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Negative Factors

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NEGATIVE FACTORS EVALUATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT FREQUENTLY LEAD TO REJECTION OF THE CANDIDATE

1. Poor personal appearance
2. Overbearing, overaggressive, conceited, "superiority complex", "know it all"
3. Inability to express themselves clearly; poor voice, diction, grammar
4. Lack of planning for career; no purpose and goals
5. Lack of interest and enthusiasm, passive, indifferent
6. Lack of confidence and poise, nervousness, ill at ease
7. Failure to participate in activities
8. Over-emphasis on money; interested only in best dollar offer
9. Poor scholastic record; just got by
10. Unwilling to start at the bottom; expects too much too soon
11. Makes excuses, evasiveness, hedges on unfavorable factors in record
12. Lack of tact, maturity, and courtesy (ill-mannered)
13. Condemnation of past employers
14. Marked dislike for school work
15. Lack of vitality
16. Fails to look interviewer in the eye
17. Limp, fishy hand-shake
18. Indecision
19. Never speak about an unhappy married life, a pending divorce, or friction with parents/family
20. Sloppy application
21. Merely shopping around
22. Wants job only for short time
23. Little sense of humor
24. Lack of knowledge of field of specialization
25. Parents make decisions for them
26. No interest in company or in industry
27. Emphasis on whom they know
28. Unwillingness to go where we send them
29. Cynical, lazy, low moral standards
30. Intolerant, strong prejudices
31. Narrow interests
32. Never speak about poor handling of finances or a family money crisis
33. Inability to take criticism
34. Lack of appreciation of the value of experience
35. Never speak about personal or political ideologies
36. Late to interview without good reason
37. Never heard of company
38. Failure to express appreciation of interviewer's time
39. Asks no questions about the job
40. High pressure type
41. Indefinite response to questions