I have made my fair share of faux pas in job interviews.
I’ve showed up late, come unprepared for their questions about how I would function on the job and asked questions that might’ve felt too personal to my interviewers. For some employers, these might seem like red flags — and I didn’t get any of those jobs.
But on my journey as a candidate, I’ve noticed some questionable behavior on the part of my prospective employers as well. And it made me wonder if they’d be good companies to work for.
Here are some of the red flags I’ve seen in job interviews and what career experts advise doing should these kinds of interactions happen to you.
One company cancelled an interview—and later ghosted me
One job interview process presented several eyebrow-raising moments.
I was scheduled to have a first interview with the employer at 9:30 in the morning. It was in-person at a …