From the Personnel Dept.

With the economy shaky, you'd think that job candidates would make it their business to act like mature adults during interviews. And you would be wrong. The temporary placement service OfficeTeam, which must deal with all kinds, will occasionally compile a list of some of the more outrageous ways that job seekers present themselves. Among the choicer nuggets:

--“The candidate sent his sister to interview in his place.”

--“The person was dancing during the interview. He kept saying things like, ‘I love life!’ and ‘Oh yeah!’”

--“We had one person who walked out of an interview into a glass door – and the glass shattered.”

--“The candidate got his companies confused and repeatedly mentioned the strengths of a competing firm.”

--“We’re a retail company, and when we asked the candidate why she wanted to work for us, she said she didn’t want to work in retail anymore.”

--“An interviewee put his bubble gum in his hand, forgot about it, and then shook my hand.”

--“A candidate fell asleep during the interview.”

--“Someone showed up for an interview in pajamas and his hair not combed, like he had just rolled out of bed.”

--“A candidate insulted the interviewer on his tie.”