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A couple days later the girl sent an email explaining she had issues with anxiety and asked for a second chance. Of course my friend gave her that chance, she nailed it and got hired. She now works as a product owner after 5 years with the company.
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Then about 5 min later as they're handing the applications to me the guy goes "hey, are we getting interviewed now? I got kids in the car." The woman interrupted "they're fine, they're in car seats." I was horrified it was JANUARY! Ran the papers up to the owner in her office, repeated both comments. She looks outside, jots down the plate number and called the local cops. When the cops got there the two of them were trying to get free beers from the bar manager. I'm not sure what happened from there. When I clocked out the cops had them outside and CPS was involved.
So yeah. Don't come to apply for a job/have an interview high, smelling and begging for booze while your toddlers wait in the car in the cold. .
In a recent interview with Bored Panda, the OP shared that they have been on both sides of a job interview—the one who wants a vacancy filled and the one looking to fill it.
“I have been giving interviews for my previous job for five years and then interviewing for a year after leaving that position,” they said, adding that, when it comes to being on the company’s side, the most challenging part of interviewing is candidates not showing up. “It’s such a huge waste of time,” they noted.
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After the interview he asked if there was any way he could get a ride back to where his car was. Believing his story, I offered him the ride. This man’s car was nearly FIVE MILES AWAY, legitimately crashed, and it turns out someone had broke into his car and stolen his child’s car seat and his stereo system during the couple hours he was gone.
I hired him. He turned out to be really difficult to work with but the guy was a programming genius. Kept him for years before he moved on.
I don’t hire liars. This guy wasn’t 1.
#5
Had one person who was literally forwarding our questions into ChatGPT, and then reciting rambling answers that provided definitions of keywords in our questions rather than actually answering the question. Like, we'd ask "What's something a previous employer or educator has recognized you for?", and they'd answer: "Examples of things that an employer might recognize an employee for are...".
The OP shared that throughout their career they have seen many “not-so-subtle red flags.” But when talking about the more subtle ones, they said that viewing working with kids as fun would be one of them.
“[A subtle red flag when hiring would be] people who thought working with kids would be ‘a lot of fun.’ While it is fun, it's also challenging, and if you're only in it for the fun, it's going to be rough,” they explained.
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While it’s crucial for the company representative to be attentive to any of the so-called red flags an interviewee might raise, the latter should also listen carefully to what’s being said; or on the contrary—omitted.
According to Forbes, one of the red flags to indicate that the company itself might be something to run away from is the interviewer advising the interviewee against asking questions. In addition to that, they might respond with vague, perfect answers, badmouth other people, or adorn the conversation with inappropriate questions or remarks—all of which are not ideal, either, and should indicate that the company might not be a good fit.
#9
1. They agree with me/take it as a learning opportunity (green flag)
2. They confidently back up their claim with supporting statements (very green flag)
3. They get defensive/territorial that I’ve challenged them (red flag).
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Continuing about red flags on the company’s side, Forbes also pointed out an organization requesting time-consuming, free work, asking you to do an assignment that’s not a part of the job description, constantly rescheduling or ghosting you, not giving you a chance to speak but offering you a job nevertheless, and rushing you to make an immediate decision. All of these warning signs should not be overlooked, even if you really, really, really want to get a job.
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Needless to say, I didn't hire any of them, but, to this day I still don't get why they bothered to set up the appointment, take the time and effort to get there, get through security, etc, but didn't think it was important to put on actual clothing.
#14
Yeah, No thank you.
Talking about the current state of the job market, the OP pointed out that the situation is quite tough at the moment. “While unemployment is down, there are not as many jobs available as there were a few years ago,” they noted. But, as for everyone looking for a job, we hope that the thread started by the OP is something you will find useful.
“I wish everyone currently looking [for a job] some good luck, and hopefully some of the advice listed here helps!” the redditor said.
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I once worked for a local retailer in Maine, and at the time they did group interviews for potential employees. This was likely to see how well we’d be able to speak to customers and build team camaraderie.
We had just gotten to the Q&A part of the interview where everyone was asked the most low-ball question of “What do you love about the outdoors?”
Well this one older lady very loudly and proudly informed the room that she does NOT like going outside. She said it was full of animals and bugs, always got her shoes dirty, and she has everything she loves inside her house.
We were applying for L. L. Bean, whose motto is literally “Be An Outsider” so safe to say she didn’t get hired.
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Less subtle: I looked it up while his would-be boss asked him some softball questions. Once Cisco said it couldn't be found/tracked, I asked him what was going on. "Oh I'm working on it, should have it in 6 months."
Yeah, Cisco doesn't give a CCNA cert to someone that's still working to pass the test.
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