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If you perform like this in the interview, you will definitely be eliminated

  • Apr 15, 2024
If you perform like this in the interview, you will definitely be eliminated

There are thousands of reasons for being eliminated from the interview, including lack of experience, poor interview appearance, being late, and even being unable to find a way... Do you know the reason for being eliminated?

Recently, an organization conducted a survey on the "reasons most likely to be eliminated by HR". We ranked the six reasons most likely to be eliminated by HR in the following order. Which one did you choose?

No. 1 Don't know about the company and position

Rejection index: 5 rotten tomatoes

Job seeker: I have to submit so many resumes every day. I can't count the resumes I have submitted. I have to catch two or even three interviews a day. How can I care about your company and job responsibilities?

HR roast: As a job seeker, it's ok if you don't know the company when you come for an interview. I think you are really busy, but it's too hard to say that you don't even know the position you are applying for. From the perspective of the company, I don't feel your sincerity at all. There are many job seekers who want to get this position, and we prefer to leave the opportunity to those with sincerity.

Evaluation: In many cases, the interview is not won by ability, but by attitude. The company is never short of people with strong ability. Strong ability does not necessarily add points, but it is certain that serious and positive people will win the favor of HR. Think about it in a different way. I went to the interview and found that the interviewer didn't read your resume. How do you feel? Do you think the interviewer is perfunctory and not distracted? In fact, it doesn't take much thought and time. As long as the applicant takes ten minutes to check the relevant information of the company and the job responsibilities of the position on the way to the interview by car, he won't ask three questions during the interview.

No. 2 said he just came to "try" the job

Rejection index: 4.5 rotten tomatoes

Job seeker: I don't know if this job is suitable for me. Isn't it normal to try? Even if it is a blind date, you need to see more people before you know which is more suitable for you.

HR roast: There is a saying that love that does not aim at marriage is all about hooliganism. In the same way, you are allowed to "try" your job seekers, and I am not allowed to refuse you? This is too double mark!

Evaluation: When you go to the interview, you say you just come to "try" the job, which is no different from when you go to a blind date and say you just come to "play". When you say this, you will send a message to the other party: I am not serious, and the other party will certainly not include you in the scope of candidates. So even if you really think so, you can't say it out.

No. 3 Poor appearance

Abandoned index: 4 rotten tomatoes

Job seeker: I took three trains to your company for an interview under the high temperature. You can't be impressed by my spirit. You refuse me with a bad manner. It's disrespectful!

HR roast: My requirements are not high. I didn't ask you to wear formal clothes for the interview, as long as your clothes are clean. But what do you mean by wearing floral underpants, flip-flops and messy hair? I thought you were going to the supermarket and went to the wrong place!

Evaluation: The candidate with bad appearance has been deducted from the impression score by the interviewer before starting the interview, and it is difficult to get a good result in the interview. Maintaining good manners not only represents your personal image and temperament, but also shows how much you value the interview. Candidates can arrive at the interview site ten minutes in advance, go to the bathroom to see their image, and check whether their hair is messed up by the wind, and whether their clothes are neatly dressed.

No. 4 is late and does not take the initiative to explain

Abandoned index: 3 rotten tomatoes

Job seeker: Who knows what bad things will happen when you go out. I was hit by bus delays, traffic jams and even accidents! It really fulfilled the "Murphy's Law".

HR roast: Time is money, and time is efficiency. However, in such a fast-paced work environment, there are always some unpunctual people who will "come late" even in the interview. Our job is not waiting for you to come for an interview all day long. Your lateness will disturb our work plan and arrangement!

Evaluation: 51job has done an online survey of "How long HR can tolerate job seekers to be late". The results show that if job seekers are late due to special circumstances or their own unavoidable reasons, and take remedial measures afterwards, most HR will still give job seekers opportunities. These situations include: 1. Inform HR in advance by phone or SMS before being late; 2. Job seekers apply for the positions in short supply; 3. Job seekers come from different places; 4. There is no disruption to HR's work schedule on the day, or there are not many job seekers that HR needs to interview on the day.

No.5 Answer the phone during the interview

Abandoned index: 2 rotten tomatoes

Job seeker: HR's time is money, my time is also money! Before, I heard the phone shake during the interview but didn't answer it. Then I went back and there was no news. I missed another interview invitation. Who can I talk to for such a big loss?

HR roast: It's normal to ride a donkey to find a horse. We are just one of the spare tires. I can understand it very well; "I didn't marry you", it is normal to make an appointment for the next interview. But when I interview you, do you pick up the phone and make an appointment? I'm embarrassed!

Evaluation: This is a question of basic literacy and etiquette. Both job seekers and HR should set their mobile phones to vibrate or mute before the interview, which is respect for both parties. Imagine if HR answered the phone without considering the interviewer during the interview, what would the interviewer think? If you can't receive other interview invitations, you might as well take the initiative to call and ask yourself first. Maybe your active attitude can move the other party.

No. 6 can't find the way

Abandoned index: 1 rotten tomato

Job seeker: The development zone where your company is located is also too difficult to find. It will take half an hour to wait for the bus when you get off the subway; After getting off the bus, I was dumbfounded again. Is this the land of flood and famine? I can't find a person who asks the way for two kilometers!

HR roast: This is the first candidate who claimed to be lost and left without saying goodbye in the decades since the company opened. Besides, this development zone has been in operation for 10 years, and our company is not difficult to find. It is not on the nameless road, and there is a signboard at the door. When the interview invitation was initiated, the address, traffic information, and the way to get off had been texted. Would you like to send a GPS? I can't even find the door to apply for the company. How can you go out to do business like this?!

Evaluation: Now that the internet is so popular, it is not difficult to check the route information in advance and do your homework well before the interview. Even if there is a map navigation in the mobile phone, the site can be queried immediately. What if today, instead of applying for a job, you are sent to meet a major customer and talk about an important business of the company? Did you get lost and go straight home? It can only be said that job seekers do not attach enough importance to this interview. If you think it is a dispensable interview, you can politely refuse it when you call. Now that you have accepted the interview, why not get it? This is a matter of integrity.