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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Majestic-Round-6667 on 2025-10-22 15:26:50+00:00.
This happened earlier today and I still want to crawl under my desk. I had a video interview for a junior web developer position something I’d actually been looking forward to. I prepped all week, practiced answers and made sure my setup looked decent. Everything started fine until the interviewer asked me to walk through one of my past projects. My mind went blank. Total freeze. While I was trying to remember what to say, my cat decided that was the perfect moment to jump onto my desk, knock over my coffee, and sprint across the keyboard, which made my already exsting anxiety even worse.
The interviewer just stared as I scrambled to grab the mug and wipe up the mess, muttering “sorry, sorry, sorry” while coffee dripped down my laptop. My mic picked up the entire chaos, including the sound of my cat meowing like she was giving her input on my experience with React.
I tried to keep going like nothing happened but my shirt was soaked and the smell of coffee made it even worse. He ended the interview with “thanks for your time” which I’m pretty sure translates to “we’ll never speak again.”
I closed my laptop, cleaned everything up, and seriously considered giving my cat my LinkedIn password since she clearly wanted to handle things herself.
TL;DR: Froze mid-interview, my cat knocked over coffee all over me and my laptop, turned my web dev interview into a live disaster. Probably not getting that job.