In reply to TobyA:
> (In reply to Clarence)
> What do you do to them?!? I think we need more details as they are all so wonderful it hard to believe them!
Vomit was in the wastepaper bin so I just gave the lad a drink of water and five minutes to compose himself. He was really, really nervous.
The young lady who wet herself went off to the lavatory and was never seen again. I think it was a combination of nerves and the fact that the lavatories were particularly grim. Fortunately we only have the plastic kidney-cracker chairs so the chair was cleanable.
The chap who sneezed blood all over the place was sent to the first aider, he said he was prone to nosebleeds and had hayfever, occasionally the two coincided.
The hamster was an unnoticed good luck present from a four year old son, we put the little fellow (hamster) in a cardboard box with a piece of cereal bar and he was quite happy until the interview ended.
I have to admit that it was me who passed out and hit the table, with some force. I'm not too good at wearing ties and frequently go dizzy when forced to wear one after going tieless for a long time.
The trekker wound up in hospital for quite a while with all kinds of problems but we re-interviewed him for another job later that year and he ended up on my team.
They were the few memorable ones out of maybe 400-450 interviews over five years. Over 80% of the rest were uncomfortable monosyllabic gruntings with people who thought jeans and an oxfam tweed jacket were suitable interview wear.