blues_funk_reggae
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I mean you're a good candidate and all...
Things an interviewer says that lets you know “You didn’t get the job”
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sjankis630
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I will turn this question around and say "Questions they ask you that make you not want the job"
I interviewed after college back in the late 1980s and I was going anywhere professional who would hire me.
I interviewed at an insurance company and one of the last questions they "asked" me - I was filling out a questionnaire - was " Do you think you could bring the names of 10 people you know to the next interview who you could potentially sell insurance to?"
Even my inexperienced ass knew that they were just fishing for more cold call candidates after they rejected me.
I did not return.
I interviewed after college back in the late 1980s and I was going anywhere professional who would hire me.
I interviewed at an insurance company and one of the last questions they "asked" me - I was filling out a questionnaire - was " Do you think you could bring the names of 10 people you know to the next interview who you could potentially sell insurance to?"
Even my inexperienced ass knew that they were just fishing for more cold call candidates after they rejected me.
I did not return.
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humminbird
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We'll call you
If you imply you need a two weeks to notice they'll say something like We're trying to find people as quickly as possible so we'll see( happen to me once)
They start prying into your experience heavy basically trying to fish if it's fake credentials (50/50 I've had employers do it and then reject me but maybe other people have different experiences)
Your first interview is with someone who's not the actual interviewer and just someone who has a list of questions they've been given by the real decision-maker( they already have someone in mind but they need to legally search for other candidates before giving the job to them)
they fold up your resume in front of you. (Seriously happened to me once)
Honestly, I know in the first 5 minutes if i'm getting far or not
If you imply you need a two weeks to notice they'll say something like We're trying to find people as quickly as possible so we'll see( happen to me once)
They start prying into your experience heavy basically trying to fish if it's fake credentials (50/50 I've had employers do it and then reject me but maybe other people have different experiences)
Your first interview is with someone who's not the actual interviewer and just someone who has a list of questions they've been given by the real decision-maker( they already have someone in mind but they need to legally search for other candidates before giving the job to them)
they fold up your resume in front of you. (Seriously happened to me once)
Honestly, I know in the first 5 minutes if i'm getting far or not
I know i've used these to the candidates in my line of work
Rhyme n Tekniq
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"Sooo, we're still interviewing a few other candidates, but... "
"Well, We were actually lookin for someone with (insert previously unmentioned skill here) experience"
"While you do have great experience, this position requires...
"Im looking for a more senior level person" ( Job Description stated 0-3 years)
If you're in a Zoom/Teams interview scheduled to run 30 minutes but 7 minutes into it they're asking "So do you have any questions for us"
"How many ballons can fill up this room", or "If you could be any vegetable..." --any variation of these types of asinine quirky interview questions.
"Well, We were actually lookin for someone with (insert previously unmentioned skill here) experience"
"While you do have great experience, this position requires...
"Im looking for a more senior level person" ( Job Description stated 0-3 years)
If you're in a Zoom/Teams interview scheduled to run 30 minutes but 7 minutes into it they're asking "So do you have any questions for us"
"How many ballons can fill up this room", or "If you could be any vegetable..." --any variation of these types of asinine quirky interview questions.
I'd wrap up an interview on a broke boy too.They weren't trying to get more candidates, fool that was a damn pyramid scheme
I have a zoom interview Tuesday. 
This will be my first interview in nearly 10 years. My current job was from a job fair.
This will be my first interview in nearly 10 years. My current job was from a job fair.
Funny this thread came up. My ole lady went interviewing for one position and the next day they offered her another…from an office interview to the offer for a peon position.
Thats another one.
“While your skills are great, we think you’ll be better suited for this (entry level) position / opening.
Born2BKing
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Yo how do you fukk up an interview at Jimmy Johns?I remember in college when I had an interview at Jimmy Johns and I asked when I could expect to hear back from them. bytch hit me with the
To this day I've never eaten at Jimmy Johns, and I never will. fukk em.
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"Sooo, we're still interviewing a few other candidates, but... "
"Well, We were actually lookin for someone with (insert previously unmentioned skill here) experience"
"While you do have great experience, this position requires...
"Im looking for a more senior level person" ( Job Description stated 0-3 years)
If you're in a Zoom/Teams interview scheduled to run 30 minutes but 7 minutes into it they're asking "So do you have any questions for us"
"How many ballons can fill up this room", or "If you could be any vegetable..." --any variation of these types of asinine quirky interview questions.
like one mofo was ok after the telephone interview then he saw my breh self on linkedin over the weekend and then suddenly it became important that I speak french.
this despite him not confirming during the interview whether I speak french or not .. and french hitherto not being a requirement for the role.
that was for a bank in brussels ..
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tech has rolled back years of advancement and facilitates racism .. linkedin, video conferencing, social media ..
but people don't want to hear it as the saying goes "those who don't want to hear shall feel" ..
Rhyme n Tekniq
Superstar
These arent exactly interview siutations but they are a good indicator you are about to have your time wasted.
If your interaction with the company starts with someone emailing you about availability for a phone screening. If they're truly interested, they will call you directly and screen you on the spot.
If you hear "Hi, I'm _____from Robert Half Technologies"
Same goes for Tek Systems as well, I've been corresponding with them since 2018 and til this day, nothing has ever materialized from dealing with them, fukk them
IF a recruiter says their calling about some vague opportunities they think you'd be a great fit for, but first some quick questions.... They're just data mining and trying to look busy for their bosses.
IF they mention having more than a 2 phase hiring process. CyberArk told me they had 7 rounds of interviews, for a $61k annually, Systems Analyst position....
I've obtained $85k+ SysAdmin positions with the ease of signing up for a Costco membership but you want me to jump through the mother of all hoops for this shyt? I promptly told her to dont even bother and withdraw my application.
If an Indian recruiter calls you, you can be 99.5% sure it will lead to nowhere
It's not completely set in stone, but panel interviews is almost a dead giveaway you will more than likely not get the job just due to how group dynamics work. Not saying decline them, but be aware. Especially if more than 3 people are part of the panel. I've had panel interviews of 6 to 9 people.
check this shyt, Back in 2009, I interviewed for a groundskeeper position at a community college paying 9.82 an hr (Yeah I tend to hold onto shyt lol).
I had to be interviewed by 12 people on a panel for a trash man position....Muthafukkin 12 people!!!!!!.....all of them black, who might as well had been the staff of Blavity; Bunch of uppity over dressed azz negroes grilling me about my ability to put litter in a bucket and dump trash in a compactor for a whopping $9.82 an hour in a big azz c-level executive style office I had to walk through a boilerroom underneath the campus to even get to. All of them combative and standoffish. I didnt even know they had this many black people on staff, but apparently they keep them around in the basement just for this situation. It was the most demoralizing interview experience I ever had to the point caused a scene and chewed their azzes out for this over the top bullshyt; I decded I was gon go out like a soldier.
4 months later ,they extended me an offer lol... I already had a job paying 16/hr by then
I got hired off a panel interview once...only once in my entire work life...my bad twice.
My bad, but panel interviews trigger the shyt out of me lol
If your interaction with the company starts with someone emailing you about availability for a phone screening. If they're truly interested, they will call you directly and screen you on the spot.
If you hear "Hi, I'm _____from Robert Half Technologies"
Same goes for Tek Systems as well, I've been corresponding with them since 2018 and til this day, nothing has ever materialized from dealing with them, fukk them
IF a recruiter says their calling about some vague opportunities they think you'd be a great fit for, but first some quick questions.... They're just data mining and trying to look busy for their bosses.
IF they mention having more than a 2 phase hiring process. CyberArk told me they had 7 rounds of interviews, for a $61k annually, Systems Analyst position....
I've obtained $85k+ SysAdmin positions with the ease of signing up for a Costco membership but you want me to jump through the mother of all hoops for this shyt? I promptly told her to dont even bother and withdraw my application.
If an Indian recruiter calls you, you can be 99.5% sure it will lead to nowhere
It's not completely set in stone, but panel interviews is almost a dead giveaway you will more than likely not get the job just due to how group dynamics work. Not saying decline them, but be aware. Especially if more than 3 people are part of the panel. I've had panel interviews of 6 to 9 people.
check this shyt, Back in 2009, I interviewed for a groundskeeper position at a community college paying 9.82 an hr (Yeah I tend to hold onto shyt lol).
I had to be interviewed by 12 people on a panel for a trash man position....Muthafukkin 12 people!!!!!!.....all of them black, who might as well had been the staff of Blavity; Bunch of uppity over dressed azz negroes grilling me about my ability to put litter in a bucket and dump trash in a compactor for a whopping $9.82 an hour in a big azz c-level executive style office I had to walk through a boilerroom underneath the campus to even get to. All of them combative and standoffish. I didnt even know they had this many black people on staff, but apparently they keep them around in the basement just for this situation. It was the most demoralizing interview experience I ever had to the point caused a scene and chewed their azzes out for this over the top bullshyt; I decded I was gon go out like a soldier.
4 months later ,they extended me an offer lol... I already had a job paying 16/hr by then
I got hired off a panel interview once...only once in my entire work life...my bad twice.
My bad, but panel interviews trigger the shyt out of me lol
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How about when you are in a panel interview, and you give an answer, and no one on the panel says anything for a minute. They claim they are typing notes but probably just chatting with their peers like "we ain't hiring this dude 
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"@NinoBrown @Rhyme n Tekniq
What about “Keep us open / let us know if you receive any other hiring opportunities”
What about “Keep us open / let us know if you receive any other hiring opportunities”
