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Can you give us an example of some of the more difficult interviews you've been involved in?

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I've been in interviews where candidates haven't been prepared and have not been able to, from the start, answer some of the questions.

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One particular situation was when a candidate actually thought they were being interviewed for something completely different.

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So again, you have to actually think, how do you deal with that situation? Do you stop the interview or do you carry on?

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Anything else that has surprised you during an interview?

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There was another situation where a candidate actually produced food during the interview.

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In the middle of answering a question, they stopped and rummaged in their bag to pull out a KitKat,

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which took both myself and the interviewing manager by surprise.

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We did ask and inquire as to what she was doing,

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at which point she actually advised that she was a diabetic and just felt at that particular moment

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that she just needed a little something to eat to to calm things which was absolutely fine but

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again during the interview when she hadn't announced that's why she was doing it it was a

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bit of a surprise. How important is the way a candidate dresses for an interview? A candidate's

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dress for interview is important because it shows how serious they take the situation

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however I would always recommend that candidates would come to interview in a dress that is

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appropriate for the role they're applying for. In today's modern recruitment environment it's

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not always necessary for a guy to wear a suit to an interview. However you would expect to see a

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shirt, you would expect to see a blazer, you would expect to see appropriate footwear and the same

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for a lady as well. Certain clothes, certain types of footwear would be inappropriate to come into an

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interview and may set a perception of that candidate, which is perhaps incorrect.

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Have you ever had an interview with someone who was dressed very inappropriately?

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I had an interview on one occasion where a candidate actually arrived in tennis gear,

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a white t-shirt and shorts. They'd literally come straight from the tennis court

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and they had simply forgotten the interview was on that day.

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Had suddenly had the reminder that actually they were due to be at the interview,

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so I thought they would come anyway as they were.

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I did see the candidate and they were actually very impressive.

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We just had to move past the clothing aspect

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but actually it was quite funny

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and allowed a real opportunity to engage with that particular candidate from the start.

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Did that person get the job?

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No.

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They didn't.