Description
Job interviews apparently have a new secret test: reject the candidate and see whether they’re willing to argue, overcome the objection and convince you to hire them anyway.
Because apparently accepting “no” like a normal person means you failed the interview.
In this video, we're looking at recruiters, hiring managers, job interviews, sales interviews, headhunters, résumé advice and some of the increasingly ridiculous mind games job seekers are expected to navigate just to get hired.
One hiring manager says fewer than 1% of candidates pass his interview test.
At the end of the interview, he tells candidates they aren't a good fit.
Most people politely accept the rejection and leave.
Apparently that's the wrong answer.
The candidate is supposed to challenge the decision, ask why they're being rejected and sell the interviewer on why the company is wrong.
Then we get recruiters who apparently won't take silence for an answer, reaching out through work emails, texts, LinkedIn messages and anything else they can find because recruiters often get paid when somebody gets hired.
Another recruiter tells a story about remembering someone who refused to work with recruiters years earlier — only to reject him when he later needed help.
And finally, apparently even the filename of your résumé can become another reason for recruiters to judge you.
Underscores in your résumé filename?
Potential interview blocker.
Because apparently finding a job wasn't complicated enough already.
At what point does hiring stop being about whether somebody can actually do the job and start becoming a test of how many arbitrary rules and psychological games they're willing to tolerate?
If an interviewer said you weren't a good fit, would you argue and try to change their mind — or thank them and leave?
#JobInterview #Recruiters #JobSearch
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Chapters --
00:00 The “Secret” Job Interview Test
01:06 The Fake Rejection Trap
01:40 You’re Supposed to Beg for the Job?!
02:37 “Sell Me” — Overcome the Objection
03:09 What Does This Say About the Employer?
04:23 Recruiters Apparently Don’t Take No for an Answer
05:11 Headhunter Boundary Issues
05:36 Why Recruiters Keep Chasing You
05:51 A Recruiter Holds a Grudge for Years
07:29 Now Your Résumé Filename Is a Red Flag
08:10 Underscores Can Cost You an Interview?!
09:01 The Résumé Expert Has a Typo
09:33 How Desperate Should Job Seekers Look?