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Like they just told you about something that's an absolute deal breaker.

Projectile vomiting, like the funeral scene in "Mafia!"

Do you mean as the interviewer or interviewee?

"Sorry, that's going to be a dealbreaker for me. Is there any way we can work around that?" (Or similar working)

When they say no:

"Well, thank you for your time."

Slam a domino on the table and walk out.

I had a job interview once where I was in and out in thirty seconds max. Not counting waiting for the interviewer to be ready, ofc.

"So tell me about Devsman."
"Married, kids, etc."
"You know this is 100% commission, right?"
"This is a sales job?"
"Yes, this is a sales job."
"That's going to be a problem."
"Well, thank you for your time."
"Thank you."

I accidentally did this, I had an interview at some law firm, I wasn't really qualified anyway, but I had to think about Ace Attorney and asked if they also handled murder cases. "No..."

https://youtu.be/8tB7XOE9esE?si=lJmA0D2Jlx0EzPsv

If it's a virtual interview just close the window and say in any follow-ups that your Internet went out.

Rai_Jin posted...

I accidentally did this, I had an interview at some law firm, I wasn't really qualified anyway, but I had to think about Ace Attorney and asked if they also handled murder cases. "No..."

lol

My worst was actually when I couldn't get in the building. I knocked and nobody answered. To this day, I wonder if that was some kind of test. Like, maybe I was supposed to just Kramer my way in but no way in hell was I gonna do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koY4S1BbR5w

Just leave

pocket sand

I noped out of an interview when I was 18.

It was at a company that had two separate offices in the city, about a ten minute walk from each other. I get to the place where the interview is supposed to be, about 15 minutes early because I wanted to make a good impression, only to be told by the lady in the front desk that the interview was in the other building. I got out the letter confirming my interview (showing how long ago this was, haha), and showed it to the lady, and it said in there that I had to report to the building that I was in. And she said words to the effect of "Yeah, you report in here, but the actual interview is in the other office." So I thanked her, confirmed whereabouts in the other building I needed to go, then just went to the pub instead.

I'm still not sure if it was deliberate mindgames to see how people dealt with stress, a way of weaning out people who didn't have "good" timekeeping (since being just ten minutes early or less would mean that you'd actually end up being late for the real interview), or if they were just idiots, but it was only for a temp job, I had another job lined up that was due to start a couple of months later, and I was still living with my parents having zero real responsibilities, so I just figured fuck 'em.

"thanks for the interview, I'll stay in contact."

TomClark posted...

I noped out of an interview when I was 18.

It was at a company that had two separate offices in the city, about a ten minute walk from each other. I get to the place where the interview is supposed to be, about 15 minutes early because I wanted to make a good impression, only to be told by the lady in the front desk that the interview was in the other building. I got out the letter confirming my interview (showing how long ago this was, haha), and showed it to the lady, and it said in there that I had to report to the building that I was in. And she said words to the effect of "Yeah, you report in here, but the actual interview is in the other office." So I thanked her, confirmed whereabouts in the other building I needed to go, then just went to the pub instead.

I'm still not sure if it was deliberate mindgames to see how people dealt with stress, a way of weaning out people who didn't have "good" timekeeping (since being just ten minutes early or less would mean that you'd actually end up being late for the real interview), or if they were just idiots, but it was only for a temp job, I had another job lined up that was due to start a couple of months later, and I was still living with my parents having zero real responsibilities, so I just figured fuck 'em.

I had an interview where they didn't directly give me an address, I just googled the office. I got there and there was nothing there. I frantically regoogled them and found another address, 15 minutes away, listed on their website than what was on google maps and rushed over there. Thankfully I was trying to be early as well. They asked me if I had any trouble getting there. Apparently they had moved offices a while back and never updated google maps.

TomClark posted...

So I thanked her, confirmed whereabouts in the other building I needed to go, then just went to the pub instead.

I've done that kind of thing before. For whatever reason, nobody ever takes the hint or leaves well enough alone.

One time when I had a half day off and Mrs. Devsman left her water bottle at home and wanted me to bring it to her, I got in the car, drove to her workplace, went to the front desk, told them I had it for her. Well, despite my asking why I can't just text her to come out front and get it, they sent me to the delivery dock (?), so I went there. The delivery dock sent me back to the front desk (??), so I just said thanks and left.

I figured that would be the end of it but oh no. They went and tracked her down... for some reason... and interrogated her about it, and it became some great whodunnit thing of why I didn't go back to the front desk.

It's not like she worked at a missile silo. It was an insurance company.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

I've done that kind of thing before. For whatever reason, nobody ever takes the hint or leaves well enough alone.

One time when I had a half day off and Mrs. Devsman left her water bottle at home and wanted me to bring it to her, I got in the car, drove to her workplace, went to the front desk, told them I had it for her. Well, despite my asking why I can't just text her to come out front and get it, they sent me to the delivery dock (?), so I went there. The delivery dock sent me back to the front desk (??), so I just said thanks and left.

I figured that would be the end of it but oh no. They went and tracked her down... for some reason... and interrogated her about it, and it became some great whodunnit thing of why I didn't go back to the front desk.

It's not like she worked at a missile silo. It was an insurance company.

Haha, always leave them wanting more, I guess.

My old supervisor passed out during a job interview. He didn't get the job.

clip through the floor unless you're on the ground floor