Job hunting has become almost like the Hunger Games, where multiple people are fighting to be chosen for just one spot. Folks have to face rejection upon rejection until they finally get an offer from one company. It’s a difficult job market, and people have to try their best to be hired.
With so much on the line, it’s no wonder that some people have resorted to extreme measures just to get noticed by the hiring team. This list is full of those creative and unhinged folks who did bizarre things to try and get a job.
#1
Got an Amazon delivery vest off eBay. Rang the company door bell while wearing the vest, and when I was let inside delivered a box addressed to the hiring manager with my resume in it.
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#2
I made a fake recruitment company, I offered my current company an opportunity to take an employee without any recruiters charge since the recruitment company was new and acted like this was a goodwill gesture to get a chance to do more business with them. The employee I put forward was myself and have been with this company for 7 years now
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#3
I wanted to work at a fashion archive in Beverly Hills and during the interview they didn’t take me seriously so I reenacted the scene in devil wears Prada where Andy convinces Miranda to hire her almost word by word and they offered me the job that same day 😈
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#4
Okay….when I put in an application and don’t hear back I usually call and lie and say I got a voicemail from someone about my application but can’t remember who. I’ve gotten an interview everytime…..
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#5
My dad pulled up to an office, poured 1/2 bottle of water on his head, ran in acting as if he was late to the interview. There wasn’t an interview scheduled but they felt guilty that he ran there. Got the job. Worked there for 10 years!!!!!
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#6
Years ago I applied for a marketing job for a fine fragrance company in NYC. I printed my resume and folded it into an origami flower and FedEx’d the package to the hiring manager. It worked to get her attention and I got the job.
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#7
The job market was so saturated for biological sciences so I worked at a spicy club to specifically to network and sure enough I landed a job at Harvard as a Research Scientist from one of my customers 😂
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#8
the company took my video i posted and ran it as ads so i reached out and told them to pay me $500 for the video and then sent my resume and asked if they needed social media help. i was hired.
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#9
Called and asked about the status of my application. They couldn’t find it, they scheduled an interview with me, I started there the following Monday. I never filled out an application for the job to start with!
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#10
Normally I look up the person who reaches out to me for an interview and find their socials then I use small things I learned from stalking them to drop into conversation to make them favor me.
#11
Changed the font on my resume to SF Pro so when they read it it feels “familiar” to them and think ‘that’s the one”
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#12
I was interviewing for an Italian owned med tech company. They gave me an interview and then said I had to come back for an interview with the whole management team from Italy. Im a Boston irish girl with an irish name so I practiced how to say “Thank you for your time” so I could end the interview with that. They lit up and offered me the job on the spot.
Image source: Kelly O, pressfoto
#13
There’s a story I heard where someone mailed their shoe to the hiring managers job and a note that said “now that I have my foot in the door can I schedule and interview”
#14
My husband used to do maintenance for an company and he told me to apply for an office job and took my resume. Everyday he would ask the hiring manager when they would call and he would search through the resumes and put mine on top. I’ve worked there for 10 years
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#15
It was a hiring freeze, but I REALLY wanted to work for DC Comics NY. I drew a 3 foot poster of a character I made up and dropped with Warner Brothers HR director. They found a job for me. 😍 Greatest place to work ever!
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#16
sent a picture of a T-rex trying to make a bed instead of my CV with a note saying I’m not sending my CV because I’m bored of doing that, if you like this pic meet me for a drink to discuss the job.
Image source: Browny, SamuraiWind
#17
Told them I lived in NYC when I applied. Flew in with two days notice to interview. Had to move to NYC area within two weeks of being hired. I was definitely living in Dallas at the time. Still at the company 6 years later.
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#18
Not me but one of my friends used Uber share around San Francisco during start and end of working hours, spoke to the people who would come inside the cab for a referral and ended up getting few interviews.
#19
A week went by without a response to the resume I sent in so I called to ask when they’d be scheduling an interview so I could put it on my calendar. They brought me in the next day.
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#20
Sat in the waiting area for 2 weeks straight every day to get an interview until the DON said “might as well pay you if you’re gonna be here”.
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#21
Another time. I created a job profile about me in a word document. It wasn’t a resume or a cover letter but intrigued the hell out of companies. Got 4 job offers from it. Sent out to about 10.
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#22
A woman stopped by my boss’s office to ask about a job opening, but she spoke through her puppet
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#23
I get their email. In the subject of my email I type RE: as if replying to THEM 😅
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#24
Lied and said I could ski. And they said “like professsionally?” And I said “yes” and they said “confident enough to ski alongside the British Olympic Skiing team and Royal Family” and I said “yes” and got the job the next day.
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#25
Used my friends home address in a different city so I can be in “zone” for the jobs there😭
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#26
Say I was a manager for companies than no longer exist. They never question it nor can chase a reference 😂
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#27
i redid my whole instagram and claimed to be a content creator
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#28
I made a fake job ad on Craigslist matching a job I wanted and then took the best resume sent to me and used it as a template for my own.
Image source: Stephanie, Anna Tolipova
#29
I door dashed a box of Krispy Kreme to a local marketing agency with a personalized note. They rejected the order and I never got a job. Sigh.
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#30
During an interview they needed 3 references and asked for each of their emials. I made 3 fake emails and did all the references of myself 💀
#31
Lied on my resume basically about everything then had my sister do my job interview. Got the job then got promoted
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