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?

'I'll pick up my Tupperware when I start the job '

I would think someone who did this is a bit dim to be honest. She clearly has no clue how something like this would be viewed in a professional environment. If something as basic as that went over her head, no way would she fit in.

Imagine if this ends up in the DM? I know you have to give permission, but OP could end up quite unpopular with her friend!

I am hoping for the Observer.

I'm hoping for Film Review 2020

It's like the Harvard interview tape in Legally Blonde.

But with cake.

But that was a scorsese interview tape

I went to an interview for a marketing job, didn't hear anything back despite getting the post interview office tour and meet and greet with the other staff, had a nosey on the companies Facebook website a few days later only to see they had posted a picture of a cake which had been baked by another one of the interview candidates along with a comment on how wonderful they thought it was!

It looked bloody awful they had made the company logo out of fondant on the top of the cake - massive cringe!!!!

Oh wow. I do have an interview next week. Maybe cupcakes with letters spelling out 'pick me!'?

Mrsgbythesea, that sounds unprofessional of the company to upload that!

Marketing companies can be a bit different like that. My friend has an interview for one where she has to go in casual clothing, be interviewed by other candidates that are going for other roles (that sounds insane to me?) and then sit down to enjoy a cuisine meal? Sounds like utter nonsense to me.

I thought it was massively unprofessional- it's when I decided that I didn't actually want to work there anyway! I was even willing to overlook the fact that you were only allowed to eat vegan food on the premises because the owner is vegan - ironically that would have meant they couldn't actually eat the sodding cake anyway!

I might need to visit a&e, my toenails are imbedded in my feet

"I was even willing to overlook the fact that you were only allowed to eat vegan food on the premises because the owner is vegan"

I'm a veggie (and do go vegan some days), but that sounds like insanity to me. In fact, that's bordering on discrimination! I don't like people eating meat at their desks, but I can't see what the harm in eating meat in the kitchen would do? And to go as far as vegan, no animal products at all!

Sounds like you had a lucky escape!

I reallsy want to know what the interviewers' raction was!

Aw, I like the sound of your friend OP. If I were interviewing this would have made me smile, I hope the panel accepted it in the spirit it was intended.
Please do let us know: what type of cake it was (a real showstopper could have been too much!) and whether she does indeed get the job

This is hilarious. Who takes a home made cake to an interview?!

I would definitely hire her- I love cake!!

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Horrible.
If she really wanted the job she should of also worn a short skirt and suspenders and bent right over as she placed the cake down.

Was it one of these cakes OP?

What I'm learning here is that some people have different associations with cake to the ones I have!

Mine do not involve suspenders!

LOL! Please update to let us know if she gets it though

Oh. That was odd.

The recruiter left my cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
Cos it took so long to bake it
And I haven't got the job offer again...

Talk to me OP
I need details* of this sweet-sweet craving whoa-oh
I think your friend has gone fucking crazy
Ya ya ya ya but keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the motion

(Motion: I hereby move that ALL job applicants everywhere are forced to bring as part of the interview process).

• What cake was it, how was it distributed, what was the feedback?!

So what can you bring to the role?...
My buns my buns my lovely cakey crumbs
Check them out

I am really curious what cakes they were?? Fairy cakes no. But millionaire shortcakes I'd of been touched

Nurses and Teachers are usually very grateful to see that a homemade cake has appeared in the staffroom but not one that has brought in by an interview candidate! Everyone would be mortified for her.

But at our school they wouldn't. We couldn't care less who brought the cake in and I can't think of any of my colleagues who could be bothered to feel mortified on someone else's behalf.