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Tell us your strange or stressful job interview experiences

Waiting for a more traditional interview.
Waiting for a more traditional interview. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

The recruitment process is becoming more and more elaborate, with some employers interviewing candidates over several hours, and putting them through a variety of potentially stressful tasks that may not relate to the job they’re applying for.

Some retailers ask their job candidates to sing their names and background, come up with an impromptu performance to sell a product, and other unusual challenges.

We’d like to hear about people’s experience with the recruitment process, and the strangest or most stressful things you’ve had to do at a job interview.

How to contribute

To get involved you can fill out the form below. Give us some details of the strangest or most stressful things you’ve been asked to do at an interview – and of course tell us if you got the job! Take care not to share anything that could put you in professional jeopardy, but we won’t publish anything you share without permission.

If you’re having trouble using the form, click here.

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