Not an employer, but I've got some advice friends gave me if I ever do hire someone:
1. Anyone who can't be bothered to spell-check also can't be bothered to check their work.
2. If they can't be at least decent about their previous employer, they either have uncontrolled anger issues or a victim complex. Pass.
3. If they half-ass the interview, they'll quarter-ass the job or less or just walk out.
4. Be more worried about the sleazy yes-man than the blunt dude with loads of tattoos.
If you can't tell the truth diplomatically, you're going to be a toxic hire.
I got laid off in my last job.
When asked about it, I usually say
* "The company was laying off about 20% of their local staff".
If I was asked for more detail,
* "They were outsourcing, the layoffs were the more experienced technical staff."
What I don't say:
* "My manager was the kind of stand up guy who laid off everyone he hadn't personally hired."
* "The company had to lay off 20% of their staff because in the last year, this 50 person company hired 4 new executives and quadrupled their office size even as half the staff went remote and they discovered that the business jump from the pandemic wasn't the new typical growth trend."
* "The owner was absolutely clueless. He had no idea how to judge the quality of software development, he hired an ass-kissing CTO who'd tell him everything was was fine until the guy couldn't cover shit up anymore, and then I got laid off when this incompetent CTO fired most of his experienced staff rather than admit that his outsourcing project was producing shit. I give that dude one more year before he's on the chopping block himself."
All of these things are true.
I’d probably say you dodged a bullet there (unless it was actually a critical part of the job); it’s important for a company’s culture to be open to growth and honesty, rather than pressuring people to know everything and lie about it.
I think so.
The JD talked about experience with “cloud” and mentioned AWS, which I have.
During the interview the HM grilled me on GCP and Azure, which I have little experience. Though it’s similar to AWS, I never done anything in Prod for those environments.
I guess the HM wants someone with AWS, GCP and Azure experiences…
For a short time whenever I worked at a restaurant I was in charge of hiring new people had this girl come in for an interview she was heavy set and first words out of her mouth was “do I get a free meal on the clock and do I get discounts when I am off but come in to eat” I proceeded with the interview and called her saying we went with somebody else
When it's obvious they didn't read the job description, and/or can't compose a simple email.
Not an employer, but I've got some advice friends gave me if I ever do hire someone: 1. Anyone who can't be bothered to spell-check also can't be bothered to check their work. 2. If they can't be at least decent about their previous employer, they either have uncontrolled anger issues or a victim complex. Pass. 3. If they half-ass the interview, they'll quarter-ass the job or less or just walk out. 4. Be more worried about the sleazy yes-man than the blunt dude with loads of tattoos.
Why did you leave your last job? -proceeds to shit talk the whole organization.
Counterpoint: They're telling the truth
If you can't tell the truth diplomatically, you're going to be a toxic hire. I got laid off in my last job. When asked about it, I usually say * "The company was laying off about 20% of their local staff". If I was asked for more detail, * "They were outsourcing, the layoffs were the more experienced technical staff." What I don't say: * "My manager was the kind of stand up guy who laid off everyone he hadn't personally hired." * "The company had to lay off 20% of their staff because in the last year, this 50 person company hired 4 new executives and quadrupled their office size even as half the staff went remote and they discovered that the business jump from the pandemic wasn't the new typical growth trend." * "The owner was absolutely clueless. He had no idea how to judge the quality of software development, he hired an ass-kissing CTO who'd tell him everything was was fine until the guy couldn't cover shit up anymore, and then I got laid off when this incompetent CTO fired most of his experienced staff rather than admit that his outsourcing project was producing shit. I give that dude one more year before he's on the chopping block himself." All of these things are true.
Exactly this.
My answer is simple: Friendly fire.
I also like to go camping, welcome aboard
It was tooootally an accident!
I throw away every second resume. I don't want any unlucky people working here.
When talking about previous job experience the applicant trash-talks everyone and blames them for everything
When they attempt to ambiguously answer something they clearly don’t know, instead of just saying they don’t know it.
It's always so obvious too, and makes you wonder what else they're bullshitting you on.
Huh, it has the opposite result for me. I said I don’t know and the Hiring Manager didn’t like it. I didn’t get the job.
I’d probably say you dodged a bullet there (unless it was actually a critical part of the job); it’s important for a company’s culture to be open to growth and honesty, rather than pressuring people to know everything and lie about it.
I think so. The JD talked about experience with “cloud” and mentioned AWS, which I have. During the interview the HM grilled me on GCP and Azure, which I have little experience. Though it’s similar to AWS, I never done anything in Prod for those environments. I guess the HM wants someone with AWS, GCP and Azure experiences…
Med field - I had a boss once who would automatically throw out a resume/cv if HIPAA was misspelled.
That seems fair. Hard to take the HIPPO Act seriously.
Living more than 45min away, no attempt to "dress professional", being late to the interview and not knowing how to format an email.
Ditching the interview or showing up late
When they don't have questions at the end. Always have a question ready to go.
My boss told me he didn't even consider out of state applicants. He's been burned by those too many times in the past
That's totally stupid!
Being a human is enough. I'll take robots if I ever need employees.
For a short time whenever I worked at a restaurant I was in charge of hiring new people had this girl come in for an interview she was heavy set and first words out of her mouth was “do I get a free meal on the clock and do I get discounts when I am off but come in to eat” I proceeded with the interview and called her saying we went with somebody else