Precious Times People Were Shamelessly Honest On Job Applications

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    Human body - SKIRT @talktoskirt Got a resume today and under personal interests the dude just wrote breakfast Imao
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    Font - Bettyboop63 @stuckinthe_60s Replying to @talktoskirt I was asked (by someone 20 years younger)what was my greatest weakness.straight face said"altoid mints" got the job moved up in 6 months. She later told me most people choke at that question & she was glad I was a smart
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    Font - James "Heading Bug" Carlson @jcarlsonma Replying to @talktoskirt Once recommended a guy to be hired in IT solely because he showed up with a Daffy Duck tie. Turned out to be really good at his job.
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    Rectangle - andrea @Andreadelang Replying to @talktoskirt i had to sift through resumes at one of my internships and i found one that just listed "Finance" under special interests... that was one of the most terrifying resumes I have ever seen to date.
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    Font - Dr Audrey Glover @DrPaperwasp Replying to @talktoskirt My fav “personal interest" point was someone noting down “lion taming" on their resume, on being asked about how long they had been doing "lion taming", they said they were just interested in it, they didn't do it, that would be way too dangerous..
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    Human body - audubon mckeown d. @pazonada Replying to @talktoskirt one client of mine (manager at google) listed "napping" as his interest in a team bio deck
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    Rectangle - MacDaptable @MacDaptable Replying to @talktoskirt I was once asked, based on my resume , what I wanted to be when I grow up. I was 57. Been working there for 3 years now.
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    Rectangle - Mother Mucca @mmucca Replying to @talktoskirt I had a job opening for someone to write an installer for a Microsoft Windows application. I got a resume from a guy who was an experienced window and door installer.
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    Smile - chaz @Chuck 000 Replying to @talktoskirt and @bariweiss Whenever I complete a medical or other official form I write Klingon under language
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    Font - Adam Wright @Adam_Wright23 Replying to @talktoskirt I had 2 fun ones this year: Guy was a life guard. It was his only job ever. Under responsibilities he wrote "life guardin" Another's skills were "basketball" and "weight lifting" These were both resumes for an office job.
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    Font - Nelle Engoron @NelleEngoron Replying to @talktoskirt Oh man. I was a hiring manager for years. I interviewed one guy, middle-aged & experienced so should have known better, who told me that he didn't like his previous boss cuz she was always on him about meeting deadlines and such like.

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