Here at Mediabistro, we talk to employers and job seekers everyday and have heard that the interview process can be daunting for both parties. It’s easy to lose your train of thought, ask a ridiculous question or get so nervous you trip and fall while entering the interviewer’s office. So, job seekers, we want to know: What is the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done in an interview?

Enter our contest for the chance to win a free seat in Mediabistro’s Job Search Intensive (worth $145) that starts on January 29 online. All you have to do is follow @Mediabistro and tweet us your answer in 140 characters or less.

Include #InterviewFail in your tweet and you’re in! The winner with the answer that cracks us up the most will be announced on Friday, January 25 at 11:45 am ET via our @Mediabistro Twitter account. Good luck!

The Mediabistro job board is the best place to find top media candidates for your open positions. Companies like Google, Amazon, and AOL post with us —you should too!

On October 18, Mediabistro brings you Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an interactive online event and workshop. The event includes keynote speakers, practical how-to sessions, and strategic assignments to provide a dynamic training on social media. By the end of eight weeks, you will create an integrated strategic plan, using various social media platforms, to build an engaged audience and convert traffic into sales.

Early bird rates are available today. Save $100 when you sign up before they end tomorrow, September 20. Read more

Our year-end HR breakfast was a rousing success. HR pros from almost 50 media companies including BET, Disney and UrbanDaddy spent Tuesday morning squeezing in an extra two hours of mingling and networking before heading back to the office.

mediabistro.com held the festive gathering to round out another successful year and to thank those who continue to post on our ever-growing job board. Recruiting experts shared their tips while Resto dished out Eggs Benedict and bottomless pastry baskets. And some even got their own mini Elevator Pitch moment rubbing elbows with WebMediaBrands CEO Alan Meckler.

Ambitious readers, do you long to see FishbowlNY write about you for a change?

If you want to write for magazines and websites and become the sort of media player we fawn over, we suggest taking Mediabistro’s Intro to Magazine Writing Class to get a head start.

The class is taught by Sue Carswell, reporter and researcher for Vanity Fair, who was also an editor-at-large at Women’s Health, a contributing launch editor for O, The Oprah Magazine, and a correspondent for People. You’ll also learn from guest speakers including author/actress Rosa Blasi, Victoria Gotti (famous for multiple reasons!), Tina Johnson, founder of Women’s Health, and literary agent Claudia Cross.

The class begins tomorrow, so if you’re a spontaneous, last-minute sort of person, check out the details ASAP.

Did The Nielsen Co. have an opportunity to sell newspaper industry trade Editor & Publisher instead of shutting it down?

That’s what Alan Meckler, CEO WebMediaBrands, told FishbowlNY today. Meckler said his company, which also owns mediabistro.com, offered to take the pub off Nielsen’s hands several months ago. He said his company offered to pay nothing for the title, but was willing to take on all of their subscriber liability. Under WebMediaBrands’ oversight, E&P would have continued to produce content, although it’s likely its print version would not have survived the transition, Meckler said.

However, Nielsen declined the offer, claiming it could receive “millions” for the title, Meckler told us.

Today, E&P wrote the worst story a publication can ever produce: a report on its own closure. Reported the pub:

“The expressions of surprise and outpouring of strong support for E&P that have followed across the Web — Editor & Publisher has even hit No. 4 as a Twitter trending topic — raise the notion that the publication might yet continue in some form…As news spread of E&P‘s fate, the staffers have been inundated with calls from members of the industry it covers, and many others, expressing shock and hopes for a revival. Staff members will stay on for the remainder of 2009.”

The end of the article includes a way to contact all of the title’s staffers. Pretty smart. We think they’ll probably be getting some job offers soon.

‘Editor & Publisher’ to Cease Publication After 125 Years –Editor & Publisher