A survey of personnel executives at 200 of the Fortune 1,000 companies provided the following unbelievable but true examples of job applicant behavior:
“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.”