Have you ever wondered what 1. the worst job interview(huonoin työhaastattelu) would be like? How would you react if you experienced something
2. as strange as / as weird as / as bizarre as / as odd as(yhtä outoa kuin) the following examples?
“I was interviewing for a job that sounded 3. more suitable than(sopivampi kuin) any job I had ever applied for. During the 4. two-hour interview(kaksituntinen haastattelu), I realised that couldn’t have been 5. further(kauempana) from the truth. Towards the end, the questions were getting
6. more and more confusing(yhä hämmentävämmiksi). At the end of the
7. awkwardly long(kiusallisen pitkä) interview, the interviewer
8. apologetically(anteeksipyytävästi) told me that even though I was
9. perfectly qualified(täydellisen pätevä) for the job, they had already decided to hire somebody else. Having already scheduled the interview on her schedule, she said she didn’t want her time to go to waste. I guess my time was so much 10. less important(vähemmän tärkeä), it didn’t matter.”
“In my early twenties I had an interview at
11. one of the best-known department stores(yksi parhaiten tunnettuja tavarataloja). Wanting to make a long-lasting first impression, I decided to focus on every detail. So I wore my best skirt even though I had gained a few pounds since buying it. I was 12. well-prepared / well prepared(hyvin valmistautunut) to answer every question 13. briefly but informatively enough(lyhyesti mutta tarpeeksi informatiivisesti), and I was convinced they would hire me. The personnel manager greeted me 14. in a friendly way / in a friendly manner / in a friendly fashion(ystävällisesti) and my confidence grew
15. greater and greater(yhä suuremmaksi) as I walked in front of him towards his office. Once at the office he looked 16. strangely uncomfortable(oudon vaivaantunut). Before I managed to say a word, he suggested that I would go to the ladies’ room to check on my skirt. To my horror, the mirror in the ladies’ room revealed a huge tear in my skirt. My face turned 17. as red as(yhtä punainen kuin) the underwear that was showing. I was 18. way too embarrassed / much too embarrassed / far too embarrassed(aivan liian nolostunut) to return to the office having been showing off my underwear
19. in public / publicly(julkisesti). In addition to not getting the job, I decided it was
20. best(parasta) to do my shopping in another store in the future as well.”