I was having lunch with one of my hiring managers yesterday. He works at a IT consulting company. We are talking about candidates and the funny things we have seen them do.
It reminds me of America’s Funniest Videos. Have you ever watched it? You see people just do some extremely stupid things and wonder why. You think that they might learn from someone else but every week you see different people doing similar things.
Our lunch started with the thought that maybe this is only happening in a select instances. I thought because I have a contract staffing firm, maybe it’s the type of people I get. As I was listening to his outrageous stories, I discovered that it is happening everywhere. The stories are the same just different names and different actions.
We were both curious what has caused what we referred to as an entitlement attitude. The fact that people expect the job to be handed to them instead of earned. Some candidates feel they do not have to impress, that they do not have to show up on time, that they do not have to dress properly. Some candidates ask, “So what do you have for me”, instead of “What I can provide your company”.
We agreed it is the very simple things that makes the big difference. How they sit in the chair when interviewing. How they greet someone. How they answer the question. Do they use full sentences or do they just respond yes or no. In some cases we might just get a yea, out of them!
From the hiring manager’s point of view, the way you come in on the interview is the highest presentation you will have. And that during your work it will only be that good or worse as time goes on.
So, if you impress poorly we assume that you will work poorly. In addition, it does seem a bit disrespectful to not even try to impress your future employer. If anything, it is a disservice to yourself not to be your best!
I hope that you are a person that wants to learn from someone else.
Dennis
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