This is a true example of- telling truth doesn’t always help you in job interviews.

Location: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.

One of my friends had a job interview for an IT company. He has cleared all the technical rounds and now was the time for HR. Clearing all the technical rounds, he was quite confident of being selected in the company.

After some basic introduction here is how the HR interview proceeds.

HR- “How do you deal with situations when you face a lot of pressure or you get depressed?”

Friend (without thinking for a minute)- “I sleep”.

My friend still not realizing his blunder, was waiting for the HR to respond. After a minute of silence-

HR (laughing)- “I think you are in a lot of pressure, you should go to your room and have sleep!”

Verdict- Not selected!