Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You.

• Yoorah wrote on 2013-07-25 16:57

  Over the past 20 years, I’ve been in hiring roles and have received thousands of resumes from new college graduates. I’ve interviewed many for real jobs and done my share of informational interviews. Sometimes I’ve hired people into entry-level positions. More often though, I haven’t.
  
  Those who did not get the job were sometimes just not the right fit. Other times, they were trumped by a more impressive candidate or victim to some other random event mostly out of their control.
  
  Too many had the background to make the cut or at least garner a second interview. But disastrous interviewing skills brought you down.
  
  Here are my top reasons why I will never hire you.

  
  http://www.slideshare.net/markrotoole/congratulations-graduate-eleven-reasons-why-i-will-never-hire-you
  
  A bit harsh, yet quite true. I figured I'd post this here as there's probably a few grads lurking about.
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-07-25 17:45
  Everyone should read that. It's all true.
  I'd say 90% of interview candidates I've suggested be rejected (I don't make the final call so I can't just tell them to fuck off) was because they had some skill on their resume that they didn't actually posses, similar to the social media "expertise" mentioned in that article.
• Chockeh wrote on 2013-07-25 18:13
  I really need to get an internship asap.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2013-07-26 00:07

  Quote from Osayidan;1127740:

  Everyone should read that. It's all true.
  I'd say 90% of interview candidates I've suggested be rejected (I don't make the final call so I can't just tell them to fuck off) was because they had some skill on their resume that they didn't actually posses, similar to the social media "expertise" mentioned in that article.

  
  
  There's a major at a nearby university called "Computer Game Science" but it's so awful because they made the major to make money. It focuses way too much on Java instead of C++ because Java's much less difficult. The video game industry uses C++ as the standard. People will be able to pass classes and graduate.
  
  Blizzard Entertainment rejects these graduates because they don't have enough C++ experience.
• Yogurticecream wrote on 2013-07-26 01:43

  Quote from Chockeh;1127753:

  I really need to get an internship asap.

  
  So do I...but probably not right away.
• Claudia wrote on 2013-07-26 02:21
  Pretty much everyone should read this.
  
  Seriously.
  
  A lot of it is common sense.
• Micho wrote on 2013-07-26 02:45
  Like, dressing professionally is always mandatory when you're going into an interview for a job (unless it's for a part-time minimum wage while you're in high school kind of job), I really don't know how people can just waltz in there wearing casual clothing.
• Claudia wrote on 2013-07-26 02:54

  Quote from Micho;1127923:

  Like, dressing professionally is always mandatory when you're going into an interview for a job (unless it's for a part-time minimum wage while you're in high school kind of job), I really don't know how people can just waltz in there wearing casual clothing.

  
  
  But ugh, I don't get why kids dress casually for part-time high school-y jobs either. I mean, it's training for the real world so you should treat it as such. I don't really expect a 14 year-old to do that on their very first interview but someone who's 16 or older...
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-07-26 03:51
  Business casual is fine most of the time. At that age, you'd be better dressed than most of your competition already.
• Yuuki Asuna wrote on 2013-07-26 23:39
  PM if you want it
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-08-04 15:40
  There should be a "don't go to college for things you can learn online just as well if you look hard enough" article, because I'm in a relatively financially screwed situation thanks to school. As in, I can't finish school because I'm low on money because of...school.
  
  Oh, the slides really are more common sense than I expected.
• Chockeh wrote on 2013-08-04 16:59
  Is a pair of jeans and a dress shirt acceptable for an interview? That's what I tend to wear.
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-08-04 17:19
  ^That really depends on the place you're going to. I once heard a man say he wouldn't hire anyone who came to the interview in a suit, but other places really want suits, or at the very least, not jeans. The man in question was someone who works for a gaming company studio so it would make sense. People who work in games will basically start sleeping there when the deadlines start getting closer.
• Yuuki Asuna wrote on 2013-08-05 14:30

  Quote from Chockeh;1131473:

  Is a pair of jeans and a dress shirt acceptable for an interview? That's what I tend to wear.

  
  
  Depends on the culture and on the industry you're applying for. Typically in science-based industries, wearing a suit is "lol-trying-to-hard" and what you proposed is the norm. Conversely, if you're applying for business related positions and don't have a business suit/skirt at the interview, you'll be scoffed at during the entire interview.
• Cyrene wrote on 2013-08-07 00:30
  This was very nice to read, maybe it will help me get a job at Mcdonalds. I'm going to make them believe I've wanted to work there my whole life.