There are several basic mistakes you can't make: first, being late for an interview, and second, belittling your former employer. However, some hiring managers say that sometimes even battle-hardened candidates will capsize in the gutter.
Candidates tend to talk to hiring managers in an overly intimate tone-according to the feedback of 20% respondents, this is a common problem. Mary, director of human resources at the center for the rights of the disabled in Rochester, new york? Mary Willoughby said that once the candidate she interviewed felt so good about herself that she even commented on the sty in the corner of her eye.
"I made a decision at that time." Mary said. That candidate didn't get the position.
67% of the respondents think that improper dress is a big taboo-more serious than the typo in the resume (58% of the respondents think it is a major mistake). Cha Ntare, head of human resources department of ING international group ING us financial services department? Chantal Verbeek said that if a candidate has outstanding skills, she can forgive a typo in her resume, but revealing clothes or being lazy is equivalent to being rejected immediately.
The American Human Resources Association's survey of nearly 500 human resources managers also found that:
-30% of hiring managers will decide whether to hire a candidate within 15 minutes.
-40% of hiring managers said that if a candidate's cell phone suddenly rings during the interview, it's "nothing to talk about".
-70% of hiring managers prefer candidates to have unpaid internship experience in their company's fields rather than full-time work experience in unrelated fields.
-30% of hiring managers said that whether they can have a "chemical reaction" with candidates accounts for half of their recruitment decisions.
According to the survey, during the interview, some candidates prematurely asked the HR manager about welfare bonus, vacation time, work flexibility and so on. (30% of hiring managers said that it is ok for recruiters to raise salary issues in the communication between the two parties after the interview. About 39% of the interviewed hiring managers said that candidates should not ask about the salary level at all unless the interviewer mentioned it voluntarily.
"Some applicants start by asking if they can work from home." Willoughby said, "The correct order is to discuss how long you are willing to stay in the office after we decide whether you are suitable for this job."
The old saying that "this job is my dream" is also one of the main reasons why the hiring manager is not interested in you immediately. Instead of telling the interviewer that you have a lot of ideas, you should really show them in the interview. Willoughby recalled a person who applied for the position of IT programmer. He gently pointed out that the website of the Center for the Rights of the Disabled had several page programming errors. Willoughby said: "His expression didn't make us feel ridiculed or belittled, but made us feel that he was very interested in this job."
Sean, president of executive headhunting at Vitality Group, a headhunting company? Shawn Desgrosellier advises job seekers to take something with them when they attend an interview-anything that can make you concentrate. (He suggested bringing a pen, a notebook or a resume of himself) "It may be a bit unbearable to walk into an interview empty-handed," he said.
For those who have many public documents and records on the Internet, there is good news now. Although social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are full of personal life information of candidates, 75% human resources managers don't bother to check this information at all.
So, should the applicant send a formal thank-you letter after the interview? More than 60% of the HR managers surveyed believe that it is harmless to omit this step and send a short email-but sending greeting cards and colored balloons is enough.
(Source: Japan New Overseas Chinese News Network; Author: Zhai Hua)