I wasn't called anything, but I had an interviewer open with "so, what's your deal dude?"

Threw me for a loop, I challenged him on that question and the interview was all of 5 minutes.

As a fellow bald man, it's important to look in the mirror and acknowledge that you may indeed be a bald, fat, fuck, and thats OK

An insult of my ability because I’m a woman. 

“I’m not sure I want to hire you because I don’t think a woman can do this job.” 

Cyber sales. Another manager hired me for his team and I remained the top seller on the team for the 18 months of hell I was in that job. 

Fuck you, Soni. The world is a better place without you. 

told i didn't need a barber (because i'm bald)

I went a day after my I got my wisdom teeth out all hopped up on painkillers to interview for an account rep. Was told I was an embarrassment and the least professional interviewee they’d ever seen after I didn’t know how many questions were on the certification test I was supposed to take

Expanding into DACH region. I had a German tell me he didn’t think the business would work there. I asked him why he took the interview. He said he didn’t really know. Anyway, that was 3 years and close to €3M in recurring revenue ago. Dumbass.

I got asked at the pre-offer stage by my would be boss if I had ADHD and then told “because if you do, you need to prove you take meds before we can hire you. If you don’t, we’re withdrawing the offer”

Me to Oracle Netsuite: So this is actually just a fancy calculator?

Cocky fucking dick head when I was smacking the team leader around during a practice objection call and kept smiling at him lol

At one point I asked for the sale and sat there in dead silence for what felt like an hour and he started complaining about how “that’s not what this exercise is about”

At that point he wasn’t giving any more objections

I’m not sure what his issue was but he said “you have a lot to learn” and I quickly shot back “I don’t think anyone in that room is teaching me anything”

So he followed me out and yelled YOUR A COCKY FUCKING DICKHEAD in an open office of about 60 people

Instant laughter .

What’s even funnier is years later someone from there started working where I was working and told everyone the story lol

“Well I know how you ladies like to spawn sometimes, any plans to do that in the future?”

To which I replied, “oh, no, I’d probably die and then I definitely wouldn’t be making you any money!”

*I have a genetic blood disorder and a pregnancy would most likely kill me before even getting to term.

ETA-cybersec sales

Was called a liar once. That was awkward.

I was being interviewed very early in my career and walked the guy through some of the things I was doing in my previous role, which was a lot of event based sales (it was a sports nutrition company). So lots of face to face rejection. Not sure if it was a test or what, but he looked at me and straight up said, there's no way you're doing that, I don't get the sense you'd be able to handle rejection well. Did not get the job.

Nothing during interviews but QBRs have been brutal working at a playbook company lmao.

I used to love being scheduled towards back half because by that time leadership is already tired of grilling the first couple people and just want to wrap up

been told too smart, over qualified or under qualified when I was Younger..some a$$hole also said one of the requirements was to run an 8 minute mile. I told them with some basic training and the right equipment i can do anything..

A long long time ago I mean we're probably talking 28 years ago. I was a nurse interviewing for a clinical position with arrow international based in the town I grew up in. I was interviewing with a sales director and a clinical director who the sales director called me a job hopper. The clinical director understood what I was doing that I was taking new positions every year with higher responsibility, higher managerial or teaching opportunities. But he was hung up on the fact that I didn't Wear a suit that I had a sport coat and tie on and that I I was changing jobs every year, so he started giving me shit, and I started giving it right back to him. I finally asked, I said, do you have any supervisory capability over the clinicals? he said that his opinion matters, and at that point I ended the interview.And walked out. I said, I don't need to be managed by you.You've been in the same job for eighteen years with no upward promotion, so you're stagnant.And obviously not that great at your job

Needless to say I did not get the job but I did get a phone call.The very next day, with five of the clinicals on the line who applauded me.And said they hate that man.But that they loved me to death for telling him off

Someone once called me little buddy and told me to sell them their pen, at first I chuckled, took a moment silence, stood up, and walked out shaking my head

Fucking little buddy 😂 piss off mate

One time I called a guy a “bald, fat, fuck” because he kept trying to get out of the interview after I rearranged my entire calendar to accommodate him.

Had a boss call a potential client a “practice girl.”

Wasn’t really about me (i’m white asf) but had an interviewer just drone on and on about people of colour and immigration in the sector the company was based. At one point out right said “and you know, they’re all fucking brown, black, you name it” and just a bunch of other racist shit.

I like being purposely annoying when i see someone else is being a cunt so i just kept pushing back on him until he eventually got frustrated with me, slams the notes down and goes “you know what this isn’t going to work” he then stood up, left the office, I had to make my own way out of their office haha.

Lol these are real??

I interviewed at a top three IT infrastructure company that’s not Dell, hiring manager asked me “who’s the real you?” And later HR inquired about my zodiac sign. That was weird.

"it's cool we found you because like most of the time asians can't sell"

Worked for a family member, this guy apparently stiffed us out of almost 6 figures, came into my pipeline called him and he slammed the phone on me and told me to “fuck off” and “ask my dad” why he didn’t want to talk lmao

I was asked to do a line of blow and fuck the hiring manager in the bathroom.

I declined the position.

I had an interviewee use the phrase “people will always try and Jew you down on price.” He then paused and said “wait, you’re not Jewish are you?” I said yes. He said “oh, my bad. I wouldn’t have said that if I had known.” Yeah… that’s kinda worse actually.

What?! lol I’ve never been called a name 

Never anything bad during an interview. Once when I rejected a candidate, he was persistently harassing our recruiter about why he should get the job and then emailed me saying he wanted to convince me why he’d be a good fit. He said “if you don’t hire me you’re making a big mistake” but he didn’t really say why lol. If the other candidates weren’t strong I probably would’ve liked him more

I was just told my LI profile was weak. I asked him to expand on that. He said "You tell me where the weakness is". I ended the interview.

Palo Alto: “you guys make the firewalls right?” Got berated for 3 minutes on why I would never work at PAN, I’m an “amateur” and that they sell “way more than just firewalls”. Told her to take a hike lol

At that point my fist would have wanted a word or two their mouth.

At one job I was accused of cheating on their psych test. In another on the screening math test.

Omg worst interview I've had was Cintas- they had a hiring convention and there are 100 'kids" (this was nearly 20 years ago for me) sitting in the lobby. I did an initial screening interview with a sales manager and he said "sit tight- I'll let the VP know to call you. 20 min goes by. 30min. 45min.

So I get up and try and find these guys again, they are all hiding around the corner of the lobby leaving everyone ghosted - I walk up and shoot the shit and they say we're ready for you - it clicks to me immediately that they are just waiting to see who really wants it and hustles to find them hiding around the corner.

I get into the interview and the VP looks at my resume - he doesn't call me a name, he throws it on the floor and looks at me and says "why should I hire you?"

The rest is history. Spent 3 years there. No regrets it set my sales career off so well but it's so toxic- id recommend it to anyone, if you can last 3 years there you are bullet proof the rest of your career.

I mean the worst that happened was they told someone to kick rocks 5 seconds into a group interview (I say group interview but there were like 3 guys including me) the guy had no previous sales experience. And dressed like a total douche.

“A good salesman” I kid.

Probably the most memorable was when the interviewer congratulated me on my current comp, as they offered me a 30% paycut.

Why would I hire you when more able bodied people could be here? He actually said why would I hire a cripple.

I’ve hated almost everyone in recruitment consultancy ever since

My old manager used to include me in interviews because she wanted me to start doing the hiring. We had this one guy who broke after like 3-4 questions and started crying. I was very lost and confused and so was my manager, I did t know if I should say something or just walk out and laugh. Eventually he started crying more and later that day came with his mother to ask for a second interview- where he started crying again.

Hired.

Daddy

I once got accused of lying on my resume during an in-person interview, because I had recently graduated and they thought I was fluffing it. They still gave me an offer (obv, I took an offer with a different company).

Their division inside their company didn't exist a year later (everyone was laid off).

Being called the wrong name, then pausing mid interview because she wanted to write down a grocery list… needless to say, I asked to withdraw myself. Their COO showed no enthusiasm for hiring.

I got called a Donnie Brasco kinda sales guy. Whatever the fuck that meant

“Used car salesman”

Lucky that I've never been in an interview

This was before I got into sales engineering, and not an insult, but in one technical interview that was going very poorly one of my answers evoked a response of "Are you kidding me?"