This candidate came in looking as if he had just rolled out of bed. His hair wasn't combed, his shirt looked like he had slept in it for the last week, and he hadn't shaved. He slouched in his chair and paid little attention during the interview. He had told me that he was fired from his last position. He clicked his pen around 40 times. My job as a recruiter is to measure what my client will see and if there is a problem to correct it so that the candidate has the best chance of getting the job. I asked him to stop clicking his pen during the interview. He stopped for a couple of minutes. He started it again. I asked him if he would put the pen down. He tossed it on the table (most would have placed it on the table). I asked him if he'd like to come back another day when he was ready to interview. He said no and left. He forgot to mention that he stood me up for the first interview. He thought it was a phone interview even though I had given him directions and confirmed that it was on-site. This is an entirely different story (and much more plausible) than being kicked out for clicking a pen twice! Even though he has sullied my reputation in public, I will keep his name confidential.