When HR pros ask candidates why they’re leaving their current job, they expect to get a picture about what work environment the applicants succeed in. But sometimes they get answers like these.
Here are the five dumbest responses to the question “Why are you leaving your current job?” according to a recent CNN poll of HR managers:
- “Because I [wet] my pants every time I enter the building.”
- “Cigarettes are more expensive, so I needed another job.”
- “I got fired because they were forcing me to attend anger management classes.”
- “My boss didn’t like me, so one day, I left and never came back. And here I am!”
- “I stole some equipment from my old job, and I had to pay for its replacement.”
Other random interviewee comments reported in the survey:
- “How many young women work here?”
- “I didn’t steal it; I just borrowed it.”
- “You touch somebody and they call it sexual harassment!”
- “May I have a cup of coffee? I think I may still be a little drunk from last night.”
- “Can we meet next month? I am currently incarcerated.”
