Millennials and lack of interview skills (job interview, job, companies, interest)

[Kurinji]

I found this article and thought it'd be an interesting read - bringing a pet to an interview, answering a text??

Managers to Millennials: Job Interview No Time to Text

[Serious Conversation]

I'm a millennial, have never engaged in such behavior in an interview, nor do I know anyone who has been on either side of this type of behavior. While there are always a few imbeciles in every cohort, I have a hard time believing millennials are worse about this type of thing than other age groups.

[GoodSchoolols]

34 is considered millennial now?

[Tekkie]

Since when did using anomalies to extrapolate broad conclusions about entire groups make any logical sense?

Here's a fact for you. People who use this article to formulate their entire views of Millennials are downright stupid. Do yourself a favor and take a critical thinking class.

[MSchemist80]

This article seems to be focused on a few real odd balls. However, I think that is the one thing an interview is good at showing whether someone is at all capable of acting in a professional manner.

When, you start trying to play Aron Hotchner expert behavioral profiler based on stupid and irrelevant interview questions and picking technical candidates based on their sales skills that is where companies end up going wrong.

[Xeon1210]

I interviewed this one kid. Halfway through the interview for a limited internship, he asked how long he would have to work before being transferred into another department (meaning, how little would I see him if I hired him). I didn't hire him.

I've gotten nearly every job i've intereviewed for. The secret, is when they ask you "where do you see yourself in 5 years" is to say "right here enhancing the company of course, if you'll have me". EVERYONE in the room knows you're BSing but come on now is it seriously a worse answer than saying "Hawaii" if you're on the east coast?

[Just_the_facts]

The stories in the article seem to be more examples of unprofessional behavior than poor interviewing skills. Poor interviewing skills refers more to not being able to effectively answer common interview questions and perhaps getting excessively nervous in the interview.

Also, as the above posters noted, the stories are merely anecdotes and not evidence that Millennials as whole lack interview skills. Out of the tens of millions of Millennials, it would be easy to find just three how acted unprofessionally in an interview and three examples out of potentially millions is not indicative of a larger trend.

[Just_the_facts]

Originally Posted by emerald_octane

I interviewed this one kid. Halfway through the interview for a limited internship, he asked how long he would have to work before being transferred into another department (meaning, how little would I see him if I hired him). I didn't hire him.

I've gotten nearly every job i've intereviewed for. The secret, is when they ask you "where do you see yourself in 5 years" is to say "right here enhancing the company of course, if you'll have me". EVERYONE in the room knows you're BSing but come on now is it seriously a worse answer than saying "Hawaii" if you're on the east coast?

If everyone interviewing knows that a good answer is bs, then why ask that question? Why force candidates to bs and then reward them for doing so?

[gardener34]

I have noticed that younger people have very poor diction. Used to be you were required to take speech class in high school and in college. I don't think this is a requirement anymore. Too bad. So many younger people do not enunciate enough. Looks bad in an in interview.

[ChargerMatt]

I met a baby boomer once who was a jerk who thought he was always right and smelled awful.