Why Didn't I Get The Job?

From: You Don't Know Recruiting - by Susan Strayer and Lars Schmidt (edited)

Every recruiter can commiserate with the call from someone who applied for the job, has great experience and is astounded they weren’t selected.

Here’s the thing — a great recruiter brings in 5 of those perfect specimens for an interview and there’s only one position. 

It’s not about the perfect fit on paper at this point — the skill sets of those 5 have to be similar.

It’s about the fit with the team, the business, the clients, the culture -- something beyond “can she do the job?” that makes one applicant stand out above another.

 

Comments

[Masood]

I agree with you... It is not just qualification which makes you able for job... there are other many factors which a recruiter keeps in mind while selecting an employee

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[Thecubiclerebel.wordpress.com]

It's funny how we always see in tunnel vision, as if we're the ONLY one being interviewed.

Or as if the other candidates are not only few but unqualified or less skilled or put together as us.

Sometimes I wonder just what the other candidates' resumes looked like, what they wore to the interview, what precisely they said to land the job that I failed to land.