Finding a job can be difficult, let alone finding a job you really want. If you've been trying unsuccessfully to get one there may be a few things blocking your way. Finding out the problem can be hard work so if you're stumped for reasons don't worry we've managed to think up lol of them.
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- You haven't got the qualifications for the role.
- Turning up to interviews drunk.
- Turning up to the interviews too late.
- You turned up way too early.
- Not turning up to the interview at all.
- Not doing any pre interview research.
- Turning up to interviews with friends.
- Your first words are how much is the salary.
- When asked about start date your reply, after my next prison stretch.
- You haven't applied for any jobs.
- You have got the wrong telephone number on your CV.
- You talk more than listen.
- You've exaggerated your abilities to get the interview.
- You forget you had an interview.
- You look sleepy in the interview.
- You look Bored in the interview.
- You have terrible references.
- Nobody is willing to give you a reference.
- You've left every job you ever had on bad terms.
- Leaving before the interview is completed.
- Having a fight with the interviewer.
- Forgetting your P's and Q's (manners, language and behavior).
- You are overly nervous in the interview.
- You want far too much money.
- You already have a full time job.
- You have extremely poor hygiene.
- You've used too much aftershave or perfume.
- You try to flirt your way through the interview without actually answering any questions.
- You let it slip you don't actually want the job.
- You come across as too much competition to the interview.
- You haven't got the experience for the role.
- You are very very unlucky.
- Your answers were over-rehearsed and you sounded robotic.
- You got the interview questions wrong.
- You express an extreme political opinion.
- You're overhead on the phone after the interview saying what an idiot the interviewer was.
- You just want any job not his specific job, and you let that come across.
- You are over confident/cocky.
- You asked the interviewer how much he/she earns.
- UhGgUhh you have an unprofessional email address - bottomtrumpet@yahoo.com.
- One of the candidates genuinely was more qualified than you.
- Poor spellings in your CV/Resume.
- The interviewer is worried about how far away from the job you alive.
- The interviewer didn't think you would stay with the organization.
- You've described yourself in an off-putting way in your profile on your CV.
- Your application got lost in the post.
- The interviewer is an ex who you're had bad break up with.
- You have not followed up your interview with a call or an email.
- You have a poor excuse for leaving your old company.
- You're over qualified for the job.
- You haven't asked any question in the interview.
- You don't have a home address.
- You haven't got a degree.
- Everything you've said in your conversation has been negative.
- You've turned up to your interview with your pet.
- You've worked for every employer in town.
- You're not trying hard enough to get a job.
- The interviewer is holding on to the job for a friend.
- The interviewer thinks they've seen you on crime watch.
- You support the wrong football team.
- You are very very ugly.
- You are very very beautiful.
- You've previously been sacked from the same company.
- The vacancy has been filled by internally.
- The interviewer has an interview target to meet.
- You asked the interviewer when her baby was due, she wasn't pregnant.
- Work hours fall outside of the curfew for your electronic tag.
- You live too far away from the job place.
- Your partner already works for the firm.
- Your partner is in the interviewer team.
- You are argumentative in the interview.
- You're not available when they need you.
- You come across desperate.
- People think you're weird.
- You can't maintain 'eye-to-eye' contact with the interviewer.
- The job is a complete change in career direction.
- The role no longer exists.
- You subconsciously don't actually want to get a job.
- You have tattoos or piercings on your face.
- You turned the job offer down.
- They've seen some of your fruity Facebook pics.
- You always apply for the wrong types of job.
- You say all the right things but they're not confident you can actually deliver.
- They don't actually have a good reason why you didn't get the job.
- You're actual perfect for the job but your CV is so poorly formatted they can't tell/explain.
- You don't have the legal right to work in the US/country you're applying.
- They were flooded with CV's and yours got lost in the haze.
- Your CV and what you say don't really match up.
- You have unexplained absence on your Resume.
- They found somebody else who will do the job for half the salary.
- You cover letters are terrible, too generic and too short.
- The person that interviewed isn't the actual decision maker so your brilliant interview get lost in translation.
- You came across as a gossip.
- You didn't make yourself stand out from the crowd, and they forget about you.
- You smell strongly of cigarettes.
- You were instructed to bring certain item (like original documents) to the interview but you didn't.
- You might cause a personality clash with the current work force.
- You bad mouthed your former manager of former colleagues.
- The job never existed in the first place.
- You don't seem like a team player.
- You don't seem passionate about what you do.
You should have a respectable and good degree under your belt. Always be professional, Remember you are not applying for friends, You are their to work.
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