- Poor personal appearance.
- Lack of interest and enthusiasm.
- Overemphasis on money.
- Condemnation of past employers.
- Late for the interview.
- Failure to express appreciation for the interviewer's time.
- Asks no questions about the position.
- Vague response to questions.
- Overly aggressive, conceited, or know-it-all complex.
- Inability to express oneself clearly.
- Lack of planning for a career.
- Lack of confidence and poise.
- Unwilling to start at the bottom; expects too much, too soon.
- Evasive, hedges on unfavorable factors in job history.
- Lack of maturity.
- Lethargic, lack of energy.
- Merely shopping around.
- Wants job only for a short time.
- No interest in company or industry.
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6 comments:
Too aggressive or not aggressive enough are also common.
I was on an interview where the guy told me every way he would fire me if I did something wrong. It was the longest 20 minute interview ever! I didn't take the job!
Robert
I think it is the Recruiters responsibility to prep their candidates. If someone displays 90% of those no'nos on your list, then the recruiter should look for another job. I prep my candidates on everything: dress code, hand-shake, eating protocol, checking their teeth, perfume hairstyles, colors of clothing everything. Being late is no longer a bad excuse-so I set up a time frame rather than a definite time. Lots of things can be done to make a bad candidate a good and hirable one, so you have to either do your homework first to get your hire rate up, or stop wasting everyone's time. I have written many how-to articles, so if anyone wants a copy pl email me.
Trying to cancel and reschedule interviews last minute without a concrete reason why.
Can't provide a few professional references off the top of their head upon request (not necessarily contact info, but at least names and how the interviewee knows them professionally).
-- Glenn Gutmacher
As an employer: any attempt to manipulate me, as the interviewer.
As a job seeker: interviewers who cannot hold a fairly ordinary (unscripted) conversation with me that involves questions that probe for understanding of what I have said; interviewers who do not understand occupations and duties in the field for which they are recruiting; interviewers who verbally abuse people in their own organisations, or elsewhere; interviewers who can't shut up.
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