What does it feel like to interview someone, then not give them the job? (owner, references)
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OTOH, I also sometimes was led to wonder why an unsuccessful candidate came across so well on paper, but misfired so badly in the interview. I have wished there was a way to communicate that directly, but there's no way you can do that without incurring the wrath of your HR folks in today's world.
At my old job someone came in for an interview. I worked in HR and was friends with the receptionist, so heard a few stories. The person was asked "So, why the natural gases industry?" To which the interviewee responded, "I like the smell of gas."
Obviously did not get the job. That's just one example, but I doubt enough people are giving off crazy answers like that to be disqualified from jobs, or so that the "normal" candidate is the obvious choice.
It feels bad not hiring the guys who are very enthusiastic about working at your company, but simply do not have the right skills.
There is a strangely large number of people who interview but don't seem to even want the job they are interviewing for. When you turn them down you don't really feel much of anything.
It feels weird turning someone down when someone at work refers their friend and they fit into one of the categories I mentioned. You feel a little bad if it's the enthusiastic friend, and if it's the lump on a log type of guy, you wonder why your co-worker even did the referral.
I have 6-8 open positions a year. This means I review 200-500 resumes annually, interview 30-50 people, and hire 6-8 people. I don't get any sort of joy or power rush from rejecting people, but I have to do a lot of it. It really isn't about denying anybody a pay check, it is about getting a job done.
I could never reject someone, and that's why I don't do interviews. That, and I've never been able to do them. I don't know how I'd handle knowing I was the reason someone didn't get hired. Not sure how I'd handle knowing I was the reason someone was heartbroken. Don't think I could handle knowing I was the reason someone had to go home and tell their kids that it was going to be ramen and toast for dinner again.
I could never reject someone, and that's why I don't do interviews. That, and I've never been able to do them. I don't know how I'd handle knowing I was the reason someone didn't get hired.
Since you have no experience interviewing, you don't really have a good understanding of why people aren't hired. The interviewer is not the reason that people aren't hired. The interviewee is the reason. Frankly, the interviewee did not meet the requirements, oversold themselves on their resume, or just was a poor fit. So, as an interview, you only have to worry about being disappointed in the candidates.
I am sorry that you can only see the negative in employment. You could have turned it around and realized that I was able to offer jobs to 6 people, so six families were able to pay the rent, buy xmas presents, and see the doctor.
To paraphrase what one of the wise posters here wrote to me earlier, some people are their own worst enemies.
To suggest that hiring managers are the cause for some people not getting jobs, and to say it's all a popularity contest, shows a level of immaturity that is impossible to reason with.
I think most hiring managers would agree - people with sucky attitudes don't get hired.
I felt nothing. So going by that standard after i'm done interviewing somebody they are forgotten about so fast it's like I never knew them at all. It's the person I interview that I get a good feeling from that I pursue.
I felt nothing. So going by that standard after i'm done interviewing somebody they are forgotten about so fast it's like I never knew them at all. It's the person I interview that I get a good feeling from that I pursue.
How many interviewees give you a "good vibe"? How many make you feel like you can just "go with the vibes, brah?" Last question: How's your turnover at your place of business. I hope those good vibrations and rockin' feelings paid off.
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