Ever tanked an interview so hard it made you cry?

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As per title. was wondering if any of you senior's out there drew a blank in an interview asking the most basic of questions, only to think of the answer afterwards? Had a moment like that recently and it made me wonder if I was actually good at what I do or not.

Nothing a whole lot of booze can't cure... but still the most nerve-wrecking interview I've been on in ages.

How hard have you tanked an interview before?
 
Nope.

Prefer to try make the interviewer cry.
 
Nope.

Forgetting things in your interview? Do you study to go to an interview?
Usually you should have all that knowledge in your head.
 
Had something akin to this happen a year or three back.

Not an interview but was told I would never make it as a Dev in any industry. Like who says this **** to a intern. Was from a Dev manager in PTA.
 
Yep, I have, but I was terribly ill when I went for the interview, I should have rescheduled.
 
Went for an interview a while back for an IT tech position. R13k p/m great benefits.

I didn't really want the job, but also wouldn't mind getting it. Have a job already but the salary would've been better.

Anyways, dude asks me a bunch of BS questions, about personality, what are your weaknesses etc.

Then he gets to the question, "On a network the ADSL router is working fine, everyone can access the LAN but no one can access the internet".... What would be the first thing you look for?

Told him I'm not answering such a stupid question.

He actually laughed and we got chatting afterwards. He liked the fact that I had the balls to speak my mind. Never got the job ( maybe due to that answer ), but **** that. I'm not answering moronic questions.
 
Iamnotageek said:
Went for an interview a while back for an IT tech position. R13k p/m great benefits.

I didn't really want the job, but also wouldn't mind getting it. Have a job already but the salary would've been better.

Anyways, dude asks me a bunch of BS questions, about personality, what are your weaknesses etc.

Then he gets to the question, "On a network the ADSL router is working fine, everyone can access the LAN but no one can access the internet".... What would be the first thing you look for?

Told him I'm not answering such a stupid question.

He actually laughed and we got chatting afterwards. He liked the fact that I had the balls to speak my mind. Never got the job ( maybe due to that answer ), but **** that. I'm not answering moronic questions.
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I do hope you actually knew what the answer was...

Sometimes it's not about the black/white truth but how you approached it.


Personally I've had a few where I could have probably answered some questions better/faster than I did but often in the heat of the moment everything goes at the window, especially if you are sneaking in an interview and already pushed for time and worried more about your current job than the potential new one.
 
Iamnotageek said:
Went for an interview a while back for an IT tech position. R13k p/m great benefits.

I didn't really want the job, but also wouldn't mind getting it. Have a job already but the salary would've been better.

Anyways, dude asks me a bunch of BS questions, about personality, what are your weaknesses etc.

Then he gets to the question, "On a network the ADSL router is working fine, everyone can access the LAN but no one can access the internet".... What would be the first thing you look for?

Told him I'm not answering such a stupid question.

He actually laughed and we got chatting afterwards. He liked the fact that I had the balls to speak my mind. Never got the job ( maybe due to that answer ), but **** that. I'm not answering moronic questions.
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There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers
 
IMO you can tank a programming or written test but verbal questions it will be hard to tank unless it's your first job.
 
Some people just interview better than others. You can practice and get better but some people are just naturals. I'd say I've done well in most and "room for improvement" in some but never "tanked" as you put it.
 
I don't think the problem is crying after an interview. I don't know anyone who deals well with rejection.

The big thing is to not let it drag you down and to bounce back as quickly as you can.
 
Yep. I couldn't answer any of the technical questions so I stopped them and said lets not waste anymore of each others time. Thank you for the interview, stood up and left. I didn't even wait for them to respond. They were dumb struck.
 
I'm good at the written and practical. But for the life of me, it was like I blanked out every single thing from my 1st 2 years on the job and could barely answer correctly. The dude had the power to make me nervous, which usually accelerates the temporary amnesia. I even forgot how old I was when he asked me ffs. When I said "tanked" I meant "taaaaaaaaaaaaaanked"
 
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