It’s Halloween, but unsettling scenarios aren’t limited to Oct. 31. Recruiters, hiring managers and HR professionals have their own stories that haunt them.
Who can forget the candidate who launched into a graphic retelling of Fifty Shades of Grey when asked about a favorite book? Not Jeff Weber, senior vice president of people and places at Instructure, a technology company in Salt Lake City.
And during an interview with another job seeker, his recruiting team was taken aback after someone asked the applicant, “What is your superpower?”