I don't know how this person even got past HR and the phone interview...
My department is looking for a new person due to a person leaving to get a job in the field they were in school for. Manager and supervisor asked me to sit in - but don't talk during interviews - to get a feel for some candidates. One woman took the cake. First off, you need to know she was a Muslim woman wearing a hijab (head scarf). That wasn't the problem. The issue was her demands. She expected to work Sunday through Thursday, when we are a M-F office. Sunday would be a work at home day for her. No one is allowed to work from home except managers and supervisors. Then, the religion-related demands. She expected to have a room set aside for her daily prayers that no one else would be allowed in. We don't have the space for that. On her way out, she passed by my desk, and saw my small religious icon on my desk. She actually said those would be removed when she began work.
Needless to say, she was not hired.
Dang. There's no way you can make this stuff up. My manager and supervisor had a come to Jesus moment with HR, about them passing along such candidates. They swore up and down she hadn't said any of this in their phone interview with her.
Now your turn to share stories of unreasonable demands candidates made in interviews.