Male interviewer: So where are you from?
Female applicant: I’m from here, but all my family is from Vietnam.
Male interviewer: Yeah? My ex-wife is from Vietnam. Ever since that war over there, I haven’t really been a fan of wars, ya know?
Doc Green’s, Cumberland Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia
Recruiter: Sir, you're being very argumentative.
Employee: No, I'm not!
Stoughton, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Billy
50-year-old receptionist, about interviewee: I didn't like her. The interviewers aren't going to like her. She's not going to get the job. I can just tell these things.
Recruiter: What did she do that you didn't like about her?
50-year-old receptionist: Her shoes were too big for her. Probably a half size, maybe even a whole size too big! Ugh! (rolls eyes)
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: yikes
White female applicant taking computer test: Wait. My screen just went all Stevie Wonder.
Manager: Stevie Wonder?
Female applicant: You know… All black.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: Seriously?
Interviewer: So what else can you tell about yourself?
Interviewee: I am a very hard worker and learnative.
Menlo Park, California
Dejected-looking job interviewer: My prospective employee just interrupted this interview to go call her bookie.
Menands, New York
Overheard by: I hope she won
Interviewer: So, can you drive a multi-position snowplow?
Interviewee: No. But my cousin can.
Department of Transportation
Denver, Colorado
Interviewee: Did I sell my soul to the devil for $15.22 an hour?
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Interviewer: On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest, and 10 being the highest…
Interviewee (interrupting): Do you ever do 1 as the highest and 10 as the lowest?
Interviewer: No, I really like 10 as the highest.
Interviewee, thoughtfully: Yeah, I do too…
Omaha, Nebraska
Interviewer: How do you feel about ambiguity?
Interviewee: Can you be more specific?
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: she wasn't kidding
