I ruined a job interview in seconds after I was asked 'How did you get here today?' Job hunter hilariously misunderstands simple interview question READ MORE: This is what makes me reject a candidate during a job interview By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:16 BST, 23 May 2024 | Updated: 01:18 BST, 23 May 2024 e-mail View comments A job seeker was left red-faced after misunderstanding a simple question from an employer. The candidate sat down in front of her potential boss and was asked how she got there. Thinking the boss was simply curious about her commute, she said she'd taken the bus.
However, she was actually being asked about her career background and what led to her to applying for the job. The admission prompted hundreds of others to share their own job interview 'fails' with many amusing mix-ups. 'What's the earliest you've messed up a job interview?' the job hunter asked on Reddit before sharing her own embarrassing tale.
A candidate left a job interview feeling very embarrassed after they misinterpreted the employer's simple question. They sat down at the meeting and was asked how they got there 'I was asked, "Tell me how you got here today?" and I said by bus. I got a stone-cold stare as the realisation hit me.
'He meant in my career not to the physical office. The remaining 58 minutes were going through the motions.' Users thought the story was hysterical and said the interviewer's question was phrased ambiguously.
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