Attending back-to-back interviews and still not getting a job is a nightmare no one wants to experience. The worst part is they don’t even give a valid reason for not selecting. Some people often hear ridiculous excuses for their rejection.
A user asked the forum, “What’s the most laughable reason you’ve been turned down for a job?”
Here are the top responses.
NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH
“I walked into the interview, sat down, and the guy looked at me, and the first thing he said was, ‘I’m not hiring you; you’re not aggressive enough.’ I said, ‘Okay,’ and left.”
TOO QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB
“I was ‘too qualified’ for the job. After getting unanimous approval from everyone who interviewed me, the hiring manager turned me down cause it was too easy to promote me and raise my pay. For real, that’s what they said to me.”
MONEY
“The one that still gets me is when I first entered the workforce and got turned down for entry-level retail and fast food jobs because my only reason for wanting to work there was to get money. I remember one manager told me, ‘We don’t want people that are only motivated by money to work here.'”
WORK EXPERIENCE
“I said I wouldn’t leave a $46k /yr job for $30k and no benefits with a promise of more as they grow,” But they wanted someone with experience. Seems like I wasn’t the right fit.”
WEARING RED JACKET
“Some job recruiter gave me shade because I wore a red jacket to my interview, and she specifically said that’s why I wouldn’t be right for the job. Whatever, enjoy being crazy.”
NOT BEING FRIENDLY
“I wouldn’t hold the interviewer’s hand and requested him not to touch me. It was a lab job studying fertility, and he wanted to hold my hand while explaining the 4 phases of the menstrual cycle to me (I’m a female).
He told me I was a beautifully qualified candidate and that he would’ve picked me had I been friendlier. Eww! I was only 20 at the time.”
SCORED HIGH IN THE MATH SECTION OF THE APTITUDE SECTION
“They had those dumb aptitude tests, and the interviewer said he wouldn’t bother taking me into the interview room because I got a high score in the math section, and they wanted someone who could learn on the job. What does that even mean?”
COULDN’T PROVIDE REFERENCE FOR A PREVIOUS JOB
“I didn’t get a job teaching ‘Computers 101’ for a nonprofit because I couldn’t produce references for a job I left several years before that had gone out of business.”
NOT HAVING DETAILED ANSWERS
“That my answers weren’t detailed enough. It was a shelf-stacking job in a supermarket, and I already had half a year of retail experience. I’m so sorry I didn’t thoroughly analyze how I pick up boxes, take the products out, and put them on display.”
NOT SHARING A HOTEL ROOM WITH A MAN
“Because I wasn’t comfortable sharing a hotel room with someone I don’t know for out-of-state training. I offered to foot my own room bill, but I was told I wasn’t getting the job for ‘not being a team player.’ The roommate was a 40-year-old male, while I was a 25-year-old female and newly married.”
SHOWED UP TOO EARLY
“I showed up too early. My interviewer told me he didn’t appreciate me hovering before the interview. I had just been sitting on a chair for half an hour.”
NOT HAVING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE
“I got turned down at a well-known tractor company because the job description said “Associates of Sciences or similar degree is required” and I have an Associate of Sciences, but in the interview, I was turned down because I didn’t have a bachelor’s degree.
I said, ‘So the job description should say Bachelor’s degree required, then?’. The guy sounded like he wished he could have hired me because I had experience and passed all the tests they gave, but his bosses would not let him hire someone without at least a four-year degree.
I’m sure whenever I get my degree and if I apply again, it will change to Masters. Maybe Doctor of Philosophy just to turn a few wrenches.”
NOT BEING READY TO WORK FOR 70 to 80 HOURS
“Turned down a job offer due to not being ready to work 70-80 hours a week in a country where it’s indeed illegal to work that long, unpaid overtime.”
DID NOT LIKE THE PANTS
“My old boss went into an interview for a new hire and didn’t like the pants she was wearing and walked out of the interview.”
OVERCONFIDENCE
“Chemist with six years of experience at the time. I was turned down for a job because ‘you seemed overconfident in your abilities.’ This was a place that was doing the exact same stuff I had been doing. They even had the models of instruments I use every day. I walked them through how to operate it to demonstrate my knowledge in the interview.
How is knowing what you know ‘overconfidence’? Also, that was the first time someone called me overconfident in my life, and it sent me reeling for weeks. I suffer from a great lack of confidence.”
HAVING RED HAIR AND TATTOOS
“Got turned down from an electrical job for having blood red hair and tattoos from a guy with visible tattoos and a secretary with platinum blonde hair.”
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