Nerve-racking Interview Experience

What is the most humiliating or awkward experience you've encountered during an interview? Was it your doing or your interviewer? How did you manage the situation, and what's the takeaways or recommendation to someone going through the intensity of the interview process.
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My last experience when going for my current job, I was so anxious and nervous as I was interviewed by 3 people. This was a job that I really wanted so I went and did some interview prep with someone and thank god I got the job. This helped so much as it made me calm and I was able to answer all the questions fluently.

@Naomi, congrats! I recall I was interviewed by 5 people for my current job. That was 9 years ago. It was a rollercoaster of emotion. I had to be creative with my delivery while trying not to sound redundant. I recall I couldn't stop coughing for about a few seconds in one of the interviews - that was really awkward for me 😂😂

Years ago, I interviewed with two men for a job and one could not hide that he wasn't interested in me. He was looking out the window, smirking at my answers and generally acting bored and unprofessional. It was so upsetting as a 20 something going for a big girl job. I wasn't saying anything crazy.

Planet fitness at the end asked me "if you were part of a salad, what part would you be?" And I said croutons, I hate croutons lol

@Liz I'm sorry Lizzy, you went through that. Many interviewers are not professionally trained. Employers these days would often assign random employees doing the tasks one would likely be hired for to interview the candidate, which is ridiculous.

@Tiffany 🤣🤣 I wonder what they plan to achieve asking such a question.

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