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He truly is speechless
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Once had a male who listed “women’s engineering society” on his resume. When I asked him about it, he said “oh let me tell you about that. There was this conference they had and these women had both brains AND beauty, it was the most wonderful thing to attend”
Think the guy was a walking lawsuit
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D1, Plenty of women’s groups allow men to join on an ally membership. They usually represent a company initiative or provide sponsorship in some form. This guy is probably just a stalker though.
Had a girl openly respond to a how’s your day going question with “im ovulating”
I’m sure I’ve had worse but that’s the most recent lol
I hate this generation
Misspelled “detail-oriented” on their resume
Start please
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Can’t skip foreplay 😂
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(cont)…I just had some a-hole who, prior to even applying to the job, sent me a list of questions he wanted me to answer before HE would decide whether or not he’d apply to work for ME. He also stated his required salary…which was above the posted salary range.
Worst part? It was a free-form response template. Jerk didn’t even have the consideration to make it a multiple choice survey 😭
Did you do it?
I interviewed a guy who peppered his conversation with frequent use of the word “effin,” as in a way to drop the F bomb without dropping the F bomb. If he had been swearing throughout the interview, that would have been a red flag, but knowing that swearing was inappropriate and choosing to use the sanitized version of that swear word was also a flag. I mean, really? You can’t think of an adjective other than “f*cking?” I was his last interview and I declined his hire.
I'm currently in the hiring process for a company and have to say that after dozens of interviews over my lifetime, this second interview with the hiring manager was the first time I ever cursed. We were talking about snowboarding and I was talking about my first time ever how I "wasn't on my ass" as much as I thought I would be. It just sort of came out naturally in the moment. I haven't really felt that at ease with most interviewers and this was my second interview with him so we had a little rapport already. It also helped that this was a sales role in a good ol' boys industry, we talked about both riding motorcycles, and I could see this dude was all inked up lol
Not a huge trump fan. Bad candidate
Chief
So what if the guy likes to grab a little P every now and then. We all have room for a little improvement.
Not knowing when to shut up. Had a guy once answer “tell me about yourself” with a 15 minute monologue on how he was leaving because he dislikes his supervisor but always gets along with everyone, the lifecycle of a cable subscriber, being a scuba diving instructor in 1998 for many powerful businessman, life as a diamond salesman, how 9/11 changed his life, and how growing up in the cultural Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia helps him to relate well to people of color (he was white). He also managed to slip into another answer how he really gets along well with women. For reference, I’m a male and I was hiring for a federal consultant job in financial management in 2022.
This should be a fun post to follow OP. Nothing that left me speechless, but truly just baffled (not surprised) by the volume of people that truly lack deep technical skills which they list on their resume. It truly takes a short call to sift thru it to find the people that are gems and those that are coal.
Chief
Maybe I start the interview with a fun question..
“What is the biggest exaggeration listed on your resume?”
I’ll keep a straight face during their laugh and then see how they react 😂
Chief
I know many people shoot for the stars, but I see so many folks shoot for the heavens… they barely have the minimum requirements and don’t meet the preferred requirements. Waste of everyone’s time.
The other thing is once they have your contact info, they feel entitled to email you every other day to check in on their candidacy process. Communication is great but the overwhelming and micro managing style they exude… Makes me not want to hire them even more.
@Deloitte 1 "I posted the position and want the role filled as soon as possible - but else world I post in the first place?"
Agree about the constant follow-up, though I guess you'd be surprised to know many companies post positions just to gather a pool of candidates for possible future needs, but not always immediate. Or a position they post gets filled but they keep paying for it to remain up and people still apply without knowing it has already been filled.
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Waiting in suspense
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Used to work in Corporate Strategy in industry.
One time, a kid I was interviewing was actively texting (literally, multiple separate times) during an interview. Kid was visibly frustrated and *he* ended up cutting the interview short and signing off (we weren't over time).
Chief
Oof
Candidate screwed up some of the math on the case (not the end of the world), I gave him a hint to help him get back on track & then he told me I was wrong and spent the remaining 15 min arguing about it.
Taking the opportunity to vent from the time when I was on the other side of the table.
Worked for a terrible company because I needed visa sponsorship.
Before going for an in-person interview after being shortlisted, I asked if they sponsor visas. Their response, “For the right candidate, we do.”
Met the hiring manager (also the CEO). He looked at my CV and recognised the company I worked for.
Immediately judged me and said, the company did not do sponsorships either.
The interview lasted for about 10 minutes, in a WeWork cafeteria.
Gosh!
Recently we interviewed this guy for a dev position. His resume was impressive enough and the interview started out well enough. Then we got into some technical questions. He knew some, but for the others he not only hemmed and hawed, he did it for a long time for each question. He couldn’t just say, “I don’t know.” I liked him otherwise but that disqualified him right then and there. Oh and halfway through through the interview his connection cut off and we found out it was “because of his VPN.” I give him the benefit of the doubt, but with that many errors in an interview there is no chance I’ll have you speak with my Director for this role.
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I interviewed the guy to BCG from other consultancy who said “ I am not sure I would move even to McKinsey “ .
Not a candidate, but once while hiring agencies, the counterpart was eating chips!
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It is a shame given chip shortages