Over qualified?

[Zippy]

Nah.

Has Geoffrey still got his hand up your bum?

Yep and we are very happy

[BolshieBastard]

Yep and we are very happy

Good for you.

[Drewster]

Nah. Seriously, he said that after I'd sent the cv and followed up with a call to make sure he'd got it.

Besides, Bolshie is a pussy cat when applying for jobs and only gives it both barrels when called for on here.

Yep that'll be it..... "Pish off - we are only on a fishing trip"

I never for one moment thought that you would be BB in "real" life.....

[kani]

Yes I guess we've all had it. You apply for a job and feedback is you're over qualified. I mean HTF does that work? You can either do the job or not.

And we're not talking of applying for junior roles either. Saw a role as a test manager so applied for it. Agent came back and said they thought I may be over qualified.

Actually it makes perfect business sense, if they want someone long-term.

Over qualified staff are more likely to get bored, care about the company less, and jump ship at the first opportunity.

(Speaking as someone who got passed over for a more junior contractor last week )

[oliverson]

I lost out on one last week (actually two on the same day) but this one went:

Technically very strong candidate

Got on with him very well - nice guy

We feel the position wouldn't be technically challenging enough for him


so, am I expected to dumb down now?

14 face-to-face interviews since November and no offers. Either they're afraid of me or think I'm a w4nker (or both).

[BolshieBastard]

I lost out on one last week (actually two on the same day) but this one went:

Technically very strong candidate

Got on with him very well - nice guy

We feel the position wouldn't be technically challenging enough for him


so, am I expected to dumb down now?

14 face-to-face interviews since November and no offers. Either they're afraid of me or think I'm a w4nker (or both).

Was my point before the the usual trolls jumped on the thread.

I have just finished a 3.5 year contract with multiple extensions and a couple of agents have asked why did I leave a permie job!

Yes, I can kind of understand why they thought it was permie but with the way the market has been for the last 2 years at least, there was no way I was jumping into uncertainty.

Agents, eh?