https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 05:54:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745938 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:45:52 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2745938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no. I always think of better answers after the fact!</p> <p>But from what I can tell talking to people who do the interviewing, it seems like a lot of times it's just to get to know the person.. they can read your resume separately. Obviously not always the case but I don't think blanking is uncommon or a guarantee you won't get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745890 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 02:49:10 +0000 808love 2745890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I was asked which organizations do I network with. I floundered and gave two or three. The interviewer saved me from my lack of connections and said, I'll let you think about that some more. Later I emailed a follow up list of 10 more. She never replied but I was picked up so happy ending!!</p> <p>By the way, I am so thankful for this thread. I have this perception that I'm the only one who bombs interviews so this makes me feel much better.</p> <p>Also watch these shorts to cheer you up! <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-learning-from-failure-resilience" rel="nofollow">https://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-learning-from-failure-resilience</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745873 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:29:03 +0000 Corduroy 2745873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I blanked in an interview yesterday. I'm a product developer, applying for a product development position. I was asked to list products I developed at my last job. I came up with one. One. On the drive home I thought of at least a dozen. I think I covered well enough but I felt like an idiot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745840 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:49:16 +0000 YouGotMe 2745840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Up until I had my LO I worked overnights. I was interviewing for a new overnight job and had just finished a shift just before the interview (interview at 8am!)</p> <p>I blanked on the first question, which was, "so tell me about yourself" haha. In the end, I got the job and I still work there (just not overnight) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745833 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:25:44 +0000 erinbaderin 2745833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like I do nothing but blank out completely in job interviews. I am terrible at them, I forget words...it's not pretty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745810 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 16:35:44 +0000 kitty 2745810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I just lost my train of thought and sat there for like a minute trying to find it again. I just focused on keeping a calm attitude and continued when I could. I got the job! Usually O really dwell on things but oddly I don't feel so embarrassed by this, maybe because I managed not to get flustered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745785 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:33:11 +0000 mrskansas 2745785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: Dang pregnancy hormones... that almost happened to me when I was pregnant but I ran (waddled) to the bathroom before crying. It sucks when that happens at work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745782 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:25:05 +0000 HappyBaker 2745782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: I haven't completely blanked but equally as embarrassing -- in one of my yearly review meetings with my manager I BURST into tears and near hysterical crying. His feedback wasn't even overly negative, it was just the way he worded it, and I was 9 months pregnant so...hormones! We were in a glass walled conference room and multiple people walking by later emailed me to ask if I had gotten laid off or fired! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745781 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:21:10 +0000 mrskansas 2745781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I'm glad I'm not the only one who has done this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745750 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:27:12 +0000 SweetiePie 2745750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: Like you said, the replay is the worst! You just keep reliving it over and over and it's awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745748 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:25:30 +0000 travellingbee 2745748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I interview people often, and it happens fairly frequently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745739 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:12:58 +0000 mrskansas 2745739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Oh no!! It's (not so) funny how all of our knowledge can just disappear when we're put on the spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745738 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:05:25 +0000 SweetiePie 2745738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmm yes. when I was much younger I decided to put that I was proficient in a language that I took 7 years of, but it had been a while. Little did I know, one of the members of the panel that was interviewing me was from that country and tried engaging in a conversation and literally all I could remember was how to say "hello my name is". I totally blanked and was mortified. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-11#post-2745734 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:46:30 +0000 mrskansas 2745734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...completely blanked during a job interview?</p> <p>I had an interview yesterday for an internal position. It was probably the third question they asked me and right after I started answering my mind completely went blank. I couldn't even remember what he asked me. I said, "I am so sorry but my mind just went blank. Can you come back to that question?" Luckily two of the other interviewers laughed and said they shouldn't schedule interviews at 3 PM because of the mid-afternoon slump and we moved on. I was able to bounce back with great answers the remainder of the interview but I still keep replaying that in my head.</p> <p>Has anyone else had this happen? Or anything else embarrassing to make me feel better? :silly: </p>