Reply #26: Actually had a candidate for a job I was interviewing [View All]

[geniph]

go off about how psycho his ex-boss and coworkers were, and how we shouldn't contact them for a reference because they were all liars and they drove him out by doing evil shit to him, like moving his office supplies around and changing his computer settings. They were all out to get him, you see, because he was the only competent person in the department.

Um.

Whether or not that might be true, it is less than wise to bring it up in an interview. It might cause a prospective employer to think you might not play well with others.