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QUESTIONS FOR HEADHU N TERS, RECRUITERS, AND AGENCIES

TEN MEMORABLY BAD QUESTIONS

The following examples of really dumb questions that candidates
have actually asked were compiled by Bill Lins, CEO and cofounder
of Jobs 4 Grads Now (www.jobs4gradsnow.com), an education,
coaching, and career guidance service. Asking these questions is
more or less guaranteed to cost you the job.
1. If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be?
2. What do you want me to do if it’s raining and I cannot walk to

work? Can you pick me up?
3. What does a Chamber of Commerce do? (When the candidate

was interviewing for a job at a chamber.)
4. Can we wrap this up fairly quickly? I have someplace I have to

go.
5. What is your company’s policy on Monday absences?
6. If this doesn’t work out can I call you to go out sometime?
7. If I get an offer, how long do I have before I have to take the drug

test?
8. When you do background checks on candidates, do things like

public drunkenness arrests come up?
9. Can I get a tour of the breast pumping room? I heard you have

a great one here and while I don’t plan on having children for at
least ten or twelve years, I will definitely breast-feed and would
want to use that room.
10. So, how much do they pay you for doing these interviews?

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