Employers Reveal Stupidest Answers Seen On Job Applications

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Jul 13, 2020 3:00 PM EDT

When applying for a job, there are certain things that are a given, such as checking your resume for spelling and grammar mistakes, making sure all your contact details are correct and looking presentable for the interview. Well, as obvious as they may seem, not everyone knows these basic facts, as proved in an AskReddit thread where employees revealed the weirdest and stupidest things they've seen on job applications. Scroll through and laugh in disbelief. 

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  • 01
    Text - BooBoo_the_Gorilla 4.4k points · 1 day ago I was working in retail in high school when someone came and dropped off a paper application. In the section about criminal history they checked yes they had prior convictions. In the space provided to state what the legal issues were they simply wrote "rong place rong time".We kept that application around for a while.
    via u/BooBoo_the_Gorilla
  • 02
    Text - Guns_57 2.5k points 1 day ago Saw a resume that, under the education tab, went from "Marine Officer Training School" to simply "Clown School." Not even the specific one, just "Clown School."
    via u/Guns_57
  • 03
    Text - mooroi 2.2k points · 1 day ago Had a chef once apply with, "good at helping my coworkers thieve whilst the restaurant is at its busiest." I'm sure he meant thrive but us chefs aren't to be trusted.
    via u/mooroi
  • 04
    Text - sregormot 3.9k points · 1 day ago I received a resume that was just their highschool football accomplishments, no other experience written down. There was even a link to his highlight video. He also included a head shot of him in his football pads. He was 24.
    via u/sregormot
  • 05
    Text - Back2Bach 1.7k points · 1 day ago An applicant for a job as a paid tenor soloist in performing a series of Bach cantatas was asked: Please list sacred choral works (including cantatas) for which you have served as tenor soloist. He responded: "None. But I can sing "Shotgun Willie" in the style of Willie Nelson."
    via u/Back2Bach
  • 06
    Text - mrwuss2 1.7k points 1 day ago I had someone bring in a resume that was scrawled out on notebook paper ripped from a spiral bound notebook and they didn't even tear off the edge so it was clean! This was for a high level position. They wore a suit, carried a portfolio (which I assume had a spiral notebook in it) and never offered a word as to why they jotted down a resume in the parking lot.
    via u/mrwuss2
  • 07
    Text - hellohumansandothers 1.2k points · 1 day ago Was hiring in retail,got an amazing CV, fit the position perfectly. They didn't put any contact details on the CV...
    via u/hellohumansandothers
  • 08
    Text - Nardelan 256 points · 1 day ago I was interviewing internal candidates for a job at our location. The job posting asked for your last review and a letter of interest, basically a cover letter. We have computers and printers available for any employee to use but one woman in her 40s, pretty intelligent, decided to hand write her letter of interest on a scrap piece of 5"x7" ripped paper. WTF? The kicker was she wrote in the letter something like "I bet nobody else took the time to write a p
    via u/Nardelan
  • 09
    Text - throwtheballaway123 1.5k points · 1 day ago I had a job posting out and a potential candidate reached out to have a chat about the role (senior management position). I told him my calendar was up to date and to book me. He booked me for 1pm the following day with his phone number in the "location". At 1:02pm I al his number. He was waiting for his food at a burger place. So we're chatting, he gets his food and says "I'm going to crush this burger while we talk." He was shocked when he did
    via u/throwtheballaway123
  • 10
    Text - Pin-Up-Paggie 583 points 1 day ago Had someone put down "Jesus" for a reference.
    via u/Pin-Up-Paggie
  • 11
    Text - Penguin-mum 805 points 1 day ago Not an employer but I worked in HR back in the '70s. One applicant under the question regarding convictions wrote that he'd served 6 years in prison for the murder of his wife's lover. He finished by saying that he and his wife were back together.
    via u/Penguin-mum
  • 12
    Text - wondernever 479 points · 1 day ago One cover letter we received said, "I am attention to details"
    via u/wondernever
  • 13
    Text - Wee Bey Brice 142 points 1 day ago A few years ago I was interviewing for a chef de partie position. I received an application from a guy who said he had been head chef at restaurant 'A'. The problem was that I had been head chef at restaurant 'A' and had hired this guy as a commis chef (the most junior chef role) just a couple of years prior.
    via u/Wee_Bey_Brice
  • 14
    Text - foxyfoxthefox 143 points · 1 day ago One guy listed "making awesome guac" as a skill and then never brought any guac to the interview.
    via u/foxyfoxthefox
  • 15
    Text - bethivy103 125 points - 1 day ago Not on a resume, but during an interview I asked the guy what his biggest weakness was. He told me he didn't have any weaknesses. He then doubled down, sent me a follow-up email and told me again he had no weaknesses.
    via u/bethivy103

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