RE: Interviewing Strategies

Subject: RE: Interviewing Strategies
From: "James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:29:45 -0800

>Al Geist said:
>>Edgar D' Souza asked:
>>>classe -at- charter -dot- net wrote:
>>>
>>>[]At my former company, we interviewed a candidate who seemed to
>>>fit the job description very well. When the HR manager informed my
>>>manager and I that he was on his cell phone in the company lobby, arguing

>>>with his girlfriend, he was crossed off the list of potential candidates
>>>and his resume discarded.
>>
>>Did he use bad language or act really crude or something? Or was it just
>>that he was taking a call from a g.f. while on company premises?
>>
>>I'm curious :)
>
>I have yet to see or hear of a relationship that was perfected each and
>every day. My wife and I are wonderful together and love each other dearly,
>but we also have "those days," when we are on opposite sides of the
>rainbow. It's not often, but it happens and I would have to say that this
>is true of most relationships. You may have eliminated an excellent
>candidate because the receptionist perceived that he/she was having a
>heated discussion with their partner, who told the HR manager who
>interpreted the receptionists comments as the candidate having family
>problems when in fact, it may have been one of those days when the planets
>were lining up wrong for the couple. As Edgar said, you never mentioned if
>the person was yelling, swearing, or both. If that were true, then you were
>correct in tossing the resume because that would be unprofessional.

This is very off-topic. It's irrelevant if the candidate yelled, used
profanity, or jumped up and down. The fact that his behavior could be
viewed as argumentative, and he was in the company lobby, shows that it was
inappropriate. Not just because he was arguing, but because he didn't have
enough good judgment to take the conflict outside, away from the company.

- Jim

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