted on only speaking to the CEO
12. Candidate started singing the national anthem and refused to stop
13. Candidate asked interviewer out for a date
14. Candidate brought her mother to sit in for interview
15. Candidate whispered to himself when answering questions
16. Candidate constantly played with 3cm long nail on last finger
17. Candidate laughed at every single sentence interviewer said
18. Candidate refused to shake hands
19. Candidate was at reception and yet called to say she was ill
20. Candidate requested for a hug
21. Candidate arrived and left after using the toilet
22. Candidate kept looking around the room like he was searching for someone
23. Candidate sat very still during interview with only eyeball movements
24. Candidate combed her hair repeatedly during the interview
25. Candidate was over-excited over everything interviewer said
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