Deliberately sabotaging job interview?

[sourcreamnchives]

Has anyone ever got halfway through a job interview and realised they wouldn't want the job and deliberately sabotaged it?

I did once the guy interviewing me was dreadful and he'd be the line manager

I waited for him to talk about salaries and he said x amount and I looked at him and said "oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise this was a part time job I could have sworn the advert said full time"

He looked very sheepish and I just said it expect that for 3 days not full time so if you can offer me x amount we can have a discussion about it

@PegasusReturns

No why would you sabotage it?!

I’ve had candidates who have said I don’t think this is for me and that’s perfectly fine - interviewing is a two way process. I’ve never felt negatively when someone has done that: not all jobs are right for all people.

I would however feel pretty pissed off if someone deliberately messed around with “sabotage”. It’s rude and disrespectful.

But some employers would be the other way around. They think the job they're offering is the bee's knees and how could anyone not want it or they'd take it as a personal affront. I think maybe I'd just say I'd got another offer if I was offered a job I didn't want.

Yeah I did this for an NHS call handler. It was for when 111 first came in, when I realised that I'd been brought in with zero medical experience and was expected to diagnose people on the phone. I found out when I was waiting in reception that there was a department from the 999 response team was closing and they having to reinterview for the 111 role instead to keep their jobs and I could be hired over one of them, I just didn't agree with it.
I had to do role playing and put zero effort in.

I've literally walked out of another interview when it was sold as customer service marketing job and ended up being door to door sales selling Internet.

Can’t say I have. I’d rather make the decision. At offer time tbh. Although working in HR I’ve had my fair share of folk deliberately sabotaging interviews when they’re under threat of redundancy and are playing for a severance pay out. It’s awkward all round.

No, I've always tried my best at interviews, because as others have said, you never know when person /business might be interesting to you in the future.

However I have got half way though an interview and thought "if I get offered this I'll turn it down". And did get the offer, and did decline it, as politely as I could.

The company did contact me about another role a year later that would have been a much better fit for me, but I was pregnant at that point so not looking to move jobs.

Yes. I was only 17 and the interviewer was being a right cow. It was for a mortgage processor position (with full training provided) that an agency had put me forward for. The interviewer seemed extremely irked that I didn't know anything about the mortgage process and was completely patronising towards me. I mean come on, how many 17 year olds know about the mortgage process?! I stood up after about 4 or 5 questions and said thank you for the opportunity to but I didn't think the position was for me. She looked really shocked and said "are you leaving?" I replied yes, as I didn't want to waste any more of her time or mine, as she clearly hadn't taken to me and I wasn't that keen on her either...and I just walked out. It was very out of character for me, as I'm very much a people pleaser, but she was so vile towards me I couldn't stand to be there a moment longer.

No, I don't understand why you would do that tbh - why deliberately make yourself look incompetent. I have been in the situation of deciding that I no longer want the job on a couple of occasions, but both times, I just turned the job down when it was offered.

"I've literally walked out of another interview when it was sold as customer service marketing job and ended up being door to door sales selling Internet."

I did a trial afternoon with them. I heard the manager say to another that he wouldn't take me on. Then they asked me whether I wanted to go back the office or carry on the trial, so I didn't carry on.
It was also over lunch, which they didn't provide or reimburse, which I think is really cheeky.

@GreyhoundG1rl

I don't understand sabotaging the interview in case you'll be offered the job . You are allowed to turn the offer down??

Yes, absolutely this. It makes no sense to me.