Stupid reasons for not getting a particular job

So I had an interview for a really great job that I genuinely want. I received the feedback that my interview answers were very good, but, I did not demonstrate practical working knowledge about the organisation it is with.

In fact, the gaps in my knowledge were nothing to do with the core competencies for the role but merely things that would have been covered by a first day induction for the successful candidate i.e. the preferred cross site communication methodology and how the role differs organisationally from what I have done in a previous role (using the same core skills).

I am inclined to think they had their preferred candidate already lined up and were just going through the motions of interviewing others to fulfil some sort of equal opportunities quota.

Sounds like it. How can someone have practical working knowledge about an organisation unless they have actually worked there? Catch 22.

Absolut wrote:Sounds like it. How can someone have practical working knowledge about an organisation unless they have actually worked there? Catch 22.

That is quite right and they knew from my application that I had only worked elsewhere. It was very lame.

And another thing; there were 2 zoom interviewers + a clerical worker. They accidentally muted me before the interview got started. I could see and hear them saying "Caker, can you hear me, please speak if you can hear me, please unmute your microphone Caker" rinse repeat.  

There was nothing I could do because I had been muted by their end and my microphone could not over-ride that.  I ended up sending them an email to say that I could see and hear them and was speaking loudly. They had to abandon zoom and set up a phone conference call instead.

I called them on the conference call number and typed in the PIN code they gave me; it was answered by the clerical person. The first interviewer joined but we all had to wait ages for the second interviewer to join in. When we were all joined in I was asked questions by each interviewer in turn.

The second interviewer had an attitude problem and when s/he asked me a question s/he kept going "Hhm!, hhm!, hhm!, hhm!" while I was answering it. It made me feel like s/he was bored hearing me answer the question and trying to hurry me to finish. It rather threw me off balance and made me feel belittled.

God it sounds awful. When they said you didn't have practical working knowledge of the organisation I would have been tempted to retort with "well at least I know how a mute button works"

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There are also thousands of free CV templates online. There's no need to pay for a decent CV these days, as long as someone can use a word processor.

The down side is; that no matter how well your CV may look, if you lack experience, it won't make a lot of difference unless the employer is playing the game of ''how little can we pay you?'' .Which has been an on-going theme for the past 10 years, hence the crap most are in now.

The WP clowns are suckers for the idea that your CV has to look like this, and then interview time came and the employer took the piss out of the way the CV was formatted. But I was happy to supply mine just as they ''ordered''.

Get some help and make your resume shine! Now, haven't I heard that exact line somewhere before? Let me think

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That even if a CV is even looked at by a person? No doubt it is filtered via an AI computer program first... I asked on my last, 'soft skills' course tutor, if the tutor knew what these software programs, scanned for. So to get a fighting chance, of getting selected, than being filtered out. Still waiting for their answer...

I've always been told to try to match the job description.  So if they say they're looking for somebody with good listening skills, put something along the lines of "I am a very good listener" - obviously tarting it up as you see fit.

Alethea John wrote:Sometimes, people don't get a job for silly reasons. One of these reasons is not having a good resume. A resume is like a paper that tells the employer about your skills and experience. If it's not done well, the employer might not see how good you are for the job. That's why it's smart to get help from experts who know how to make a great resume. You can find these experts by searching for resume writing services near me. They can make your resume look better and help you have a better chance of getting the job you want. So, don't let a simple thing like a bad resume stop you from getting a job. Get some help and make your resume shine!

My CV got me the interview