This article from abcnews.com starts off with a terrific interview anecdote (emphasis mine):
John-Paul Lee, CEO of Tavalon Tea, a premium tea company based in New York, recently interviewed a job candidate he’s not likely to forget.
“The first two minutes were great,” Lee says of the recent MBA grad. Then Lee asked the candidate who he believed Tavalon’s biggest competitors were. To which the candidate replied, “I think Tavalon Tea is a formidable one.”
“I assumed he was nervous and had blurted out the wrong company,” Lee says, “so I played along and asked him, ‘Why?'”
The candidate’s answer? “I don’t think they have the right management in place. I know the CEO of the company and he is a real jerk.”
Rather than let on right away, Lee asked the interviewee if the two had met before, and if the grad knew where, exactly, he was interviewing.
The candidate, who finally noticed the Tavalon Tea logo on the wall, realized he was in hot water: “Oh my god, I’m sorry,” he fumbled. “I know this is no excuse, but I partied a bit too hard last night.”
I’m still laughing at that last line. The article continues with many more laughable stories that will start your Friday off right.