Have You Ever Walked Out In The Middle Of An Exam or Interview?

Hi Wolfie, When I was in school I never used to walk out of exma,s and instead would go to sleep if I felt I couldn't do it or got furstrated. I used to end up seated in the centre of the exam halls and because I hate being the centre of attention, and failing, I would never walk out, so sleeping was a good way to kill the time for me. More recently (I hope this counts) I signed up on disability benefits and part of that involved speaking to an organisation about my disability and how it effected me and my quest to get work. Well they put me in a room with 2 people, one of whom had some form of disability themselves (I don't hold that against them but it made me feel insanely uneasy) and started quizzing me about jobs and my weaknesses therein. I had my CPN with me at the time, but these people started asking me probing questions about what Aspergers meant to me and though she was meant to answer for me, I was usually left to do that and well I had only been diagnosed a few months earlier and still didn't understand Aspegers I couldn't answer most of the questions. This coupled with the smallness of the room, the number of the people in the room, my hatred of anything to do with being social, and the utter unease of the whole thing quickly, became too much for me so I stormed out of the room, found a corner in the thankfully quiet area outside and cried with stress and frustration! My CPN explained to them why I had left the room, and told me that I had all the time I wanted to calm down and go back, but the experience doesn't give me much faith in those organisations, or them in me since they have left me alone since! On the bright side the whole thing was a good way to illustrate how my disability affects me, they really couldn't argue with the very obvious signs of distress I displayed on that day lol! If that counts then it proves on a level that you are definitely not alone, though I did feel ashamed of myself after that incident because I hate both weakness in myself, and displaying emotions in front of people, so I left that meeting rather annoyed over all lol All the best and good luck for the future, Dranz :)

Hi my dearest brother! Of course I have done the same thing! I have wanted to walk out on so many more than I actually had the nerve to get up and walk out on! I have had that feeling so many times and if I was acually able to physically get up without being noticed because I was the only one in the room I just about ran out! Don't feel badly about it either! If it wasn't meant to be then it is ok! You can do whatever you want! Remember, this is your choice to make and no one is holding you to it! No one is making you do this and if it doesn't feel right or comfortable then it is up to you to decide!

No, I don't think I could do that. It's the sort of commitment I would just have to follow through on. If I could not do it I would still try my best and sit there for the allotted time...ya gotta be in it to win it. I think I might be too embarrassed to walk ou as well.

aw my poor Wolfie Hugs..........I am going back to school too!!! It's exciting!!. I have never walked out on a test or exam . But after my son, Kevin was born I was supposed to get my tubes tied. I went into the hospital, checked in and sat there for an hour and a half. I was so nervous and finally couldn't take it anymore. So I walked out. Never tried to do that again either.

wow thats very dramatic you must be in college. its surprising that you did that i haven't heard many people tell me stories like yourse. but its 100 percent believable and can happen to anyone. once i ran out of my class room because this girl was being mean to me and i felt like everyone in the class room was against me so i just got up dropped all my school stuff on the floor and ran out. i decided to walk around and clear my head then go into the counselors office to lay down and talk. so i kinda in a way know how you feel. its like your not really thinking you just do, at the time it just feels right. it just feels like the right thing to do. but no i haven't ever walked out on a test or interview. i haven't had many interviews probably only about one so thats why i never walked out on one of those. then in middle of exam if i don't know the answer i would just make up something that makes it sound like i do know what i'm talking about as long as i try thats most important to me rather just giving blank answers. because that looks like i just don't care. well thank you for sharing your awesome story. happy mylotting!

Hi wolfie34, No you are not alone on this one, I once went to join the Navy as an ATS and he had me do a test of all sorts. But when it came to the maths part I got all the difficult ones right and all the easy ones wrong. Then it came to doing algebra which is pet hate in Maths I just went a complete blank and of course I did´nt get through but I did´nt break my heart about it. Also when it comes to writing about Internet Marketing my mind goes a complete blank it is not me. I just cannot make up something I don´have a clue about I cannot invent something either that is really hard for me to write about so I don´t write about it I take the back door instead and write about something else. I do Squidoo lenses and Hubpages but of my own choices not what someone else would have me do because they come from the heart and not from the head. I write long Squidoo lenses not your typical stuff so if you want to get bored one day just head over there and read them you might find yourself asleep poof in a second. What courage you have wolfie that is something to write about it comes across you believe in yourself a lot that is most important. I like the essence of Shakespeare but I don´t know if I could endure writing about him either and I lived quite near to where he was born Stratford on Avon shame on me lol.

That took a lot of courage, Wolfie. I haven't done this but came close when I did a stage 2 sign language exam which I knew I would fail. It sounds like you did the right thing for you and that is what you have to keep doing. If you're not working can't you get some courses for free?

If you have no regrets about walking out, it was obviously the right thing to do, Wolfie. It would have been a wasted two hours if your heart wasn't in it, and you would have only ended up frustrated and upset. I'm sure you'll know when the right course presents itself, and you'll be ready to give it your all!

I have never walked out of an examination. I tried to do the best that I could. Moving the pen on paper while letting the mind go is one way of getting the brain into action. In one interview I clammed up after around 20 minutes. Walking out was out of the question, since it was against the way I was brought up. After picking my brain on what I intended to do if given the job as a General Manager, I was questioned about the way I dressed up. The person before me wore a two piece suit, complete with a tie. He had a car, while I rode a motorcycle for 70km. The interview then asked me for further details of what I had in mind. Before that he did give a hint that I was not going to get the job. We are never alone.

Hi wolfie34 Aww wolfie you do seem to be having a hard time of things right now don't you? Isn't there any help out there for you financially to do some courses? I start mine at the end of September and have had the course fee waivered and have only had to pay £8 of the £40 exam fee too. They will also pay £50 per year for petrol!! Maybe you should think of taking a different course entirely, something that hasn't got too much pressure but is certificated so you still have something at the end of it to show for your hard work. I can't say I have ever walked out of anything, probably more the fool me but I stick things out to the bitter end or more of a, wouldn't like the idea of people looking at me, haha

honestly never in my entire life and wishing that it really wont happen to me. for me before going there for anything, i have focus and put in my mind that i will the particular thing and of course always pray for the guidance and strength. in HIM there's no impossible.

Nope, can't say that I have but... I have walked out on an annual family picnic never to return again LOL If your head's not in it...leave, I believe it's the right thing to do otherwise you just build up more frustrations=stress and who needs that? Did I ever feel guilty about it? Never!

I have never walked out on an exam or interview, but I did walk away from college. I had done my homework the night before, was on my way to class, looked up at the school and kept walking. I never returned. I don't specifically know why I did it but I did have a lot of things on my mind at the time and guess it all got to be overwhelming. Sometimes out bodies just know what we need and it does what it has to do.

I haven't walked out of those particular situations, Wolfie, but I have walked out in or dropped other things right in the middle of it all. Some things just cannot be forced. Like you, I really had no ill will toward myself. Not everything that is expected has to go the same way for each of us. There comes a point when we do, right at the moment, what is right for US. Karen

Hello wolfie. I have never walked out in the middle of an exam because I know once I do so, I will not pass the exam, but of course I am always well prepared for an exam. A good preparation enables us to do a great job in whatever we do. Take care, friend.

I don't remember ever doing this. The only time I would have left an exam or interview was when the exam or interview was done. Otherwise, I don't remember ever doing this sort of thing, during an exam or interview.

Yes!It was back in my college days,I walked out of two practical exams like that.It was due to some misunderstandings with the lecturer then.He grew some hatred towards me and some of my friends and he would not allow us to concentrate on practical classes.So,on that day,when I get my question paper,the experiment I had to do was not practiced by me at all and I just walked out of the hall.Later,I finished it the next year as an arrears paper.Cheers!

I never walk away. There were numbers of interviews and exams that I had to go through eventhough my mind was blank and the interviewers already eyeing me with a smirk on their faces. Still I sat through and saw the end of it. I am always sux during interviews (and I hate it) but walking out is never an option. No matter what I'll end it.

I have never walked out of an exam but I have had the urge to. Sometimes you just know would be better off leaving instead of staying and taking a test that you know you won't do well on.

I personally have never walked out mainly because I was never in a situation you have been. I normally take any kind of tests as a challenge whether I like it or not. I have definitely not passed in all the tests I have taken in my life but then I believe in "Give it a try" policy. But then its just my personal opinion. Many people think otherwise and prefer to leave instead of doing something their heart is not into. Having said that I have finished a lot of tests in half-time and handed over the answer sheets and left the room. These are the ones I normally score very low or fail :) I guess many know the results as soon as they read the questions. I am no different and prefer to answer whatever little i know and then get the hell out of there.