英男子参加求职面试 被要求现场跳舞

英国一名大学毕业生最近去参加一家电子产品零售旗舰店的销售助理职位集体面试时，面试官没有让应聘者展示任何他们擅长或喜爱的技能或活动，而是要求他们现场跟着播放的歌曲跳舞。事后，这家零售店发言人公开表示歉意，称跳舞是他们团队建设的常用活动之一，但并不在正式招聘环节使用，他们表示愿意邀请参加此次面试的求职者重新参加一次面试。

这位名叫埃伦的大学生现年21岁，自7月份从南威尔士大学毕业以后一直在找工作。他表示，求职过程“非常艰难”，因为很多人都在找工作。在接到电子产品零售巨头Currys一家旗舰店销售助理职位的面试通知时，他被告知面试中会有5分钟让他展示自己的业余爱好，他花了一周时间为面试做准备。但是在周二的集体面试中，所有面试者被随机分成两组，然后被要求跟着播放的歌曲跳舞。埃伦表示，刚开始大家都以为这是个玩笑，但后来发现不是；他不得不穿着西装在一群陌生人面前跟着法国电子乐队Daft Punk的歌舞跳着滑稽的机械舞，他还看到一个中年男子很无奈地跟着一首说唱歌曲在跳舞。他表示，这种面试毫无专业精神，感觉自己被当场羞辱。因此，当招聘方邀请他重新去面试时，他婉拒了。

A university graduate says he was left humiliated after being asked to dance to a Daft Punk song during a job interview at an electronics superstore.

Alan Bacon, 21, thought working at Currys in Cardiff would be ideal given his love of cameras, and he spent a week preparing for the interview.

But instead of showcasing his skills, he ended up doing robotic-style dancing "like a scene out of [BBC TV comedy] The Office".

Currys has since apologised.

It has also admitted that the dance segment of the interview had been a mistake and was not part of its official recruitment processes.

Mr Bacon has been looking for work since gaining his degree in documentary, film and TV from the University of South Wales in July.

He said he was finding the process "extremely hard" because so many people were job hunting.

After finding out he had an interview for a sales assistant role at Currys Megastore in Newport Road, he was told he would have five minutes to talk to interviewers about his hobbies.

So, armed with photographs to highlight his love of astronomy, he went to the group interview on Tuesday.

But he said he was left "incredulous" as the group was told it was being split into two, with each having to make up a dance.

"I think everyone initially thought it was a joke," said Mr Bacon, whose ambition is to make science documentaries.

"But they were serious. All professionalism went out of the window. I'd spent the past week researching the company and looking forward to being able to express myself and talk about what I love doing.

"But I just felt so embarrassed and uncomfortable. I ended up dancing to Around the World by Daft Punk, doing rubbish robotics in my suit in front of a group of strangers.

"I told my dad it was like a scene out of The Office. I would have walked out but I need a job.

"Another middle aged guy looked really upset as he danced to a rap song.

"I've been to quite a few job interviews and have never had to do anything like it before. To be honest, it was hard to be taken seriously after it."

Mr Bacon, who had moved to Cardiff from Newport in the hope that it would help his job search, said he did not get the Currys job and is still looking for work.

His experience has echoes of a scene in the recent BBC Three documentary The Call Centre, where new recruits at a telephone sales company in Swansea had to join in a mass singalong to The Killers' Mr Brightside.

A spokesman for Currys said it was inviting those involved in the dance process back for another interview.

He said the dance had been part of team building exercises, although these were not part of its official recruitment process which would normally include a more formal interview.

"Regrettably, the store in question did not follow our official recruitment processes on this specific occasion," he said.

Mr Bacon said he had politely declined the offer of another interview.