Wackiest Interview Mistakes

I'm sure all of us have made a mistake or two during an interview, but I hope it's nothing like what these candidates, noted in the CareerBuilder.com survey of the wackiest mistakes made during an interview, did during their job interviews.

Some of the highlights of the list include:

• Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.
• Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer during phone interview.
• Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.
• Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

That last one happened to me, as well. I had a candidate ask me if I could call a cab for her - and pay for it - because she had no way of getting home. Even wackier than that, a candidate start taking off his shirt to show me his scars from a boating accident, to prove why he had been out of work for a while. I politely declined and told him I believed him. That was way more than I needed to know - or see.

The survey also notes that not dressing professionally, speaking negatively about a former employer, and appearing disinterested all rated highly on the list of most common mistakes. Just so you don't make it to the list, here's more on what not to do on an interview and how to prepare so you don't make the same mistakes.