4 Things You Should Never Say In a Job Interview

4 Things You Should Never Say In a Job Interview Were all familiar with that sinking feeling of dread that sometimes hits after youve shaken your last hand and hit the lobby button in the elevatorâ€"is it possible you said something that contributed to the warm interview fizzling like an off-brand sparkler? You thought you have answered everything perfectly, even some of those hardest interview questions. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0'); }); The editors at MedReps.com have compiled a list of must-avoid statements  for anyone about to embark on an important interview.1. Im a fast learner.This goes alongside Im enthusiastic or Im a people person as a hollow expression that, on reflection, doesnt make you look like a better candidate. Instead of saying youre a fast learner, have an anecdote or two ready to illustrate a time when you learned something quicklyâ€"bonus points if you learned something easily relatable to the job for which youre interviewing.Your demeanor in the interview sho uld tell the interviewer that youve got enthusiasm and people skills, too. If someone in HR cant sense it, a client wont either.2. Im a perfectionist.This one was probably original and compelling in early 1993, a younger and simpler time, but by now everyone knows its what you say when you want to offer up a socially acceptable humblebrag. If you think about it a little more, what youre actually saying is that you need everything to be a certain wayâ€"and if something goes off-plan, you wont have the skills to adapt and recover.3. No, I dont have any questions.Do you want to have no questions because you dont care about the company, havent thought about your role there, or because you think the specifics are immaterial? Or did you want the interviewer to think you dont even have enough professional experience to know youre supposed to have questions? Bottom lineâ€"have questions.4. What does your company do?Ugh. Why would you interview without doing even a cursory Googling?! Its eve n better if you have a recent (positive) news article to bring upâ€"show your interviewer you have a brain, the ability to think critically, and those aforementioned people skills and enthusiasm.Its what a perfectionist would do.