Fell on arse walking out of interview

[ItstheHRTpat]

Can anyone cheer me up with their own embarrassing interview moments?
Went for an interview for a job that is right up my street and have some experience of, and the interview itself went well. But as I was being shown out of the building (portacabin classroom) my foot went from under me and I landed on my arse on the steps, dress up over my knees showing that I hadnt shaved from the knees up (midi length dress and wore pop socks so pasty but hairy thighs were on full display - though thankfulky not my knickers), and I hobbled back to the car with a damp right buttock! I keep replaying the squeaky sound I made as I fell and wondering how on earth the chair of the board managed to keep a straight face! Now I'm just waiting for the thanks but no thanks email to come through next week!

Oh OP, I’m sorry but that did make me laugh 🤣 not my interview mishap but definitely my fault… I worked in admin for a university in the events department. I had only been there a few days. We were hosting medical student interviews in the room next door, but on the same day our own events team were interviewing for a pot washer. This young lad turns up and says he’s there for the interview - I say excellent and send him into the pot washer interview, when he was actually there for the medical ones! The poor boy must have wondered why on earth they kept asking him questions about washing up 😂

I could get away with not shaving the fronts of my thighs but the backs... definitely need shaving!

Sorry you fell op. Hope you get the job.

I could get away with not shaving the fronts of my thighs but the backs... definitely need shaving!

Sorry you fell op. Hope you get the job.

Another saying you can still get this!!! I hope you get the job op!

I walked out of an interview room and turned right. The panel started shouting at me that the exit was to the left, and for some unknown reason I replied 'oh, it's fine. I'm going this way' and continued right until I reached the dead end of the corridor. Had to turn around and do a little walk of shame past the open door.

I'm a massage therapist and just last week I tripped while moving around the bed and accidentally slapped my client on the forehead. She didn't find it funny.

OP there is no way they would turn you down for an interview if you are a worthy candidate purely on the basis of you falling over on the way out. If anything, they should be reviewing their H&S.
If you want the job - I really hope you get it.

Are you telling me that some people actually shave the whole leg rather than just the amount that’s going to be on show? 😂😂 i don’t think falling over makes you less employable, hope ur ok

😂😂😂

I had my Ph.d. viva in the morning and an interview in the afternoon. We all went to the pub to celebrate and I felt aggrieved that I had to stop at a couple of vodkas. Got a taxi to the interview and came up against an extremely rude professor. I thought "well Im not going to get this job" so was equally rude back. I told him "Thats the sort of question I would expect from a first year undergraduate." Afterwards went back to the pub to rejoin friends, then on for an Indian meal. When I got home there was a message on my voicemail offering me the job.

When I rang back next day to accept I told the women I would be working with that I didnt expect to get the job as Prof X and I had such a lively disagreement. She laughed and said "It was nothing personal. He gave all the applicants a hard time and was really impressed by the way you fought your corner." It was only later that I told her I had come straight from the pub with a couple of vodkas down me.

Extremely embarrassing !!! But I honestly think it will make you a bit more ‘real’ in their eyes and I personally wouldn’t let something like that sway my opinion of a candidate…..they will certainly remember you that’s for sure 😁

Did you get the job

I too have attended an interview with a black eye. The guy interviewing me was a rugby player, so thought it entirely normal. (Mine was obtained not as a scrum half, but by swinging off the ledge over the stairs in my childhood home. Adult me is taller than 10yo me, a fact my flight calculations ignored.)

Didn't get the job, mind.

Technically nobody (other than maybe competitive swimmers) needs to shave their legs at all.

And cyclists. I once worked with a guy who was known for shaving his legs up to his cycle shorts. Apparently he looked like he was wearing hairy shorts in the shower.

Its obvious to me you was very nervous. But draw hope, people do better in interviews when they are nervous.

Colleague of mine went for a job ever going to get it), went through the interview and at the end walked into the stationary cupboard next to the door he came in through. Sat in the cupboard for twenty minutes and midway through the next interview came out and went through the right door.

Internal interview. I’d had a tooth extracted and was on strong painkillers. I can’t remember much after sitting down, putting both feet on top of the coffee table between me and the interviewers (pushing their folders out of the way) and leaning back in the chair. I got the job. Scarily, I’d driven an hour to get to the interview, just as well drug driving wasn’t a thing back then.

Yes, IPL has been a huge time saver for me. I no longer have to rip out hair from my thighs with hot wax. I guess there are naturally blonde people who might have a light down but, if you're very dark-haired, you can look a trifle ursine. Similarly for forearms. I thought mine in their natural state looked more chimplike than bearlike.

I was on an interview panel where one interviewee crashed into the Chair's car in the firm's car-park, and had to come in and tell him about it.

DS went for an apprentice role in tech.
The interviewer told him to relax and make himself comfortable so he took his shoes off, then opened his bag, took out a packet of iced gem biscuits and ate them as the interview progressed 😆.
He somehow got the job.

were they not sympathetic rather than checking out your shaving routine? Falling over is horrible.

Not everyone has fine hairs above the knees 😅

Who shaves from the knees up anyway?! Madness!

People who who have dark visible body hair (not The fine hair that people keep going on about) and wear short skirts or shorts.

Perfect thread for a Monday morning! I hope you get the job @ItstheHRTpat

I can't stop laughing at some if these esp @LaurieFairyCake 😂