The worst interview in the history of job interviews

Business 2.0 reports in it’s best-of-the-year roundup: “Last May The BBC invited technology expert Guy Kewney to its studios for an interview about Apple’s iTunes Music Store. But when the cameras start rolling, the BBC correspondent found herself talking to the wrong Guy – Guy Goma, a computer technician who was waiting in the lobby for a job interview.”

Check out this hilarious video of the interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG61JO6MoUk

(He did not get the job.)

Hat tip: James in London

Comments (7)

the poor guy! That said, he should have been able to BS his way through it and come out shining.

Posted by Stever on February 1, 2007 at 1:53 pm | permalink |

I saw that clip back when it aired on bbcnews.com last year, and I was very impressed that he handled it as well as he did. I really hope they hired him.

Posted by Diana on February 1, 2007 at 5:40 pm | permalink |

Doesn’t seem that fair to call this a bad interview. The guy walked in thinking he was interviewing for a tech job, which doesn’t require on-camera presence. Suddenly he finds himself surrounded by cameras, on live TV, being interviewed about something irrelevant to the job he wants. No wonder he looks like a deer caught in the headlights.

Posted by Dylan Tweney on February 2, 2007 at 4:35 pm | permalink |

This video has been taken off of youtube.

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Oh. Drat. It was so funny.

Posted by Tzuriel on August 14, 2007 at 6:58 pm | permalink |

Love your post!! Finally someone got it right!!! Would you mind if I put a blogroll link back to your post?

Posted by Online Resume Center on December 22, 2008 at 10:15 pm | permalink |

Hi Penelope,
It does appear that the you tube vid has been taken down
Any where else you think it can be viewed. Funny to watch and see the whole deer in the headlights thing…Poor Guy, thought he was getting a cool job with the BBC. Sandy