All right, bosses, what was on someone's CV that took you straight to hell yes or hell no?

I had a resume from a potential interview candidate that listed his reason for leaving his last

job as, I found a buddy. No further explanation. You bet your sweet patootie I called him in for an

interview. As a strategy to get an interview, it worked. The condensed story is that he found a body while walking the grounds at his job, checking to make sure all gated areas were secure and clear of debris. When he found the body, he called the police. He was fired because he broke internal reporting protocol. He was supposed to notify his immediate supervisor and not outside authorities. It was the supervisor's

responsibility to call the police. Somebody sent over their CV written entirely in papyrus font from

Microsoft Word. May as well have gone all out and used windings. I was hiring for a very competitive

IT role last year, and one guy, who didn't have the

best real-world experience, added a single QR code at the bottom of his CV. I scanned it,

and it took me to an online portfolio, including a secure lab with simulations he had run,

allowing me to test scripts he had written, and also play around in his lab environment.

Honestly, I've never seen anything like it. The guy got the job and has continued to be a great fit.

I had someone hand me a resume with the HTML code of an adult website URL mixed in midway through.

I guess he was watching naughty things while updating his resume and somehow dragged in a link.

Guess he didn't proofread it.

One resume read,

Expert in Indoor Horticulture.

Indoor Horticulture was in quotes.

I received a resume from an applicant that included a letter of recommendation from his cat.

The letter was hilarious

and signed with the clip art paw print. I thought it was great and I wanted to bring him in, but the

manager for the position wasn't crazy about it. I guess the point is, humor in an application

can work from you, but it really depends on who's reading. Second language was Klingon. Too bad the guy was a total jerk during his interview.

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