Unprofessional Behavior All the Way Around.

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Unemployment may be low, but so, too, is the behavior of some job applicants. For instance:

"On the way, without asking, he grabbed a donut, brought it into my office, and proceeded to eat it during the interview."

"A person wanted to show me he could do the splits and a back handspring."

"A lady showed up wearing bunny slippers."

Express Employment Professionals, Oklahoma City, Okla., surveyed business leaders about the most-shocking interview behaviors they had witnessed--and the responses indeed were shocking.

"I was interviewing a registered nurse who ate through the entre interview," wrote one respondent. "First, a banana; then, a jar of peanuts; then, an apple--all while I was asking her questions. At the conclusion of the interview, she handed me her banana peel, apple core, and empty peanut jar to throw away."

Certainly, such behavior is the exception, not the rule, but there are plenty of unprofessional behaviors that interviewers witness regularly.

Express asked, 'Which of these behaviors have you witnessed from a job candidate during an interview?" Respondents were able to choose multiple answers: 85% report a job...

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