"The reason the candidate was taking so long to respond to a
question became apparent when he began to snore."

"When I asked the candidate to give a good example of the
organizational skills she was boasting about, she said she
was proud of her ability to pack her suitcase 'real neat' for
her vacations."

"Why did (the applicant) go to college?" His reply: "To
party and socialize."

"When I gave him my business card at the beginning of the
interview, he immediately crumpled it and tossed it in the
wastebasket."

"I received a resume and letter that said that the recent
high-school graduate wanted to earn $25 an hour-'and not a
nickel less.'"

"(The applicant) had arranged for a pizza to be delivered to
my office during a lunch-hour interview. I asked him not to
eat it until later."

"(The applicant) said she had just graduated cum laude, but
she had no idea what cum laude meant. However, she was proud of her grade point average. It was 2.1."

"(The applicant) insisted on telling me that he wasn't afraid
of hard work. But insisted on adding he was afraid of horses
and didn't like jazz, modern art, or seafood."

"She actually showed up for an interview during the summer
wearing a bathing suit. She said she didn't think I'd mind."

"He sat down opposite me, made himself comfortable, and
proceeded to put his foot up on my desk."

"The interview had gone well, until he told me that he and
his friends wore my company's clothing whenever they could.
I had to tell him that we manufactured office products, not
sportswear."

"(The applicant) applied for a customer service position,
although, as he confided, he really wasn't a people person."

"Without asking if I minded, he casually lit a cigar and then
tossed the match onto my carpet-and couldn't understand why I was upset."

"On the phone, I had asked the candidate to bring his resume
and a couple of references. He arrived with the resume-and
two people."