Used to work at a private school. There were a number of applications that were a little off-kilter but one that sticks in the mind was a chap applying for a teaching role who, under the skills theme, listed:
Born-again Christian (well, alright...)
Enthusiastic physical disciplinarian (ooohff, erm)
followed by a paragraph heartily bemoaning the lack of physical chastisement of children in education these days. He didn't get shortlisted.
In a different role, the two main interviewing managers were a man and woman. The candidate arrived and enthusiastically shook the man's hand, ignored and walked past the proffered outstretched hand of the lady, and proceeded throughout the interview to address all his answers to the male interviewer, even though the majority of questions were asked by the female, who would be line-managing the successful candidate. He left clearly convinced that he would be the chosen applicant. He very much was not.
Interview coaching is not always the greatest, however. At mine, we were strongly advised that when we were asked what we considered to be our "weaknesses" we must always, ALWAYS, say SOMETHING, no matter what. I was desperately shy and insecure in those days. At one of my early interviews, which had gone well up to that point, they asked the question. I absolutely couldn't think of anything, but was so mortified in the expectant silence of appearing arrogant in my own self-assessment that I squeaked out "sometimes I like to go out with my friends in the evening a lot!" Lord alone knows what came over me to say that. The interviewer wrote "drinks too much" in his notebook and quietly closed it. Awful.