I Rejected a Finalist Because of Tattoos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's winter and he's interviewing for a job, so where were these tattoos? Upper neck or knuckles? Because otherwise they wouldn't be visible.

Unless you're a troll.

+1 There have been a bunch of posts like this on DCUM lately. They're just trying to stir to pot. I don't know how you'd see someone's tattoos at a business lunch.

[Anonymous]

This seems like rage bait for sure. It reads like one of those LinkedIn posts that's like, "I was coming into my office when a man in the parking lot cut me off. That guy? My 9am interview. He started to apologize but it was MY turn to cut HIM off. Guess who didn't get the job 😈"

I hate tattoos. The woman I share an office with has like 50 stick and poke tattoos on her one arm (she's 28, I'm in my 30s) and I think it looks sloppy but she's good at her job so I guess just wear long sleeves at client lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This seems like rage bait for sure. It reads like one of those LinkedIn posts that's like, "I was coming into my office when a man in the parking lot cut me off. That guy? My 9am interview. He started to apologize but it was MY turn to cut HIM off. Guess who didn't get the job 😈"

I hate tattoos. The woman I share an office with has like 50 stick and poke tattoos on her one arm (she's 28, I'm in my 30s) and I think it looks sloppy but she's good at her job so I guess just wear long sleeves at client lunches.

+1 I judge bad tattoos but I would never let it affect a hiring process because my aesthetic preferences are less important than how good they'll be at the job.

And you don't wind up in consideration for those kinds of roles if you can't read the room regarding whether showing your ink is going to get you disqualified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you judged a book by its cover. Cool. Thanks for telling us how shallow you are.

+1

[Anonymous]

Candidate did not read the room if wore short sleeved shirt showing arm sleeves at lunch. Took off coat, tats showed?
If candidate had been more savvy could have had job. Or maybe was this is who I am guy and wanted to litmus test them. Got answer.
Hopefully didn't have LOVE HATE on fingers with jailhouse technique.

[Anonymous]

Good lesson in the potential opportunity cost of being judgmental. Who knows what you miss out on.

[Anonymous]

Wish we could kick Pistol Pete Hegseth to the curb for his tats. What a POS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wish we could kick Pistol Pete Hegseth to the curb for his tats. What a POS.

Oh yeah, my view on tattoos is 100% different when they're problematic symbols.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outside Hire. EVP. Terminal Degree Required. Role paid 320k salary, ~100 bonus every year, full medical, no deductible, 401 matching to 6%, 5 weeks PTO- really, as much time 'off' as you need, just be reachable by call and you could pretty much live on vacation.

Search was 4 months long. Interviewed 18, narrowed to 2.

Second round of interviews today was a lunch. Candidate took off his coat and I saw that he had a bunch of trashy mid- aughts/late 90s tattoos like barb wire, flames, scrawled names.

The second I saw that I mentally removed him from the position and just settled into a nice lunch.

Just an observation I thought some of you all might want to know about.

The truth is, whether anyone wants to acknowledge it or not, is that when it comes to job interviews and considerations for a job it is subjective. It just is. OP and anyone else who conducts job interviews and has input into whether to hire someone has the right to use their own lense in doing so. If a person wants to attend a job interview, they have to know that anything they say, do or show can be noted and evaluated. Articulation in how you speak, your clothes you select to wear, what fork you use during an interview lunch and, yes, tattoos you choose to be visible on your body are all fair game. It is all part of the equation. And for those that think that it should not be, well, you are extremely naïve.

[Anonymous]

+1000000 Tats may be judging book by cover, but chewing with mouth open, using wrong silverware, reeking aftershave or perfume all count.

[Anonymous]

I had a person who best thing we could say was at least he combed his hair.

[Anonymous]

OP is a genius

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you J1 J2 guy?

Who else? His J1/J2 seems to consist solely of writing fictional scenarios on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a hospital once where one of the top surgeons had entire sleeves of visible tattoos (and plenty more elsewhere if some of the gossip was to be believed). Dude made over $500k yearly.

[Anonymous]

I'm assuming you are talking about a suit coat (or did he do his first interview in a winter coat?) Normally one would wear a collared long sleeve shirt underneath. Where were these previously hidden tattoos?