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Way Not to land the Job

• Poor personal appearance.
• Lack of interest and enthusiasm; passive and indifferent.
• Over emphasis on money; interested only in best dollar offer.
• Condemnation of past employer.
• Failure to look at interviewer when conversing; poor eye contact.
• Limp, fishy handshake.
• Late to interview.
• Failure to express appreciation of interviewer’s time.
• Ask no questions about the job.
• Unwillingness to go where sent.
• Indefinite answer to question.
• Overbearing, overaggressive, conceited with "know-it-all" complex.
• Inability to express self clearly; poor voice, poor diction, poor grammar.
• Lack of planning for career, no purpose and goals.
• Lack of confidence and poise, nervous, ill at ease.
• Failure to participate in activities.
• Unwilling to start at the bottom; expects too much too soon.
• Makes excuses, evasive, hedges on unfavourable factors in record.
• Lack of tact.
• Lack of courtesy, ill mannered.
• Lack of vitality.
• Lack of maturity.
• Indecision.
• Sloppy application form.
• Merely shopping around.
• Wants job only for a short time.
• No interest in company or industry.
• Cynical – denying sincerity of people’s motives and actions.
• No moral standards.
• Intolerant, strong prejudices.
• Narrow interest.
• Lazy.