This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/PercentageNo9270 on 2025-10-31 08:37:22+00:00.

I (27M) had a Zoom interview for a frontend dev role days ago. It was a super chill startup so I wasn’t that nervous. The interview started off fine. The recruiter introduces herself and she seems super friendly. We’re chatting about my experience, and I’m feeling confident for once. Everything goes well.

Halfway through the call, she tells me she’s going to quickly mute herself to answer a message from her team and tells me to take a second to review the next question on the shared doc.

Then it happens. Like not a chair squeak, not a mic pop. We’re talking full bass, surround sound, unapologetic fart, echoing through her mic. There was a one-second pause, followed by her panicked face reappearing on camera.

Me being a fan of fart jokes and a habit of uncontrollably laughing at serious moments, I let out this awful snort-laugh which is the kind you do when you’re not supposed to laugh. Then I started coughing, trying to cover it up, which only made it worse because she could obviously tell. She tried to move on like nothing happened. She looked mortified.

I apologized immediately, but it was too late. We powered through the rest, but my face was bright red the entire time. We ended the call, I closed my laptop, and just laid down staring at the ceiling and I couldn’t help but laugh again.

Right now, I’m still waiting to see if I passed the interview because I haven’t heard back from them yet.

TL;DR: During a Zoom interview, the recruiter farted while thinking she was muted. I tried to hold in my laugh, failed miserably, and now I’m probably not getting the job