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Worst-ever job interviews: 'We had to crawl and moo'

Dozens of jobseekers tell the BBC about their worst-ever interview experiences.

Pearl Kasirye, a content marketing manager, says she was asked about her heritage during a second interview for a partially remote PR role at a fashion brand in Milan. Tom (not his real name) is an IT engineer who was once asked to film answers to questions for a warehouse assistant job, rather than talking to someone in a formal interview. As for Aixin Fu, she says her experience taught her to assert herself more in future interviews, especially if asked to do something “bizarre, unreasonable, or not a requirement for the job” — such as moo like a cow.

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