REASONS FOR UNSUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWS

Here is a list of things you want to avoid during an interview!  Job applicants are frequently rejected because of the following behaviors or characteristics:

1. Too interested in job salary and benefits.

2. Uncertainty on wants in job/career, or long-range goals.

3. Poor personal appearance.

4. Overbearing, overaggressive, conceited, "know-it-all".

5. Lack of interest and enthusiasm – passive, indifferent.

6. Inability to express self clearly – poor voice, diction, grammar.

7. Lack of confidence and poise – nervous, ill at ease.

8. Poor scholastic record – just got by.

9. Unwilling to start at the bottom – expects too much too soon.

10. Makes excuses – evasiveness, hedges on unfavorable factors in record.

11. Lacks tact.

12. Speaks negatively of past employers.

13. Lacks maturity.

14. Lacks courtesy – ill mannered.

15. Dislikes schoolwork.

16. Lack of energy and vitality.

17. Poor eye contact.

18. Limp hank shake.

19. Unhappy married life.

20. Friction with parents.

21. Sloppy application.

22. Merely shopping around.

23. Wants a job only for a short time.

24. Little sense of humor.

25. No interest in the company.

26. Lack of knowledge in field or specialization.

27. Parents make all major decisions.

28. Emphasis on whom he/she knows.

29. Cynical.

30. Lazy.

31. Intolerant – Strong prejudices.

32. Narrow interests.

33. Inability to take criticism.

34. Radical ideas.

35. Late to interview without good reason.

36. Knows nothing about the company