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Previously we posted a blog on how one should conduct
themself during an interview, but apparently not everyone read that entry! I say this because CareerBuilder recently composed
their annual list of The 10 Most Outrageous Interviews. They surveyed more than
3,000 hiring managers and HR professionals and you will be surprised by what
some candidates asked for and did during their interviews.  The list is pure humor.

Below is the top 10 list of The Most Outrageous Interviews.  Take a look!

And, in case you did not know, it might not be
smart to tell the person interviewing you that you were fired for beating up
your last boss! Enjoy!

1. Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer
   to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.
2. Candidate told the interviewer he wouldn’t be able to
   stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his
   uncle died – and his uncle wasn’t "looking too good."
3. Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the
   interview. 
4. Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview
   room.
5. Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample
   because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was
   "classified."
6. Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating
   up his last boss.
7. When applicant was offered food before the interview, he
   declined saying he didn’t want to line his stomach with grease before going out
   drinking.
8. A candidate for an accounting position said she was a
   "people person" not a "numbers person."
9. Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer
   during phone interview.
10. Candidate took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.