Candidate showed up to the interview 15 minutes late and the hr director told me to write him off. At that moment he arrives smelling heavily of meat. I asked him what happened and he said his contd

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The point is, if you listen to these LinkedIn inspirational stories you are a complete jackass.

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Friend was having a bbq and his grill wasn’t working. So they robbed an industrial kitchen and spent the next few hours grilling meat.

I told him I wasn’t even going to interview him and that he has the job.

He ended up being a ROCKSTAR.

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Don’t I feel like an idiot now!

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Agreed. There are cases where a high performer has an unlucky day and won’t be on time or be as presentable as desired, but these are outliers and this is usually a sign of carelessness.

When there are fifty people interviewing for a position and all but one show up on time, why should I waste my time with someone who can’t meet basic expectations?

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Meat* expectations

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Had a guy show up in jeans, t-shirt and very dirty sneakers. He proceeded to tell me that he was going to be able to bring a startup culture to our team (dude had no startup experience whatsoever). Also tanked his case.

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I had the exact same guy in my interview lol

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It's all that linkedin has become.

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Bayesian inference is for nerds!!! Never write anyone off ever ever ever ever ever updating on evidence is some dork shit

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I like youuu

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Agree?

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Did that friend end up being Zuck?!

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This is the initial episode of Suits

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Consulting humor eh

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