Job Search: Interview Disasters Revealed By Employers
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#2-- Candidate used Dungeons and Dragons as an example of teamwork.
That's a negative? WTF? There's a hell of a lot more interesting in the way of teamwork, management, etc. in role-playing games (especially MMORPGs) than in most corporations.
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#3Pretty clear BigCo corporate bias in these results, as this would likely be a positive in SF/Bay:
-- Candidate used Dungeons and Dragons as an example of teamwork.
The meeting for drinks also cracked me up, as Linden ended many a job interview with drinks at the end of the day!
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#4I am curious how many of these became "disasters" for the interviewer because the interviewee had already reached a point where they considered the interviewer/company/etc. a disaster (no longer wished to work there).
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#5 -- Candidate wore a business suit with flip flops.
-- Dressing inappropriately - 57 percent
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#6The author made a point about researching the company before the interview. I always thought this was common sense (why are you applying with this company anyways?), but apparently it isn't.
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#7Funny, the most common thing I've seen in candidates getting rejected promptly is not being able to answer basic questions about things they've listed on their resume. Example: listing Java and not understanding what an interface is.
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#8-- Candidate wore a business suit with flip flops. God, who cares? -- Dressing inappropriately - 57 percent If dropping your dress code expectations will increase your potential hire pool by over 50%, that is a serious competitive advantage over more stodgy companies.
Yeah. Either (1) this company actually requires suits in the workplace or (2) the company failed to tell its candidates that they could dress more casually. Or, sadly (3) the company enjoys making candidates dress up in suits as a way of showing who has the power.
When I worked at a Jeans & T-shirt sort of place, I always told candidates that they too could dress casually. Many found the idea scary and dressed up a bit anyway.
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#9-- Candidate wore a business suit with flip flops. God, who cares? -- Dressing inappropriately - 57 percent If dropping your dress code expectations will increase your potential hire pool by over 50%, that is a serious competitive advantage over more stodgy companies.
It's not about the suit, it's about the message. As an employer you want to hire people who make an effort, and want to avoid people who can't be bothered to. Dressing well for an interview is so obvious it's actually a pretty good way of sorting candidates.
This may apply less for programmers and high-end technical positions, but this is the exception not the rule.
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#10I wish there was a way to link to my younger acquaintances just this part:
-- Dressing inappropriately - 57 percent
-- Appearing disinterested - 55 percent
-- Speaking negatively about a current or previous employer - 52 percent
-- Appearing arrogant - 51 percent
-- Answering a cell phone or texting during the interview - 46 percent
-- Not providing specific answers - 34 percent
-- Not asking good questions - 34 percent