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What red flags have you encountered during a job interview?

I think a lot of us can learn from this. I know I can! I want to become more aware. I’ll start: Most recently, I applied for one position and when I got to the interview, they told me it was a different position. Apparently this was a “bait and switch.” He then tried to sell me the position. An interviewer (real estate) asked me to use -their- Canva account to make a “fake” Open House flyer with the address they provided. They told me to go on Zillow to get the pictures to utilize in my flyer. LOLOLOLOLOL. I literally got up and walked out. They called me 2x. I blocked their number. An interviewer had his attorney present. LOL. I should’ve walked out at that moment but I was young and naive. His attorney asked me discriminative interview questions— are you married, do you plan on having kids,…


I think a lot of us can learn from this. I know I can! I want to become more aware.

I’ll start:

Most recently, I applied for one position and when I got to the interview, they told me it was a different position. Apparently this was a “bait and switch.” He then tried to sell me the position.

An interviewer (real estate) asked me to use -their- Canva account to make a “fake” Open House flyer with the address they provided. They told me to go on Zillow to get the pictures to utilize in my flyer. LOLOLOLOLOL. I literally got up and walked out. They called me 2x. I blocked their number.

An interviewer had his attorney present. LOL. I should’ve walked out at that moment but I was young and naive. His attorney asked me discriminative interview questions— are you married, do you plan on having kids, are you going to college, are you willing to commit to this job for the long term, etc. Scumbag.

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