Hiring Managers tell why they did not hire - AskReddit

people in hiring positions what small things immediately make you say no to the potential employee I just look for honesty in some self respect the roles I hire for unfairly entry-level so you don't need to be amazingly qualified or anything I get a lot of young people for interviews and what annoys me the most is when they arrive dressed in casual clothes I don't disregard their application over clothes but I do sit and wonder why their friends or parents or partners let them come to an interview in such sloppy clothing that said I did have a weird one I hired a guy from a group like session as he was probably the best and most confident person on the day after hiring a few weeks in he starts to become unreliable with his late finishes when I asked him what's up with that he comes in one day on his day off and says he needs to speak to me he then tells me that he will be resigning because he can't make the later working hours and that he's sorry for letting me down and appreciates us giving him a chance then he lifts up his jean leg and shows me an electronic tag on his ankle turns out he was released from prison two days before my interview and said he never brought it up because in a room full of people why would anyone employ the ex-con when I thought about it he's probably right me and my colleague who were interviewing probably would have influenced our decision on him if we knew and he said he just wanted a fair chance so the tag prevented him from being outside his home after 7 p.m. as he was charged for supply when younger I ended up calling the parole officer and the HMRC and eventually altering his curfew on the basis that I said he would have to be jobless if they didn't and if you don't allow him to have a legitimate job what are the chances of him reoffend in gonna be ended up being one of best employees for a while we were looking for engineers and we had this guy apply he had a pretty sizeable amount of relevant experience to the job despite being a fresh graduate he had experiences and training in other fields related to the production industry I asked him what position he was applying for and offered him the assistant production engineer based on his credentials alone he looked at me with a disgusted face like I just insulted him I asked him what was wrong and he replied nothing really it seems like a pretty good position but I want something better because I can clearly see you are impressed by my CV I took the bait and partly also due to our immediate need for engineers asked him what his preferred position would be he immediately answered that he wanted a supervisory position like the general production manager I asked him why he wanted such a position his reply seems like one of those jobs where I can sit in the office and play games on my phone all day without having to actually do anything I quickly gave an excuse to end the interview right there and just told him we would call him we didn't moral of the story never tell your potential employer you just want to sit on your ass all day and do nothing for phone or Skype interviews don't Google every question I asked you to get the right answer it's a dead giveaway when after every question there's 10 seconds of coming and then a textbook answer you will be surprised how often this happens lists agile doesn't know what agile is talking about your broccoli and chocolate diet to improve your telekinesis this happened about 15 years ago showing up late for an interview already puts you in the hole not addressing it or apologizing for it will make it complete turn a negative into a positive and show you how accountability not addressing it shows you don't have respect for me and my time being stoned don't smoke weed before interviews it doesn't relax you you just look and sound weird people that showed up to an interview and dirty sweet pants and a hoodie or whatever and have no idea what the position really was pharmacy tech assistant it happened more than once 1 check your grammar and punctuation over and over correspondence via emails should be professional - it's not a time to use shorthand like you would in a text message - friends bad grammar and emails usually catches my attention right away in a negative way there was a young woman interviewing for a position with me who was very creative and extremely qualified however her written correspondence was so poor with me there I knew she'd do the same thing with external clients and she didn't get the position because of this - I'll usually hire someone who is coachable and has a great attitude over someone who might have more experience but doesn't get along well with others one's attitude really is a game changer and I'm more prone to hire those with a positive outlook on life 3 if you want an in with a company don't always go straight to the top maybe reach out to a lower level employee and learn from them and get tips I always take a look at candidates referred to me by internal employees no matter how high they rank in the company for be genuine and authentic I love candidates who straight-up tell me look the last few years have been really hard for me I jumped around jobs and looking back I realize I could have stuck them out longer but I learned from the experience and I want to do better we are humans - we get that life can be tough so I appreciate people who are real and authentic 5 and lastly don't be an excuse maker and go on and on about issues this makes me think you'll do the same in our corporation during the interview process be open and authentic yet to the point and matter of fact I believe every question can and should be answered in 30 seconds or less I'm writing the thread as a hiring manager for more or less of a janitorial position and we are so badly hurting for employees at that spot that will pretty much hire anyone that applies as long as they clear the background check and drug screen raggedy clothes you're hired don't really have great answers to questions you're hired can't really explain or give a reason for the stuff on the application you're hired you physically show you to the interview Hyatt it's crazy that the people that interview the best show up dressed as well as they can be in their means and clearly want the any job are more often than not the ones that get shot down because of background sucks that the ones getting hired over then quit two weeks in because they don't like cleaning things up if you have something on your resume it's fair game for me to ask you about it if you struggle with basic questions about it game over the biggest one for me was always whether they were responding thoughtfully and specifically to prompts or just using Vega interviewee language treating everyone but of a hiring manager disrespectfully I was in a management position in fast food I didn't do the hiring but one minor responsibilities was accepting applications that people brought in and answering any initial questions the hiring manager always listened to the other managers initial impressions of the applicants so many applications were thrown out of the stack without ever being considered because the applicant didn't think anyone mattered but the person that made the final decision I even had one lady come in and basically tell us that she would definitely be hired and be placed over us in management and that she planned on cleaning up our act we had a good laugh with a hiring manager of a4 tossing her up in the trash I have a small exteriors remodeling company and do all of my interviews on-site if someone gets out of their vehicle and flicks their cigarette in the yard it's pretty much over for some reason people interviewing have regularly looked at the tools we're using and talked condescendingly about them and explained they learned on another brand or style and their way is better done I'm open to discussion about tools and methods but the interview isn't the place and leads me to believe I'm going to have to work hard to make you use my methods on jobs about cigarette smoking people are trusting us as a business to come to their homes usually when they are not there don't litter in their yard or in their neighborhood about the tools and methods we are all open to discussion about methods and tools but talking down to the interviewer is a bad move there's a difference between making sure they're on the same page and trying to prove you know more than the guy you're trying to get the job from and it's never about the actual tools I've done hiring for other businesses before my own it's about showing a specific attitude those guys may do well in the industry but my business prides itself on bringing positive attitudes to projects for homeowners and those guys can't help with that when the interviewee ignores the person who asked the question and instead talks to the person they think has the most power in the room this has happened in entry-level positions but I also helped interview for a position that would be working at my same level as a partner my manager told me the decision was ultimately up to me because I knew what I was willing to work with and what was needed for the role I had a man come in and he wouldn't look at me didn't shake my hand and every time I asked a question he looked to my manager for approval yep hard pass I didn't want to work with a guy who has no respect for me how seriously do you take the position I hire foreign admittedly very easy job I had a guy tell me he only wanted the job because it was really easy and he wouldn't have to take it seriously he was one of 100 applying for six spots he didn't get it and every time he interviewed for that spot after I knew I wouldn't hire him for the people asking why honesty mattered so much the job is very easy but we work with extremely valuable equipment and a mistake can cost us hundreds someone who's going into the position openly not taking it seriously when a hundred are going for the same spot isn't something I want since you'll naturally take the job less seriously over time also I've only interviewed him once a semester it's totaled maybe three in his place we hired awesome employees who are up for management positions I have no regrets I got a text message responds to a voicemail I left responding to an application saying hey I'm at the Steelers game so I obviously don't want to talk about a job today how's Monday looking for you I'm available 8 a.m. 10 a.m. I didn't even respond I called an applicant who answered who is this [ __ ] you what and I went on to further embarrass him by informing him I had wanted to talk about an application but never mind he proceeded to tell me I was a lying [ __ ] and that my area code on his caller said I was in a different city and he's no idiot literally the neighboring area code so the small things I won't hire total [ __ ] had a guy show up half an hour early to a job interview instead of sitting in his car going over his prep or grabbing a quick coffee like a normal person he came in and as we couldn't adjust how scheduled he had to sit in the receptor canaria 15 minutes before his interview time he asked the receptionist if we were available yet or if she could provide my number so he could call me directly and check no one know what the answers interview wasn't a disaster but wasn't great and we let the recruiter know later that day that we were gonna pass not fifteen minutes later he sends an email to everybody who interviewed him whose address he had with the subject something like very disappointed in the team and goes on to whine about how much time he spent preparing that was now wasted if we had had any lingering doubts that would have sealed it satisfying in a way to know that our instincts were correct thanks for listening my little ice cream sandwiches subscribe to Radio TTS for more videos like this [Music]

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Published: Thu Apr 25 2019