Grrr

[darrenb]

Just discovered I lost at interview because "you know too much and we feel you would get bored." The bugger off bit was left unsaid.

OK I will add that to my list of interview tips. From now on, act dopey at interviews so as not to intimidate the hiring manager.

Seriously, if people are going to reject you, they will never give you the real reasons. In any walk of life. I stopped listening to rejection reasons a long time ago.

This particular crowd sounds especially insecure and it's no loss to you.

[eek]

Means: "You are too expensive, we've hired a chimp for £10/hr, fingers crossed".

Not this time as I went in at rate x, agent upped it to x+y.

[suityou01]

Means: "You are too expensive, we've hired a chimp for £10/hr, fingers crossed".

Again they would have known the day rate, and read the CV. Time wasting scum.

[DimPrawn]

Just discovered I lost at interview because "you know too much and we feel you would get bored." The bugger off bit was left unsaid.



How on earth do you demonstrate that you know enough to get the job while displaying the confidence a contractor needs without scaring the blooming manager?

Means: "You are too expensive, we've hired a chimp for £10/hr, fingers crossed".

[Zippy]

Lucky escape my friend. They are clearly s

They read your CV before inviting to interview so know what you know and how good you are. Time wasters.

WSuityS

Move on and best of luck with the next one.

[suityou01]

Just discovered I lost at interview because "you know too much and we feel you would get bored." The bugger off bit was left unsaid.



How on earth do you demonstrate that you know enough to get the job while displaying the confidence a contractor needs without scaring the blooming manager?

Lucky escape my friend. They are clearly s

They read your CV before inviting to interview so know what you know and how good you are. Time wasters.

[shaunbhoy]

On that note I had an interview last week where I was asked the question "Ok, we know what you're good at now tell us what you're not so good at...?"

My answer "As a contractor I can't afford not to be good at most things. However I'm not very diplomatic but I am working on that. Now if you're done asking me stupid fooking questions, I have a train to catch dickhead!!"

went down quite well.

Good luck with your hunt.

FTFY

[petergriffin]

When it's an agency asking me a technical question I usually reply: "I dunno but I like beer!"

[Churchill]

I've not failed in years. Whats annoying about this one is that I could easily have answered the question if they'd ask (the rate offered was 20% above the market rate).

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get ready for the next interview, it's just around the corner.

On that note I had an interview last week where I was asked the question "Ok, we know what you're good at now tell us what you're not so good at...?"

My answer "As a contractor I can't afford not to be good at most things. However I'm not very diplomatic but I am working on that." went down quite well.

Good luck with your hunt.

[eek]

Don't know, 25 years contracting and never failed a face to face interview.

I've not failed in years. Whats annoying about this one is that I could easily have answered the question if they'd ask (the rate offered was 20% above the market rate).

[Churchill]

Just discovered I lost at interview because "you know too much and we feel you would get bored." The bugger off bit was left unsaid.



How on earth do you demonstrate that you know enough to get the job while displaying the confidence a contractor needs without scaring the blooming manager?

Don't know, 25 years contracting and never failed a face to face interview.

[AtW]

It was the last trick question.

You would have gotten it if you had answered: "Clearly I did not know enough to pass the interview and get this job".

1/10

HTH

[eek]

Just discovered I lost at interview because "you know too much and we feel you would get bored." The bugger off bit was left unsaid.



How on earth do you demonstrate that you know enough to get the job while displaying the confidence a contractor needs without scaring the blooming manager?