Job Interview Tip: The Number 1 Reason Why You Don't Get Hired

Job Interview Tip: The Number 1 Reason Why You Don't Get Hired

Join career expert and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita as he discusses a big Job Search Mistake: The Number 1 Reason Why You Don't Get Hired!

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SUMMARY
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Have you wondered why you didn’t get hired even though you were perfect for the job?

Mistake Alert

Most people think they get hired because of their qualifications. In doing so, they expend so much energy in the interview focusing on their experience before they know which parts of their experience and qualifications the employer is most interested in. At this point, you must be thinking whaaaaaa?

The Obvious

You are in a job interview of some kind. The employer, through its action of spending time to speak with you, thinks you’re qualified—on paper.

The Not-So-Obvious

You actually get a job interview because of your qualifications. You get the job for three reasons, none of which are your qualifications.

Why Do You Get the Job?

Based on my observation from thousands of interviews between my clients (the hiring companies) and job candidates (prospective employees), I've concluded a candidate's attainment of the job is largely contingent on three often-undetectable success factors:

• The candidate's ability to effectively articulate his or her qualifications and potential contributions (encoding)
• The interviewer's ability to accurately interpret the candidate's qualifications (decoding)
• The interviewer's capacity to remember the candidate (memory)

It all comes down to your ability to communicate how your qualifications match what the employer needs.

The 3-Step Fix

1. Keep the three reasons why you get hired in mind. Awareness and consciousness (of these issues) is key to success. Of course, general consciousness is too. ☺

2. When asked an interview question, don’t rush to share your awesomeness unless you know which part of your awesomeness the interviewer and employer needs to know. (That is, it doesn’t matter if you’re fantastic. You need to connect the dots for the employer how your fabulousness matches what it needs!) Sometimes the job interviewer’s question is specific and he or she identifies clearly what’s needed. Other times, the interviewer is vague. Make sure to look before you leap.

3. Ask a clarifying question (if need be) to zone in on exactly what information the interviewer needs to know to determine whether you are a great fit. This is especially helpful in the wake of the dreaded and horribly ineffective, “Please tell me about yourself,” question. (See Bonus Section for more.)

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ABOUT ANDREW
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Andrew LaCivita is an internationally recognized executive recruiter, award-winning author, trainer, and founder and chief executive officer of milewalk and the milewalk Academy. He’s dedicated his career to helping people and companies realize their potential, consulting to more than two hundred organizations and counseling more than eleven thousand individuals. He often serves as a trusted media resource and is the award-winning author of Interview Intervention, Out of Reach but in Sight, and The Hiring Prophecies.

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[thegoatishere]

I got rejected 34 times in last 2 years. So I started my own wee business. Now hiring people. Thanking those who rejected me.

[ryvr.]

I'm so tired of job interviews and getting rejected all the time.

[gogogetter]

I think the most frustrating part of the interview process is telling someone that they will get back to you when they know they won’t. I’d rather you just reject me instead of having me play the waiting game. To be completely honest as soon as an interviewer says “if you get the job” or HR will contact you by X amount of days.. I know I didn’t get the job.

[abbypepper]

just got rejected today so I'm watching all kinds of videos on rejection 😭😭

[genew]

The number one reason why you weren't hired is because it was a fake interview and the company already knows who they want to hire. They only interviewed you because they need to follow company's policy, which usually states they must interview 3 or more candidates before they can hire someone.

[larryjohnson]

Honestly . After 16 interviews for the same position, I have found that this system of interviewing is completely flawed. I have started my own business recently and hopefully it’ll turn out fine. I can not take any more rejection; I refuse to let other who don’t even know me at all judge me any further. That is essentially what interviews are.. how can you truly determine whether you like someone or not based off a 20- 30 minute Interview?

[brettgeorge]

In my experiences people hire off of their prejudices and bias not of job qualifications or the best person for the job. Who you know, not what you know.

[easylivingsherpa]

Bottom line is that everyone in the interview has to like you. Doesn't matter how qualified that you are.

[karlburris]

Have interviewed and hired many people over the past 40 working years of my career. Have also been interviewed and hired many times within the same company. There is no set formula to follow when being interviewed. Some people are really good at presenting themselves in such a way that makes the interviewer comfortable in hiring them. I know this sounds backwards but its true. Good employers have the ability to imagine how the person they are interviewing may play out over time. It takes lots of experience and extremely good intuition to do this and unfortunately it is not always 100%. Can tell very quickly when someone has been coached. They use all the buzz words and at times take on a mechanical feel. Just be yourself. Be sincere and don’t try to game the interviewer. Good employers are listening for things that signifies that the applicant will: 1) be to work on time, 2) give an honest days work, 3) take initiative and learn the job to the best of their ability, 3) care about their job and their co-workers and 3) have a good attitude even when things don’t go their way...

[catalina_]

After 3 years of 400 applications and over 50 interviews I can say that:
1. My country is corrupt. All jobs go to siblings and friends. Including hard phisical jobs.
2. HR calls you because they need to justify their salary not because you have potential.
3. Looks are very important. More than experience.
4. Most of them make you do different unpayed tasks and they use your stuff.
5. Most of them want you to have between 20 and 30 years old, 5 years of experience and to make different jobs all in one.

This is reality.

[jasonmims]

I watched this video before an interview at Wells Fargo. I followed it exactly by efectively communicating my qualifications and how they applied to the job. I also asked very specific questions regarding the department I'd be working in. The interview ended with the manager saying I had great energy and I was offered the position.☺

[dammsparaneta]

depends on your personality. it really depends on the hiring manager maybe he doesnt like the shape of your face or shape pf your body, etc

[SOLO-edtm]

Right, it's all about the prejudices or biases of the manager. The management personnel are generally narcissists. Yes, they are! They choose other non-feeling people.

[bosstv]

Best way to get hired is start your own business. Otherwise, you're facing nepotism, internal candidates, and luck. Sometimes you interview and lost before you even got started.

Start your own business that makes money, or be the person who gets selected before the interview. I knew someone and now I work with a major U.S. airline.

[owenshiverdecker]

I always called it the “lunch rule”. All other things being equal employment/promotions go to the person that the employer would most like to go to lunch with, qualifications and work ethic is nearly always secondary to like ability and aesthetics.

[whatthebleep]

I once asked the hiring managers why they chose one guy over the other after the interview. They said because the one they hired is a friendly and outgoing extrovert while the other one isn’t. Employers know everyone they ask to interview are qualified, so they now want to find someone who isn’t going to be confrontation or unfriendly.

[kamaboko]

Like yourself, I've been involved in a gazillion interviews. IMO it comes down to the following: does the interviewer see you in themselves? That's it. I tell candidates the research before an on-site interview is the most important thing they can do. Find out everything possible about the team members interviewing you. Read their LinkedIn. Find their Facebook page. Look for them on Twitter. Really get a sense of who they are. Mimic their written vocabulary into the interview conversation. If there are pictures of the interview team members available, pay attention to how they dress. When you're meeting with them, mimic their body gestures. Sit like they do. Increase or decrease the rate of your speech to match theirs. The more you resemble them, the more they are likely to pick you. I've seen this work many many times. Familiarity breeds confidence and reduces doubt.

[eeternal-vdod]

Personally I think it depends on the person who interviews you. Some people judge. I even had employers tell me their gonna hire me and go back on their word.

[justinmcnally]

This is a great video with some great tips. However I’d like to add that interviews are statistically the most unreliable methods for selecting candidates. The reason being is that so many interviewers are not professionally trained in how to ask the right questions. Ultimately they end up making decisions based upon non-job relevant information. I’m sure we all have horror stories about somebody who got a job when they shouldn’t have, or didn’t get a job even though they are qualified. That’s because interviews aren’t necessary looking for the best qualified candidate. Even though theoretically that is the purpose of an interview. In all practicality interviews are designed to identify The person that best fits the culture of the business or hiring manager. As a result a lot of personal preference gets thrown into the mix. All of us communicate differently and receive information differently. That ultimately leads to a gap in what you’re trying to communicate and what do the interviewer is hearing. I do believe this video is great and if you happen to find an interviewer who is trained to think professionally about their responsibility in making hiring decisions in this video is a great guide. My recommendations are more for organizations. Stop conducting interviews unless you are a trained professional with experience.

[RD-lvzj]

If you are not getting hired, it's your fault. I reject this perception. I don't want to blame myself anymore for not getting hired. Thanks