‘Do they want to blackmail the new hires?': Guy walks out of a job interview after only 2 questions, dodging a shady employer because of a sinking gut feeling

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 26, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Always trust your gut when it comes to your first job interview. This prospective employee had a bad feeling about his potential future employers after only a few questions with his would-be manager, but after listening to a sinking feeling in his stomach, he knew it wouldn't be the right place for him. 

Dropping the mic on the way out of the interview was only the cherry on top of the strangest and creepiest job interview we've ever heard of at Failblog Headquarters. Although this guy didn't get the job, he was counting his lucky stars on the way to validate his parking with reception, because some jobs aren't worth the trouble of future blackmail. 

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  • Walked out of an Interview after Two Questions I had an interview yesterday that I walked out of after just two questions. To be honest, I was sceptical about the role from the start. The company's reputation is abysmal with the highest
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  • Google rating for any of their offices being a mere 1.8. They've been fined millions on multiple occasions for failing to comply with various legal requirements. On paper, the salary and location were tempting, and a part of
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  • me thought I might be able to drive change in the office. I figured that best case, I'd improve operations within the branch; worst case, they would continue not to care and the role would be an easy ride. Either way,
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  • was still concerned that even having their name on my CV could damage my future career prospects. Below is a rough transcript of how things went:
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  • Interviewer: Can you tell me about a time when you disobeyed an order from a manager for the good of the company?
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  • Me: Sure. For example, a manager once asked me to complete a task directly through Outlook. I knew from experience that using RPS would allow us to have a more accessible log that would be useful if other colleagues...
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  • Interviewer: No, no, no. That's not what we're looking for. We want you to tell us about a time when your manager told you to do something and you flat-out refused.
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  • Me: I'm not in the habit of disobeying management. If I were ever instructed to do something thatwasn't the right thing to do, I'd raise my concerns with my manager privately, but I've never been in a situation where I have been instructed to do anything like that.
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  • Interviewer: OK, but we want you to tell us about a time when you actually disobeyed an order. If you want, we can come back to this question later? Me: OK, thanks. That's fine.
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  • I've been in the workforce for 15 years, and in all my time slinging burgers, making coffees, answering phones, stocking shelves, and having meetings, I've seen my fair share of bad managers. Whether you're in retail, the service industry, events, media, or tech, weird managers all have a similar vibe of superiority to them, and you just know that they're willing and ready to lord their power over their employees. But this guy saw right through the veil of fake niceness and decided to take a stand against a job posting, regardless of how beefy the potential salary was going to be. 

  • Interviewer: Can you tell us about a time when you did something illegal, but felt it was the right thing to do? Me: I've never done anything illegal and, no matter the circumstances, I would never do anything that was.
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  • Interviewer: Everybody's done something illegal. We want you to share your story. Me: OK, that's it. I'm withdrawing my application. These questions are ridiculous and are not remotely suitable for an interview. I'm ending it here.
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  • My manager, who knows I am leaving as I am on a fixed term contract, agreed with me that the questions were ridiculous and inappropriate. My colleagues had mixed opinions with some agreeing, and others thinking
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  • that maybe they were trying to test me to see how easily I would be encouraged to break the law if my manager asked me to, with the correct response being to continue to refuse to answer. Others felt that I should
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  • have continued the interview regardless of how they were conducting it and it was unprofessional of me to walk out. What would others have done in this situation?
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  • gewqk. Maybe I'm being paranoid here but do they want to have blackmail material on their new hires?
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  • mamasqueeks I have walked out of interviews. Once, I was interviewing for an HR DIRECTOR position and the interviewer was asking blatantly illegal questions. First, I thought it was a test. I called them on it. The
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  • second time, I said "This question, like the first, is illegal to ask". Their answer was "I know, but if you want to answer...". I said thanks, but no thanks and noped out of there. If you have a bad feeling, no reason to waste your time.
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  • Embarrassed_Flan_869 Those were the first 2 questions? Wow. I would have had fun with the illegal question. "I once drove 1 mph over the posted speed limit. I don't regret that decision at all." Just to see their reaction.
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  • Hot-Confidence-8552 Leaving a bad interview is a great thing. Remember - the interview goes both ways. It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you don't have any power and you'd be lucky to work there. Lots of other fish in the sea
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  • InfectedCatBite They're looking for someone willing to do illegal things for them. You may have dodged a felony conviction.
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  • westside206k1 Those aren't interview questions those are personality test questions you get before an interview and even then its absolutely ridiculous. Good for you not sitting there through that bulls lol
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