#FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview Reveals What Never To Say When Applying For Work

If you’ve ever bombed a job interview, you know how it feels to replay the whole humiliating experience in your head over and over again. (If you say you haven’t, we don’t believe you.)

So maybe it was a sense of communal catharsis that helped #FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview to become a trending topic on Twitter this weekend, hot on the heels of #FiveWordsToRuinADate. We sincerely hope none of the following examples were learned from experience. But there’s some good wisdom here about the exact sorts of things you never, ever want to bring up when meeting with a potential employer.

This is a stepping stone. #FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview @HeerJeet

— David Wolpe (@RabbiWolpe) January 18, 2015

This is the craziest dream.
#FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview

— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) January 18, 2015

I can’t count #FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview

— Dad (@ILLCapitano94) January 18, 2015

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