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I see you have been employed with 5 companies in the last 5 years, what makes me think you would be with our company a year from now?
If you had been laid off/down-sized a few times I don't see it as a problem. Any employer who doesn't get it these days is probably not one you'd want to work for.
If you've job hopped by choice that often, it would be a red flag for many employers--myself included.
Not to my face at the interview, but I found out indirectly through the "grapevine":
My age (was 50 at the time).
I'm not from "around here" - more than once!
I couldn't speak or understand Spanish (this was back East where I used to live)
I don't have enough experience, I live too far away. Seriously what gives an employer the right to judge that when I've stated continually that I'm willing to travel/relocate and had over three years of experience commuting to a job I hated?
I don't have enough experience, I live too far away. Seriously what gives an employer the right to judge that when I've stated continually that I'm willing to travel/relocate and had over three years of experience commuting to a job I hated?
I can comment on the relocate part.
A lot of employers have been burned by going through the entire interview and hire process with a prospective employee, only to be told a day or two before the start date that they decided they didn't want to move after all.
When the reality sets in the people will be leaving their family and friends, spending a lot of money to relocate, can't sell their house or break their lease, realized the cost of living in the new location is higher than was anticipated, the list goes on, they back out. I live in an area that is a vacation destination. Everyone who comes here wants to stay. They don't stop to think that vacationing here is nothing like living and working here.
I know of a family who built a house here, the husband found a new job, they spend thousands and thousands of dollars to move. They got here and lasted ONE WEEK before they packed up and moved back to where they came from. Talk about wasting an employers time and money.
The only time I'll consider an out-of-town applicant is when I know my labor pool for a particular position is limited in the local area. That doesn't happen often.
I see you have been not had a job for more then 2.5 years. Why?
It used to be common for interviewers to ask why a candidate had not worked for a year. Now that they've seen so many, that question rarely comes up. 2.5 years is still unusual. What are you, an architect?
Never had any of those but I was rejected after the final interview and offer letter was sent. Everything was checked and I was in, start date was to be the following week. I send the letter back and recieved a call that the position was filled. Wasnt until a few months later that a former "Enemy" bad mouthed me at the last second so Offer was pulled.
They eventually found out the truth and wanted me back, but I would never had applied had I known this person was there.
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