Taking cakes to job interview

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My lovely friend had a job interview last week. Very large organisation, likely to be a strongly structured interview. I asked her how it went and she said well, and that she had baked a cake and taken it along to the interview.

AIBU to think that this has more likely hindered rather than helped her application?

Is this ever a done thing?

Oh my god no.

Yes, it's a bit too 'try hard'.

What's the industry? It would have made her memorable & tbh in investment banking might have gotten her the job!

I interview a lot of people. If one of them brought me a cake, I would think they were crazy. I wouldn't eat it and they definitely wouldn't get the job.

The proof of the pudding will be in the eating .

Jesus God no.

That's extremely cringey.

Unless she was interviewing for a role in baking, she basically shot herself in the foot!

For a job as a chef in a cake making establishment , yes. Any other job, no.

No way! Agree that's very try hard and not terribly professional!

Oh wow that's so embarrassingly bad!!

God no! That made my toes curl.

Unless she's going for a job and n catering, cookery publishing, hospitality or something else where cake is relevant to the position she's applying for, then it's very unusual behaviour- whether it hinders her I don't know, but I suppose she'll have stood out one way or another...

Just no.

I bake a lot and take cakes yo work, but never a job interview. It looks like desperation.

Not a role that has anything to do with catering.

I just can't get over the self conscious feeling of walking to reception carrying a cake and announcing I was there for interview...

As in, if I were in her position.

OMG. I can't believe anyone would actually do this

Only acceptable if it's an interview to work in a bakery.

Reminds me of when trumps wife rocked up to the White House with a present for Michelle Obama - er right, thanks, erm I'll just put that erm, er, um. That was pretty out there op - do let us know if she gets the job

It wasn't a job at mr kiplings was it?

Cringe! You can imagine them discussing her afterwards.

'Which one was that?'

'The weirdo that brought the home made cake in'

'Oh that one''

Although I am sure I read on here someone's DD applied for a job at Lush and they had to write their application on a cake or something like that.

Eek. I'd think anyone taking cakes in on the first day in a job was too try hard, but for an interview? Nuts. What if her baking was no good?

Lush could kiss my arse -write your application on a bloody cake?! Ridiculous.

Oh god no. Just no. My toes are curling just imagining her walking in with it!

Oh dear. Even if she did well in the interview, the bringing of cake suggests a lack of understanding of professional boundaries. Even if the cake was damn delicious.

Oh no! I'm mortified for her!
What made her think this was a good idea? Has she done it at previous interviews and gotten the job?!?!