Just to lighten things up, here is a classic list of bad interviewing skills. They are from various personnel executives who must have heard it all:

• Said he was so well qualified that if he didn’t get the job it would prove the company’s management was incompetent.
• Stretched out on the floor to fill out the application.
• Brought her large dog to the interview.
• Candidate kept giggling throughout the interview.
• Wore a Walkman throughout the interview saying she could listen to the music and me at the same time.
• Balding candidate abruptly left and returned wearing a hairpiece.
• Applicant challenged the interviewer to arm-wrestle.
• Asked to see the interviewer’s resume to see if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate.
• Announce that she hadn’t had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and French-fries in the interviewer’s office.
• Without saying a word, the candidate stood up and walked out in the middle of the interview.
• Man wore a jogging suit to an interview for position as financial vice-president.
• Said that if he were hired he would tattoo the companies logo on his arm.
• When asked about his hobbies he stood up and tap-danced around the office.
• Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering specific interview question.