Today, I went to an important job interview. I was really anxious but tried to soldier on anyway. When I was called in, my nerves got so bad that I reverted to speaking my second language. Not first, second. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting the job. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to my first ever job interview, in a totally stressed out state. The employer's first question was: "What's your name?" I forgot. FML
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Today, in a job interview I confirmed I could speak French, as I lived in France for 6 years and became fluent, but I was so nervous that when my interviewer started speaking French, I froze up and the entire French language exited my brain like it was escaping a fire. I was kicked out for lying. FML
Today, I got so nervous that I actually peed my pants during a job interview. FML
Today, after a spate of bad ones, I was in another job interview trying my hardest to give a good impression. After answering a few questions, I realized to my horror that while I was talking I was swiveling my chair from left to right like a nervous child. FML
Today, I had an interview for a new position in my company. The head of HR decided to sit and I got so nervous that I just spouted gibberish for 45 minutes. Pretty sure I convinced her I’m not qualified for the position I’m currently in. FML
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parism143 28
Being trilingual, this happens to me quite often. Mainly speaking French in English class. Speaking my third language in my second language class? Logic. :)
thatonegirlnic 10
Pretty sure being bilingual is a positive thing in most job interviews.
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parism143 28
Being trilingual, this happens to me quite often. Mainly speaking French in English class. Speaking my third language in my second language class? Logic. :)
Sports_guy3 28
What's your second language? (meant to OP)
Pleonasm 36
English, from what they said. (Oh.)
184886837272837 32
I have a bilingual friend who switches between languages all the time without even realizing. Then he gets really confused and asks why I've started speaking French instead of English, of course he asks me this in French after just switching from English.
JMichael 26
32- you've sorta got me confused.
glabberfasted 16
This thread's got me feeling really stupid for only speaking English :(
hashshim 23
Being pentilingual is absolutely the worst. You have no idea how bad it sucks to accidentally write a history essay in the Arabic script.
parism143 28
"accidentally" Yeah, I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen.
TShaunik 12
49 - that does happen. When fluent in multiple languages, what you don't realize if you aren't, is you don't hear/read the words for their language, but in fact just hear what it is being talked about. When I hear German, I understand what's being said without translating and have to ask myself "what are the words my ears hear?" to figure out the language being spoken.
spikekutter 9
i guessed that kut in dutch was ****, if i can say that on here.. but i wasnt trying to come off like that, i was just being honest
twerk4satan 6
Well I always switch between Spanish, English, and Latin just to piss off my dad. But I've never accidentally done it.
parism143 28
61- you realise this thread is on MY comment, right? Re-read it, please. I was replying to as he said he accidently wrote an essay in Arabic script. No matter what anyone says, that absolutely never happens by accident. Different language, sure, but different alphabet? Nope.
VonBlitzkrieg 27
I used to think I was hot shit for being bilingual (English/Spanish) but reading all the comments (especially this thread) makes me feel like shit. Time to continue practicing German, I guess. ps, I agree with 49. There's no way you don't notice right away that you switched.languages.
parism143 28
#74, switching between languages orally happens often, but when you're writing, you have to be seriously retarded to write in the wrong language. Your brain has to process what you want to expredd before writing it, unlike speaking where you automatically reply most of the time and it sometimes happens in the wrong form of speech. My point is, writing in the wrong language just doesn't happen, ESPECIALLY if it's in another alphabet.
VonBlitzkrieg 27
That's right. And there's different rules for spelling and pronunciation. Take the word "outline". Written in Spanish it would be pronounced "oat-lee-neh". These kinds of differences should cue you to realize you're using the wrong language.
VonBlitzkrieg 27
The guy should have said "Yay, look at me, I speak five languages!"
xsilentxninjax 10
It's okay, I only speak English as well. We can be stupid together! :D
Gemma_Mansonite 20
Once in a science test I was panicking and wrote down a couple of words in my second language (that I'm not even fluent in, I'm learning but becoming fluent in) Yeah I am just that retarded.
thatonegirlnic 10
Pretty sure being bilingual is a positive thing in most job interviews.
erjazo 17
Not if the second language is Klingon....
jnanderson 16
Or elvish. Don't try to speak elvish.
JosephMoore77 8
Don't forget about dwarven
TheGreatPotato 19
Or Dragon. Don't want to accidentally speak a few words in Dragon and accidentally blast your interviewer through a wall.
TheGreatPotato 19
Or Dragon. Don't want to accidentally speak a few words in Dragon and blast your interviewer through a wall.
TheGreatPotato 19
Either I just edited this accidental double post or FML glitched to hell on me. If so, sorry.
incoherentrmblr 22
Or Tourette's Guy...
Rishima 8
You sir made me smile.
Pleonasm 36
Next time, go in for a job interview that has to do with speaking your second language? You'll get it on the spot!
ivydindy13 14
Watch OP do that and then blank out on how to say anything in that language. Just a lot of nervous "um"s lol
metallica_wins 20
Baffle them with your brilliance.
red225 14
If you can't blow them away with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit
upfrog 3
I kept on misreading "anxious" as "obnoxious"...
qyka1210 12
Do you have dlesyaxi?
Pleonasm 36
Hey, we're all in the DNA at some point.
dachayke 16
#9, that was just mean. I have friends who are the subject of some awful bullying because they are dyslexic. (Ok, it was really clever but still.)
upfrog 3
No, I do not have dyslexia.
SS 31
Oh no! I hope you get the job!!
perdix 31
Why am I imagining you freaking out and going: Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so, think so, think so... That would be hilarious! So, did that happen?
sdroze1389 31
maybe it wasn't that bad, could have just re enacted a death scene from 47 ronin in the dudes office. ARRAH! *end scene*
SammyS2012 21
this comment and the FML remind me of when i was taking my oral final in Japanese last month, I got so nervous, I started speaking Spanish :/ my professor had a good sense of humor about it though
StompinOnCrayons 15
Most companies prefer bilingual employees because of the skill :)
perdix 31
No, I can't find anything and I speak both Klingon and Na'vi :( -- translation by Google Klingon-English translator.
shortunbiased 6
At least they know you're experienced :)
dachayke 16
At something that probably has nothing to do with the job, or it wouldn't be on this website. Also, the interviewer might have thought OP was being cocky.
emily689 25
Maybe this will help impress your future employer :) knowing multiple languages is a sign of intelligence!
junkman6 22
Only in the United States. Around the world you're considered pretty stupid if you only know one language. 2 languages is bare minimum.
Ali_Br_fml 33
Glad to know I'm above the bare minimum...though I wish I could be as fluent in my 2nd-4th languages as OP is. I just started Japanese, but I'm not fluent enough in Spanish or French to accidentally speak one of them either. If I'm speaking my other languages, it's because I'm actively trying to speak that specific language. (I did learn all of them in school, or via language learning softwares, so I'm nowhere near native in anything except gibberish, gypsy, hubba-yubba, pig latin, and all of those other crazy coded languages we learn as children.)