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Subscribe to RSSHere’s a tip for all you jobseekers out there: Your potential employer does not want to hear about your marital woes, your previous affair or how your former employer made you mad. And he or she also does not want to be hugged.
A new survey of more than 2,400 hiring managers, conducted for Careerbuilder.com, revealed some pretty outrageous blunders people make during job interviews.
They included:
- Providing a detailed listing of how previous employer made them angry
- Talking about how an affair cost a previous job
- Constantly bad-mouthing spouse
TMI wasn't the only problem. Other job offer killers included throwing out a beer can before coming into the office, wearing a hat that said “take this job and shove it” and hugging the hiring manager at the end of the interview.
Of course, you don’t have to swill beer or get too cozy with your potential employer to blow an interview.
The survey found that the most common interview blunder was texting or answering a cell phone during the interview. Other common mistakes included dressing inappropriately, appearing disinterested or arrogant and bad-mouthing your current or previous employer.
The survey of hiring managers was conducted late last year by Harris Interactive for Careerbuilder.com.
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Maybe to this obviously dumb list you could add " no farting". Really. How helpful is this?
That was the most useless article I've read today. How about some real information that would be useful?
Give me a break. People this stupid don't deserve a job. REALLY.
Just more proof that common sense isn't really so common.
My pet peeve, when applying for a non-supervisory or lead position is being asked "please describe when you took a leadership role in your previous employment". This has nothing to do with me being qualified for the position to which I have applied.
Maybe the people who give those answers don't really want the job........maybe they didn't like the atmosphere when they walked in the door and decided to throw the interview. Maybe they've realized that the entire job hunt/interview is as phony as a $3.00 bill.
Or, maybe they're just smart enough to know that employment in this country is nothing short of out right government and corporate slavery.
Is this even supposed to be serious? How about "don't scratch, belch, leer at the women on the panel?"
how about no picking of the nose!!!, scratching your ass is OK when no one is looking! Farting!! LOL
Rassy, That's been stated already.
I've hired plenty of people, and some folks are pretty clueless. Like answering all of the questions by thumbing through notes. An appropriate article that should accompany this list of "dont's" is a list of "do's."
One of my very first interviews... I was told I had the job. I was so excited that when it came time to leave instead of shaking her hand, I hugged her. She never hired me. Live and learn.
After completeing 3100 hiring Interviews over 5 years my biggest complaint was with prospective female hires mainly too much Cleavage and dropping items on the floor so they would have to bend over to pick whatever it was up and exposing more of herself, many without bras...I never did hire anyone of those girls.. After the first few, I got wise and had a female Human Resource Assistant join me when I did interviews...Turned out to be the smartest thing I ever did, for law suit by one of these "honey's" went to the State Supreme Court who booted the case out the window, and severely admonished the lower court and the Civil Service Commission and ordered the little "honey" to pay for all the court costs associated with the case, including mine......
Bros before hos!
Really the texting part has to be directed at the younger generation out there today, cause not many my age would even think about brining our cell phones into the building! Makes me wonder why this article was written. Are there really that many people out there that can;t keep their mouths shut about their personal problems or past work issues? Hmmm... wondering now if employers are going to be able to find any solid talent or if everyone is so messed up they can't remember basic interviewing 101
I would never knowingly hire a smoker . Smoke breaks equal work overload for the non-smokers.
I have to say I take complete offense to that statement. I am a smoker, at my job for many years and can say there are many non-smokers who are complete slackers and take way more breaks than my two 15 minute and one 30 minute breaks. Just because you are a smoker does not mean you have no work ethic or personal satisfaction in a job well done. Or better yet- A job done right.
It has been my experience that smokers besides being disgusting with that nasty habit are not worth hiring. Quit smoking and exercise and feel better and preform better it is worth it.
If the truth offends you so be it . I hope you live long and prosper.
You left out the most important one. The one that kills the interview every time.
It is showing up to the interview over 60 years old.
I don't fart. But they might as well call me an old fart.
Oh, by the way. Try and prove age discrimination. All they say is we don't think we have a "good fit" here. Yeah, Right!
Dave,
Damn, now I know what I did wrong... Funny thing, though, is that I can easily see all those younger folks I must compete with doing any or all of them, especially the phone and texting part. I make sure to leave mine in the car. Two interviews out of 300+ applications. You have to be an almost perfect fit today. Despite government claims to the contrary, there are really at least 10-20 applicants for virtually every open job, except perhaps in health-care, especially LPN and RN nursing.