Hiring managers: What’s something a candidate did in an interview that immediately hurt their chances? 👀

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Checked their phone multiple times.

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Didn’t know the name of the role.

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That’s silly, they may have been nervous. Wouldn’t hurt to show some humility.

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Tell me that they have no idea which job the interview is for because they applied for too many roles. I also apply to a ton of jobs as an applicant, but I take the time to check what a role is before hopping onto an interview/call... there's a reason why I preschedule instead of just call applicants.

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Follow up communication directly with my leader (excluding me) when I was the hiring manager and they’d report to me. Really rubbed me the wrong way.

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This was 25 years ago at a different company. We put an add in the newspaper looking for general office worker.
Candidate #1 showed up with a small CD player playing DMX. On full blast
Candidate #2 when it came to crimes and convictions, said he needed a few extra sheets of paper because the box wasn't big enough.
Candidate #3 seemed to be intoxicated.
Candidate #4 was a high school student looking for summer work. We went with the high school student.

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Having multiple jobs with no references

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Complain

Admitted to committing fraud

driving during the interview, smoking during the interview, not turning their camera on are probably my top 3

Wow!

Back in the 90s, woman showed up for legal secretary position in a mid sized office wearing a chunky knit tank top, baggy pants, sandals, not the chic type with thin straps but the Birkenstock type with wide straps, no hose, nasty looking toes, and visible yellow on fingertips, probably a chain smoker. No, she didn’t get the job.

Lol, I think it's a lack of professional ethics; they don't care about other people's feelings and just look at their phones

Showed up wasted to an interview

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