- Poor personal appearance, inappropriate dress for the situation
- Overbearing-over aggressive-obnoxious
- Too laid back- not talking during the interview
- Inability to express yourself clearly poor voice, diction or grammar
- Lack of planning for career-no purpose for the visit-no goals
- Lack of interest and enthusiasm-passive-indifferent. Lack of excitement in the career opportunity.
- Lack of confidence and poise, nervous, ill at ease
- Overemphasis on money and benefits
- Poor scholastic record without GOOD reason
- Unwilling to start at the bottom-expects too much too soon
- Makes excuses –evasiveness-hedges on unfavorable factors
- Lack of tact, maturity, or manners
- Condemnation of past schools, employers or personal/social situations.
- Marked dislike for learning, education or school
- Lack of vitality, indecision
- Failure to look the interviewer in the eye
- Limp, fishy handshake
- Loafing during vacation and weekend and off time.
- Unhappy married or home life
- Friction with parents or family
- Sloppy application blank
- Merely shopping around
- No sense of humor-or too much humor
- No direction in life-parents or family make decisions for them
- No interest in the organization or the industry
- Emphasis on who they know
- Unwillingness to work the required hours or in the required location
- Cynical, last, low moral standards
- Intolerant of people, ideas, change, etc
- Narrow interests
- Poor handling of personal finances-no money to get to interview
- No interest in the community or local news and activities
- Little or no knowledge of local or national events
- Inability to take criticisms
- Lack of appreciation of the value of the experience
- Radical or unsolicited evaluations and ideas
- Preconceived notions regarding the job or hiring practices of the organization
- Late to the interview WITHOUT A VERY, VERY, VERY VERY GOOD REASON!
- Failure to express appreciation for the interviewers time
- Asks no questions about the job or the organization
- Never heard of the organization
- High pressure, neurotic type of person
- Indefinite responses to questions
- ATTITUDE!!! REMEMBER-You are NOT doing your interviewer a favor by being there-SHE/HE IS DOING YOU THE FAVOR-no matter what your experience!
