what's the most stupid answer you gave at an interview?

[kazminx]

i was interviewing a guy once, and asked the question 'what do you do in your spare time'...he said, 'i take drugs...but honestly, only at weekends when im not working!'...think he got the job then??

[Tha-Flash]

At least he's honest :)

[kazminx]

well yeah, but would you need to be honest about that if you wanted a job..eh doh!!!

[DillyGent]

My friend Maria once had an interview for a job with the NHS in front of a panel of three. One of them asked her what she thought her weaknesses were. She said well I like a curry. After they composed themselves - on the floor with laughter - she got the job.

[gazzawazza]

A male friend of my daughters had to fill in an application form for a job in a pub. In answer to the question "Why do you think you will be good at this job?" he replied "Because I go in lots of pubs" and to the question "Why do you want this post?" he wrote, "I don't, but if I don't apply for some jobs my dole money will stop!"

I don't think he got the job!

[maxi29]

I once interviewed someone who said that he spoke fluent German. I got to that part of the CV and started asking him questions: he stared back at me blankly. It turns out that he didn't speak a word of it but had a German girlfriend.

He didn't get the job; it made me wonder what else he'd lied about.

[milly143]

I can't think of any answers I have given (althought I'm sure there are lots) but I once asked a candidate in an interview, 'Why do you think you would be suitable for this position'. His answer was, 'well, I don't really know because I don't know what the job is'. Turned out his girlfriend was so desperate for him to get a job she saw our ad and just gave him the number without them even discussing what it was. I regret not saying it was a role in an adult fim.

[gouldc]

when I went for a mechanical engineering job (as an apprentice), they asked me what I knew about cars - I told them I knew what a spark plug looked like - 10 years later I packed the job in