Job interview, Pranks and Work: The Apprentice

The Apprentice

By panther of the desert - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - Puerto Rico - Rio Grande

Today, I was to have an important phone interview for a job. I got a call and everything went perfectly, and they said I was hired. Later, I found out that one of my "friends" had gotten one of his buddies to prank call me and make sure the line was engaged when the real interviewer called. FML

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By Pho_Rheal - 25/09/2009 00:11 - United States

Today, I got a phone call for a interview at Target at 4:30 pm. I got super excited, so I got dressed up and headed over there. I told the manager that I was there for my interview. He didn't know what I was talking about. My friends had prank called me. FML

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By almost governmental - 05/09/2014 22:02 - United Kingdom - Peterborough

Today, I got a call about a job interview, saying I was hired. I was ecstatic, until they called me back and said they'd called the wrong applicant. They called again later, saying there'd been a mistake and I really was hired. When I went in to confirm it, they said they'd never heard of me. FML

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By stilljobless - 21/05/2015 02:49 - United States - Willimantic

Today, I got a call from a really great company that I applied to work for, asking me to come in for an interview. When I went in, they had no appointment scheduled and no idea who I was. It turned out it was all a prank by my brother and his friends. My brother is 30. FML

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Not working out

By Anonymous - 25/07/2014 02:04 - Canada - Burnaby

Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML

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Say my name, say my name

By Anonymous - 28/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML

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By goodtiming - 20/05/2010 16:58 - Canada

Today, I finally got a job interview, and I thought it went amazing. They were supposed to call me today or tomorrow with the news. Today is also the day that my phone company decided to cut my phone off. FML

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Classic

By Wrong number - 25/02/2022 21:00 - Canada - Vancouver

Today, I got a call and was offered a position with a company that I really wanted to work for. I just had to wait a week to confirm that everything was good to go. Ten seconds after ending the call, they called back and said that they'd called the wrong person. The offer was for someone else. FML

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Aced it

By Kanata - 31/08/2019 02:05

Today, my phone cut out during a call for a job interview. I tried calling them back, but there was no answer. Later, I got an email from the interviewer, saying I was no longer being considered for the position due to my being "rude and unprofessional." FML

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Canceled

By gonnabeunemployed - 08/12/2016 21:33

Today, I got a call from the only company that asked me to come in for an interview of the many applications I submitted. I answered it even though I was at my current job. My boss heard and chewed me out. The call was to cancel the interview since the position was filled. FML

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By urrrppp - 26/03/2010 09:44 - Netherlands

Today, I got through to the phone interview stage for a great job. When the phone rang, I answered and suddenly, spontaneously, burped really loudly. The interviewer hung up. FML

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Sub_Zero_is_God 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Drop your friend. He sounds like a dick.

baileygirl88 8

Thursday 3 May 2012 1:18

Time to make new friends.

Comments

hapetreefriend 1

Thursday 3 May 2012 16:16

Diiiiiiick move

JHunz 13

Thursday 3 May 2012 16:18

I'm a bit surprised you fell for it. Every time I had a phone interview in my recent job search, I knew the name of the person who would be calling by the time the interview was scheduled. And generally the first thing out of an interviewer's mouth is "Hi, this is <name> at <company>. Is this still a good time to talk?"

saidoh_fml 26

Friday 4 May 2012 6:44

104 is absolutely right, so I don't understand the negative votes. Also, I'm not aware of anyone being hired after just a phone interview; it's usually how they decide if they want you to come in for an in-person interview.

william8691 10

Thursday 3 May 2012 17:12

I hate trolls

dwilhelm 7

Thursday 3 May 2012 18:31

Get new friends. What a bunch of dicks.

icecoldwaterr 1

Thursday 3 May 2012 18:32

A joke gone too far there!

9klk 4

Thursday 3 May 2012 19:14

Idk about you but if my friends ever did that to me. They would be dead. Very very dead. Thats not even funny

idesofmarch 1

Thursday 3 May 2012 19:55

Find this "friend" and beat the crap out of him. Drag him into the job's office to show off his broken nose and black eyes. Have him explain what he did and why he's sorry. When he's done, request they give you another interview.

tacosupreme 6

Thursday 3 May 2012 20:28

Guess you really don't need enemies..

ImDaBes 6

Thursday 3 May 2012 20:35

Not to say that this was OP's fault. But who doesn't have caller ID and caller waiting? Wouldn't you have known it wasn't your potential job calling and/or seen and heard the real interviewer call?

clokwrkpig 6

Friday 4 May 2012 4:27

I think that criticism is really country specific. No one I know has caller waiting, and our telecommunications providers allow people to have "Blocked ID" display instead of the number, which is commonly used. OP could be in a similar situation. Also, how would OP know the interviewers number? It could easily have been arranged by email before the interview.