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Recruiters, jobseekers recount tales of interview horror

From showing up in bedroom slippers to dealing with loose-lipped search committees, people on both sides have seen it all. Some job interviews leave candidates wanting to crawl under a table, but most don’t act on that impulse. Recruiter Wendy Pangburn once interviewed someone who did. RELATED CONTENTAvoid the seven deadly job interview sins Pangburn, president of Pangburn Partners, said she was interviewing a job candidate a few years ago when the person’s cell phone started ringing. The individual promptly pulled out the phone and then slunk under a nearby table to answer it. “It wasn'’t even ‘excuse me,’” she said. “They just said ‘I got to take a call,’ and… Read More