Interview

[Anonymous]

Went on an interview... And was told I am not qualified for the job... Why did i get called for an i tear view? Has anyone experienced this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went on an interview... And was told I am not qualified for the job... Why did i get called for an i tear view? Has anyone experienced this?

"Interview" sorry auto correct !

[Anonymous]

Perhaps they didn't realize it until the actual interview. Your résumé may have given them an impression that you were qualified, but then upon interviewing you, they realized it wouldn't work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps they didn't realize it until the actual interview. Your résumé may have given them an impression that you were qualified, but then upon interviewing you, they realized it wouldn't work.

+1

I've had it happen, both as a candidate and as a hiring manager. It is sometimes hard to ascertain the level of knowledge or skills from a resume, and certain things have different meanings to different people. "Created financial models" can mean anything from a simple spreadsheet with a few formulas to highly complex models with thousands of lines of code. That is why, as a hiring manager, I always do a quick phone screen before bringing someone in for a full interview, that really helps weed out non-viable candidates.

Sorry it happened to you though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps they didn't realize it until the actual interview. Your résumé may have given them an impression that you were qualified, but then upon interviewing you, they realized it wouldn't work.

+1

I've had it happen, both as a candidate and as a hiring manager. It is sometimes hard to ascertain the level of knowledge or skills from a resume, and certain things have different meanings to different people. "Created financial models" can mean anything from a simple spreadsheet with a few formulas to highly complex models with thousands of lines of code. That is why, as a hiring manager, I always do a quick phone screen before bringing someone in for a full interview, that really helps weed out non-viable candidates.

Sorry it happened to you though.

I went though a temp agency... Perhaps... That was the problem... I'm unemployed I don't have gas money to waste .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps they didn't realize it until the actual interview. Your résumé may have given them an impression that you were qualified, but then upon interviewing you, they realized it wouldn't work.

+1

I've had it happen, both as a candidate and as a hiring manager. It is sometimes hard to ascertain the level of knowledge or skills from a resume, and certain things have different meanings to different people. "Created financial models" can mean anything from a simple spreadsheet with a few formulas to highly complex models with thousands of lines of code. That is why, as a hiring manager, I always do a quick phone screen before bringing someone in for a full interview, that really helps weed out non-viable candidates.

Sorry it happened to you though.

Oh and I was told this 2 min into the interview....

[Anonymous]

Did you "interview" with the temporary agency or the actual company you would be working at?

Many temporary agencies just "interview" (i.e. bring them in to talk) candidates to screen them for professionalism, skills, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you "interview" with the temporary agency or the actual company you would be working at?

Many temporary agencies just "interview" (i.e. bring them in to talk) candidates to screen them for professionalism, skills, etc.

The actual company. The interviewer told the temp agency that they were interested in speaking with me. The interviewer at the actual job is placing blame on the temp agency.

[Anonymous]

I've had some recruiting agencies/temp agencies get "yahoo screens" from the hiring people, to at least screen out the complete resume puffers.

If you could get weeded out after 2 minutes of an in-person, it seems like this was an issue that could be solved either with an in-person or a "yahoo screen" given to a non-subject matter expert at the temp agency/recruiting office.