For both interviewers and interviewees, I am curious to know about some of your worst college interview experiences!
What are some of the worst/stupidest/craziest things a student has said during an interview?
What are some of the worst questions you’ve been asked?
I read this post a while back. lol.
"So, I had a interview with my guidance counselor today and it went HORRIBLY. the interview was for the guidance counselor rec letter (our school is big so we have interviews so our counselors can write our rec letter). I understand that this interview really isnt the end of the world, but it frightened me because I feel like i get too nervous easily and will definitely be a negative thing in the future.
Here are some reasons why i didnt do to well:
- So we got a questionnaire a month ago where we filled out info on our accomplishments and personal info to let the counselor know about us more. the interview was so the counselor can ask us follow up questions and get more info from us. She started asking questions and I had no idea how to answer them-- so i answered them horribly. For example, on my questionnaire I wrote that I got a job shadowing opportunity at a price forecasting company. My counselor asked my what i thought about the experience and if it influenced me to go into business. I panicked an made up bs. I told her that I really didnt like the experience and didnt want to do business anymore.
I also mentioned on the questionnaire that I had a marketing internship, and she asked me what i thought of that experience. again i panicked and told her that i thought it was pretty useless and didnt learn anything. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I TOLD HER THAT. now she thinks all the stuff i put on my resume was bs.
- i started getting nervous cause i lied about some stuff on the questionnaire and i was concerned she would bring them up and ask questions. this made my REALLY REALLY nervous and i was sweating A LOT. my shirt was literally soaking wet, and droplets of sweat kept dropping down on my hands. she clearly noticed and asked me if i wanted to turn on the fan. i said sure, trying to play it cool, but when she tried turning it on, it wouldnt work. i said its fine, but she probably saw that i was sweating and really nervous so she took me to another room that had functioning AC. it was quiet awkward cause my entire forehead was wet and i just wanted to go home and forget about the interview.
- i stated above that i lied on my questionnaire a bit, and unfortunately she ended up asking questions on those things. i was already nervous at this point in time, so i just gave up and fed her more bs, which we could both tell was a bunch of horse manure. she gave me weird looks but i kept going on with my bs, and i just stopped caring.
when i came out the interview i felt really bad and disappointing that i didnt do well during the interview. my social skills are already really bad and this interview reinforced my notion that i suck in pubic situations. please help??? any help/consolation is appreciated."
@finallyfree oh I searched for a similar thread before posting and didn’t find anything. In that case, could a moderator please close this discussion?