A lack of preparation by both candidates and interviewers is creating a culture of fear and stress around job interviews, according to a new poll from Monster.co.uk. Apparently one in seven candidates (15%) have actually been reduced to tears by a job interview. Results from the poll show that stress is caused by lack of effort from prospective employers, with arrogance (62%), poor preparation (42%) and irrelevant questions (43%) being identified as the most off-putting interviewer habits. In fact, almost a third (30%) of interviewers admitted that they had forgotten a candidate’s name, with over a quarter (28%) confessing they had gone to interviews unprepared. And with the research revealing that first impressions really do count, 54% of employer respondents admitted they took an instant dislike to a candidate.