11 Job Interview Secrets Recruiters Won't Tell You - Interviewing Tips!
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- 11 Job Interview Secrets Recruiters Won't Tell You - Interviewing Tips! In this video, I will share 11 secrets that recruiters won't share with you about what happens during your job interview. If you want to better prepare for your job interview, this video is for you. Hint - it doesn't have to do with job interview questions. (mostly)
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When I was a hiring manager, even though it is talent acquisition's job to screen resumes, I'd sometimes go into PeopleSoft and glance a few at random. It is hilarious how completely unqualified most of them are. They either didn't read the minimum requirements or perhaps they were just applying for jobs to show the unemployment office that they were "actively searching" for a job. On the resume front; there are many out there who might otherwise be a viable candidate get immediately put into the "no" basket due to how bad their resumes were put together. I'm talking about things like misspelled words, exceptionally poor grammar, and weird fonts/formatting that make it painful to read. If they will not put in the work on one of the most important documents they will ever write for themselves, it is logical to assume they will not do a stellar job for you either.
You've summed it up perfectly.
So...what exactly is an "appropriate font"?
What does it matter what type of font, within reason, is used and/or what type of resume is used?! If you prefer a certain font and resume type then make it known in the informational section somewhere.
Very disheartening and disingenuous you chose candidates to be unworthy of an interview/job due to a font or resume type.
I only apply to positions that I'm qualified for, yet I'm getting rejection emails without advancing to a first round interview.
This YT video, the recruiter stated about having "a good resume"...
A good resume is someone who doesn't lie on it and pretty much meets the qualifications. If candidates do not neet a few of the qualifications, they shouldn't be put in the "no pile"; the individual could be changing their career path, that's what training & orientation is for. Some of us are financially unavailable to pay professionals to "engineer"/ "strategize" our resumes even though we are qualified. A candidate who puts together a legible appropriate resume should be given a chance to interview.
You all put good canidates in the trash bin over a font or not having a certain type of resume, to me... you're making it personal and not about business.
Every day it's more evident that recruiters and hiring managers are involving their personal feelings or bias views in deciding whether or not to advance someone to an interview as opposed to keeping a professional boundary.
The reason people apply for anything is that the job ads are stupid and created by HR who don't know what the job is really about. I see examples of this in programmer subreddits all the time. You are a good example, a company where the recruiter gets stuck on font choices is a red flag telling you that company may be toxic.
>there are many out there who might otherwise be a viable candidate get immediately put into the "no" basket due to how bad their resumes were put together.
What were you hiring for? A resume writing specialist?
Yeah and then when they do get hired, the managers don’t do reviews or appraisals to show the employee what’s good or bad. So when a new manager starts, they be like well I gotta see what you can do if you want a raise or promotion.
Whats so frustrating is being great at my role and have a great resume but struggle at interviews because I’m very introverted.
Sammmeeee, except it’s my adhd and anxiety. I’m ambiverted
I am working on this too 🥰
Interviewing is so stressful. That’s why I’ve only worked at three companies. It’s draining.
Practice practice practice! In front of a mirror with a prepared script to get used to the flow and cadence of your own voice. Prepare a set of questions you can ask yourself and just go back and forth. Ask friends or family to be the interviewer. Record yourself and watch back the video. And always remember relax, take a deep breath and take your time. Best of luck!
There are free mock interview classes offered by career services organizations, they go by different names in different areas. Usually it will have a name like Job Works, Work Connections, Job Link, Career Connections, etc.
I'm a recruiter. I don't care what your resume looks like or says. If you meet the basic requirements, you're getting a call. I will determine from the phone call if you should go onto the next round, interviewing with the hiring manager. I don't ask why you think you're a good fit, or why you want the job, or where you see yourself in the next 5 years. I really don't care why you're looking. I feel that's irrelevant. You want a position. I just need to make sure you fit out needs.
That's refreshing, so many trite and irrelevant questions - I'm never sure why people ask them other than habit.
you need to treat others
You're about 1 in a million. I wish more hiring managers were this efficient.
@@Chet_24so true😂
I wish I believed you're a recruiter. But no recruiter talks like that.
All I learned from this is that employers fall for people with persuasive personalities regardless of fit
Everyone has the ability to talk about themselves. Being persuasive can be developed.
basically what i got is be a sweet talker and you will get the job aka treat your bosses / interviews like its Pick Up Artists play ground
Yup. I applied at an aerospace company with zero experience in the field. I had it in my mind that I already worked there and was just gonna have an interview for a promotion. By the time I was there for five minutes I knew I had a very good shot at it. Next thing I know they send me to get drug tested with a date to start.
Being qualified gets you in the door, being persuasive gets you the job
Think of it as those advertisements you see all the time on TV. The good ones you remember and want to spend money on. The ones that arent as good at selling themselves just become something you wait over for the show to come back on.
I once interviewed with a company so demanding that no one could get through their screening process. a couple of years alter I ran into the person they hired when I was at a trade show. He was completely unqualified, but they had screened out and pissed off everyone who was qualified so they had to eventually settle.
Or he lied :)
Cool story bro.
Years later, he/she still wasn't fired .
I was told I needed a presentation for a job the day before the interview. I had an oral presentation, then they told me I needed a PowerPoint presentation. The girl they hired only used them as a stepping stone, she changed jobs within 3 months.
LOL
I was in a situation where I liked the company, the recruiter very obviously liked me as a candidate, and the prospective teammates who had spoken to me during the interview process had clearly really liked me, but... another candidate was selected instead because apparently he'd done slightly better than me on the technical test.
However, a month later I decided to reach out to that recruiter again, just in case there were other job openings at that company. And as it turned out, she was actually about to write to me, as the first candidate they chose over me turned out to have a very unpleasant disposition, complained about everything, and did not turn up for his third day of work. So I got that job straight away the second time round 😂 Working there to this day 😁
That's a hero story. Always keep that communication with the recruiter,
Wow that’s unfortunate. Hard skills are much easier to hone than soft skills
This is encouraging to me. I was super stressed during a technical interview recently and I still feel I’d be a terrific fit at that company.
@@danrice6562 I hope you get that job! 😊
Keep telling your story ! People never underligned enough how important getting feedbacks is a game changer anyway ! Bravo ! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🇨🇵
The recruiter straight up told me : ''We want to have you go to the second interview with the Team Manager as soon as possible because we think you are very suitable for this position''. 2 days later I had interview with the Team manager. On the next day I had an offer from the company because the TM liked me a lot.
Intro: 0:23
1st secret - Most applicants not qualified: 0:57
2nd secret - Resume is your first impression : 2:09
3rd secret - Most qualified doesn't always get hired: 2:44
4th secret - Decisions are generally made in first 10 mins: 3:54
5th secret - Asking questions won't change minds: 4:42
6th secret - Salary question isn't a trick question: 5:41
7th secret - Can still be rejected if recruiter likes you: 6:25
8th secret - Unresponsive hiring managers cause most delays: 7:08
9th secret - Long delays are not a positive sign: 7:44
10th secret - Rockstars get hired quickly: 8:10
11th secret - Homerun hires can name their price: 8:46
Conclusions: 9:22
Thank you for doing this. Saves time.
And reveals what I was afraid of, zero secrets.
Thank you!
Thank you sir!!!!
I was hoping with all hope that someone would do this because I’m sick of sitting through these twenty minute videos for 3 minutes worth of information !
You are doing the lord's work.
The best tip i ever got for interviews is to treat it like you are interviewing them. This artitude puts you in a dominant frame of mind but also relaxes you. The recruiter will feel like they are the one who needs to perform and convince you. Being ultra nervous or thinking of the recruiter as some superior individual who holds your future in their hands puts you in a weak frame of mind and that comes across no matter how good you are at acting. Its similar, i guess, to the old stage trick of picturing the audience naked.
As a newer recruiter there have been times I’ve been genuinely surprised by which of my candidates the manager decides to hire or not hire. It can just be as simple as being more likable than someone who is slightly (or even significantly) more qualified.
That's called a "personal bias".
I have been involved in a couple of interviews. Once it goes to the hiring manager your only hope is the person performs well enough for the manager to see what you see. It is very important to build rapport.
The simple truth is that if they are reasonably competent you can train the skills they don't have. You can't change the personality of a person you don't click with.
@@John_Fx This is only true if the job easy. The majority of people aren't smart enough for more complexed jobs. I've never once had a job where someone trained me.
It’s a popularity contest not whose most qualified
I failed a test at an interview. But my answers were actually 100% correct. The interviewer did not know the answers - only that I did not answer the way the question-writer wrote down. I was able to demonstrate to the interviewer that I not only knew the answers, but multiple ways of accomplishing the same thing, and they hired me immediately.
Note: I am an introvert and hate talking to people.
Interviewer asked two questions then said. Tell me about yourself. Wth?
Most of recruiters asks theory based qns which are irrelevant to job experience based knowledge. You might think you have answered all the qns correctly but they have their own answers on the scoring form that they want to hear in order to pass you
The more I watch your videos, the most depressed I become. I thought I knocked it out of the park and the employer was ecstatic about meeting me and invited me back to do a shadow interview. It’s been 2 weeks with little to no contact… hiring processes take forever! As a former hiring manager, I usually make hiring choices within a matter of days. Idk what changed with companies.
The reasons you are not getting hired are not necessarily due to the reasons in this video. There are many factors. For me, I was able to determine that it was a skill or two that were critical. The recruiter told me certain things were "nice to have" but not critical. It turns out they were. What they didn't tell is me was that I wasn't the only candidate they were sending, and I wasn't the strongest. It was a better sell for them if they sent more than one prospect. Companies also don't always hire when they say they are hiring. They could change their mind or choose to keep an open position advertised as long as possible. They might just want to replace someone who they think will leave, or just see what candidates are available. The most recent time I was unemployed I ended up taking a code bootcamp and joining a group of people who met in zoom to discuss interview experiences and compare and learn from each other. You can ne er really tell what an employers motives are. Honestly, it's like dating and getting rejected alot. You might feel ugly and worthless until someone makes you feel like a God. One offer is all it takes approach each interview as if nothing happened before it. Have a decompression ritual after it's over because it's tiring. If you haven't done so, work out alot during unemployment. You will at least get buff and have a side achievement. Do something creative? This will keep you mentally healthy and your brain chemistry happy. Hope that helped.
@@loitermanart excellent advices
can't understand why anyone would be struggling to find a job in this climate?
I am an actor and I get rejected at auditions all the time. Don’t take it personally.
@@togowack Lots of uber smart people I know who are highly qualified are struggling. The main problem is the amount of automation at employers - most people can't even get past the brick wall of screening automation and most employers have no idea all the great candidates their "automation" is automatically rejecting.
I had a first interview yesterday which was scheduled for one hour. I think I made a good impression, because we spoke for 90 minutes. The hiring manager emailed me this morning to schedule a second interview for next week.
Wonderful! Good luck.
@@maiaallman4635 Thank you.
@ghost mall Very true. The challenge is that this job is not at the top of my wish list. I’m being considered by another company which I really want to work at, but they haven’t scheduled an interview yet. I did let my recruiter know, so I’m hoping that they will reach out soon.
@ghost mall No, the first round they weed out the total morons. It is usually round 2 or 3 where they pick who they like.
@@scmsean This is sadly the truth, wouldn't say morons but person that would not fit the role in their eyes.
This stuff makes me so glad I am retired and no longer have to jump through all these hoops just to get a job.
Consider yourself blessed for being retired and not dealing with all the bull crap
ok boomer
@@khouryjohn7923 lol trust me I dealt with "all that bullcrap" for over 50 years. :) You are kidding yourself if you think otherwise lol. But yes I do feel for the generation now having to deal with such a mess.
@@milesdyson didn't your mommy teach you not to call people names? :)
@@mistiinseattle enjoy your retirement & healthcare at my expense, ok boomer?
P. S. - I GOT THE JOB!
Thank you very much for this channel and informative videos! I've been job searching for the past year, and I just found you last week. Just by watching these, I was able to not only learn how to tailor my resume, but then when I got the interview, I was able to successfully answer the "Tell me about yourself" question, answer why I was right for the position even though I have zero experience in hospitality/hotel, and I was able to show how my current skills and past career could match their needs and how those skills would indeed transfer over. I knew what questions to ask the interviewer about the position and the company and it felt very comfortable and I was interviewing them as much as they were interviewing me. I owned it and several times caught myself using power body language because my confidence was so high, so I tried to dial it back so as not to be intimidating and take charge. I was able to easily answer the salary question when it came to that, and I confidently asked for more because I had done my research as you suggested and knew what the local 5 star hotel was paying for the same position, knew that my hotel had less stars but was also upscale hotel, plus I knew I knocked the interview out of the park, and I know the value of my skills as well as the positive responses they were going to get from my references, I actually asked for the top dollar and then some. Since I live in an area with a very high cost of living, I felt completely confident in asking for even more than they were offering, but also well within market range and a little less than the 5 star hotel down the road is offering. I wasn't too concerned about being rejected because I only asked for 3.2% more than their top range, so I felt if they really wanted me and I had done well enough selling myself, they would stretch. They did. I just got the paperwork from HR authorizing them to do a background check and welcoming me to the team!!! (Contingent that my background check comes back clear, they added). As an introvert, I dreaded these interviews, but with your advice, I took ownership, and an offer is headed my way.
❤❤❤amazing 🎉
I agree with everything here! I recently had an interview where I admittedly was under-qualified for the job but both initial interviews went well and the recruiters liked me. I interviewed with the hiring manager and I think he enjoyed the interview but he did point out some of the material skills I was lacking. Too bad, would have been a great job, but I understand the process and I enjoyed the interviews. Just more practice for me :)
I have an interview at 3:00 p.m. Eastern today and watched your video an hour before. I used all your tips and I tried selling myself really well for a housing inspector position. Hopefully these tips work for me because I really need a job.
Good luck!
@@ALifeAfterLayoff Thanks... If I get the job, I'll reply back. I'll try to dig around for the year video.
Wow , likewise i am also sitting here waiting for turn to be interview by my employer
🤞🏾 good luck
@@deerinfear7484 I am assuming you didn't get the Job?
While there may be many applicants that apply for jobs they are underqualified for, sometimes this is due to job specs being unrealistic in what they require.
Years back I saw a job ad for a JAVA developer asking for 5 years of hardcore JAVA experience, when the language had only been commercially available for 1 year. Even today I see accounting job roles requiring multiple degrees and professional memberships for doing mid-level work that any average unqualified accountant could do.
If I look at some of the people who ended up getting these high end jobs, I can believe what you say, that it all comes down to how well you sell yourself or how convincingly you can bullshit a recruiter to think you are a Rockstar when in reality you can barely string a few chords together.
The one thing he left out of the video is that the posted job requirements are almost always negotiable. If you have most of the skills listed or less experience in them than they are asking for it isn't always a deal breaker.
I just finished my third round of interview this past Wednesday and I totally agree with you that it feels like I'm not the only one they are interviewing. Not trying to sound negative here, but I do agree that if it was mine I would've gotten an answer by now instead of having to wait. Time to look for other jobs.
That's hard but true 😢.
I assume the first one was with the recruiter. That ive passed ive got the second one with my future boss and the third one is with i think a technical person alongside my future boss.. how did your rounds differ if they did? Im guessing ur first round was the same as mine what differentiated the second from the third
The Average Job interviewer hires appx. 35 people per month, Now just imagine 1000 people also gets interviewed for that same job. That means that 962 people would be left without a job. That's nothing but a scam and gamble if you ask me because they already know how many they will receive out of 1000 individuals. In the good ol days job interviews didn't even exist, people would just walk in fill out a application, and ask was they hiring and asked are they able to do the job and worked that same exact day. Now they want people to be like robots and gambling each time they enter the interview like a competitive casino game.
7:44 - I just experienced this. I was told I was the 'frontrunner' but I suddenly after my 2nd panel interview, I didn't hear back as promised from them, which told me they lacked integrity, too. I also searched online to find my position re-posted with a different 'title.' Then I finally reached out and was told after another couple of days, they found someone better fit but keep in touch for other roles. I know ppl say 'don't burn bridges' but even though this company was a reputable one, I lost all respect realizing they didn't follow through with their words. It had nothing to do with bitterness, I just realized I was being stringed along as a back-up.
The sad truth is that most jobs aren't rocket science. The problem is a workplace culture with "managers" who have no effective training program. if all it takes is 10 minutes to decide who's in, it's just a popularity contest. A good fit for the role could be determined just by looking at the resume.
guys. Preparation. Do lots of interviews in your industry. you'll get a feel for what they want and what the yask during the interview.
rehearse responses. have scenarios ready - these questions are the same ones rehashed over and over. "give me an example of how you react to working under pressure" easy.
Also bonus tip. learn sales tactics and use them during interviews. my moment to shine is whenever they say "any questions"
that's when i would smash them in the face with a 'future pacing' question - look it up.
then finally when i've done pretty well in the interview I remember it's important to be BOLD. I simply ask for him/her to seriously consider giving me the job, or advance in the hire process.
I have interviewed with the same recruiter twice and I keep getting knocked out by the hiring manager. The recruiter is very kind and it is a joy to speak with her each time! 😊
Sometimes it is very frustrating when the department manager that needs to hire a new person is not the actual person who writes the job description that goes into the online job posting, and the person who does write the job description has no clue what all that technical jargon means. As a result, you craft your resume to be optimized for the actual description of the advertised job, only to hear in the interview "Sorry about that. I didn't actually write the job description, HR did. I told them what I wanted but they didn't understand what I was talking about. Here's what I actually need someone to do..."
My current and my previous jobs I got a call back with an offer within hours after the first round of the interviews. But to be fair, I did not apply for my current job, I was approached by a competitor and invited for the interview. Nearly a year after I started working for the company, I was told that they came to my job a few times before that, posing as clients and were conducting their "interviews" without me knowing. They were observing how I work with other clients and how I was helping them and my level of knowledge when thought they needed help in something.
So in a way during the interview itself it was more me interviewing them rather than the other way around. And I was blunt about the salary - I was making ok money so I showed them my latest pay stub with YTD, and said I am obviously not going lower than that. They said "we'll beat it".
What's difficult for me is I have a psychiatric disability. Not only does this pretty much screw me from getting any job (if I earn too much, Social Security drops all my benefits. So, if I lose the job, there goes my much needed healthcare and gov't chump change every month...). People tell me to NOT disclose my psych issues, and I think that's wrong. I'm VERY GOOD at being a nurse assistant. That actually BENEFITS my psych issues. But I've been fired or had to quit due to them. I am trying to work with a vocational rehab specialist to help me obtain a job in this field - and protect my health insurance at least - because without my meds, I am not able to work. At all.
Where I used to be, we used job-application forms. Often, a candidate would leave blank the "salary requirement" field. This was one of the top reasons for candidate rejection.
Employee salary requirement shouldn't be a consideration. The company has a budget for the role and should be fair and forthcoming with the range of numbers and the benefits. You are trying to win the best candidates over your competition.
Note that in a lot of states, the recruiter/employer is legally obligated to tell you the salary range up front. I personally hate the salary range question - as a candidate, it tells me the employer is going to low-bid the position below market. As someone who hires a lot of people, it is something I will only ask when we have decided to hire someone and have told them this. We also have hiring timeline transparency up front and we try to go from open position to hire in less than 4 weeks.
These are good tips. I understand this, but there have been many where the applicants sold themselves well and were the right fit, still didn't get hired because they were assertive of their ideas, and some managers are offensive to that because they think they've been everything the best way possible for a decade, and HR needs to get on these managers that do things like that. The most influential people in business are those that don't mind someone around them being smarter than they are in some aspects of the mutual goals of the company. So many things can go wrong if managers don't hire the right people for the jobs and if managers aren't accountable for their own responsibilities.
As a recruiter. You are so correct on all your points. I am currently dealing with some horrible HM. I am applying for other roles and this info is so helpful!
Hope it went well for you 💯✌🏾🇨🇵
The Average Job interviewer hires appx. 35 people per month, Now just imagine 1000 people also gets interviewed for that same job. That means that 962 people would be left without a job. That's nothing but a scam and gamble if you ask me because they already know how many they will receive out of 1000 individuals. In the good ol days job interviews didn't even exist, people would just walk in fill out a application, and ask was they hiring and asked are they able to do the job and worked that same exact day. Now they want people to be like robots and gambling each time they enter the interview like a competitive casino game.
If it takes more than a week after the interview for them to get back to you, it's the end. 100%
@ghost mall from what I know from recruiters, at least in where I am, companies who ghost the second choice candidates usually won't go back to them after the ghosting even if they can't find someone better, they usually look at new candidates and settle from there.
learnt this very quickly!
I applied for a position in an international company. It was a new position that would be dual between the national office and HQ. Took them almost 3 weeks to come with an offer after the interview and testing. It's been 6 years and a total blast.
P.S. My colleague who was managing the test confirmed that the delay was caused by the 2 branches fighting over budget, time sharing, etc. And with time zone difference, every discussion can take forever 😂
So it's generally true, but not always.
The first point of Resumes not being good enough wouldn't be a problem if HR didn't put so much unnecessary shitty requirements on a job advertisement.
B. These are the brutal truth of today's job market. Thank you. Having the gift of jab or basics sales training understanding is incred. important. Sales training knowledge will serve a person in any category. First impressions, spot on. That unconscious bias. Sad but true. Keep doing what your doing.
Its the gift of GAB. Not the gift of jab.
Bryan this is probably some of the most useful content on youtube
I'm at the point in my professional career where my resume will get me an interview, and my interview skills will get me the job. I try to go in with a positive energy, make the interviewers smile, always have a couple of good and relatable stories of how I solved work problems/challenges etc. And most of all, I get the interviewers to empathize with me. I'm lucky that I have always been personable and am always happy to speak with people.
Would you please share some tips on interview skills??!
I get very nervous and the imposter syndrome kicks in, and it goes downhill from there. I start rambling and forget the actual question.
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preparation. be ready for questions they might ask. have scenarios planned ahead. rehearse responses. it's very easy to find out what kind of questions they'll ask. do more interviews to get better and you'll get a feel for what interviews in your industry are like. @@ashhanda2941
That's exactly what is flawed with the system.
Unless you're interviewing for a sales position, that skill set is less relevant.
Will you please do a video on (all) the secrets and/or all the fibs (lies) that staffing agencies use but don't tell unknowing candidates? That would be a great video. I'm waiting for it. Thank you in advance. ❤
Face to face interviews have become extremely rare.
What's more common is an immediate job offer with zero time to consider their offer! Those jobs almost always totally suck and the employer will generally be among the worst!
Bryan, your works gets better everyday and always looking out for us
Agree on applying to places, as an agency recruiter I get so many people that apply to my jobs that aren’t even close to a fit so don’t be afraid if it shows lots of submittals, makes me wonder if people even read the job descriptions
All the books I read years ago, told people, "Don't take the job description too seriously. It's a wish list for the perfect candidate, so if you don't have every qualification, apply anyway."
I'm sure most people read that as, "I'm breathing! Apply!!"
If I had at least 2/3 of the qualifications listed, and I liked the look of the position, I would apply.
I heard back from greater than half the submittals, so it wasn't the worst advice.
@@jeannieneuser5316 I’m talking about truck drivers applying to Software Architect roles, network engineers applying to .NET Developer roles, like not. Even. Close
Omg, Rachel... That's painful. I feel for you.
Bet you'd turn some cartwheels to see resumes with 2/3 of the requested qualifications. 🤦😬😬
@@rachelpatterson2327how do they get experience then?
@@andrewevans7992 , there are certain roles that are supposed to be senior positions from the very beginning (like mentioned here Software Architect - it is a role that ppl are taking after they spent years as developers). If a aspiring developer lacks commercial experience - he presents his own projects proving initial expertise, and applies to entry level jobs.
Depending on the company some will have stringent hiring practises which mean they have to interview X number of people - so the delay may not be to do them not liking you but rather they still she. To look at another 3 - 4 people before they can get back to you.
" the salary expectation question is not here to trick you". Wrong ! the question allow them to pay you the strict minimum for the work. each time i indicated my salary, they offered me barely 1K or 2 (french salary, not us one) more that what i currently had.
and for the time i only told them my salary expectation (generally 25% more), they offered me something like 15% more than i currently have. For the same kind of position.
Actually I applied some days ago to a job only with my resume. The hiring manager has invited me for a first brief interview. At the end the hiring manager asked me about my salary expectations and I asked then, what the budget for the position is?! And yeah, actually the hiring manager tried to avoid to say the truth and tried to play down the position (to a normal manager level). But I had also the chance to ask questions during the interview and because of my experience I knew that the job is hard, with overhours, and requires a senior manager level.
So, I said my expectation that was 30 to 40% above the normal manager level.
Now I'm exited to be invited in the second interview. 😅
“The hiring manager was fully aware of my experience before interviewing me.” Agree / Disagree ?
Hiring managers usually have the person they want in mind long before most even apply for the job. Much of the jobs offered today are just data collection or they have to offer the job outside the company for whatever reason. Most companies hire from within the company or someone within who has recommended someone they know.
Very informative thanks . I can’t help feeling that being a recruiter is one of the most frustrating and disappointing jobs I can imagine. A pressure to hit targets, you put forward the best candidate . The candidate gets the offer then decides to turn it down to go somewhere else. After all of the hard yards trying to fit over months.
5:48 Andrew LaCivita recommends not giving any salary expectation numbers, and he provided a good explanation for that: statistics reflects only the past, full bonus package is not known at the moment of the questions, as well as the environment-people-mission. Who knows, maybe it is so cool to work there that one could agree to less salary than usual. Most of people are working not just because of money they're receiving.
As a hiring manager that often works with recruiters, pretty much everything he said is true. Including delays being caused by hiring managers, usually because none of the candidates really excited us even though a few could work out ok. Sometimes we hold out hoping the recruiter will have a last minute candidate show up that knocks our socks off. It is a HUGE commitment to hire an employee, especially in a large company where you spend major $$ training the person, and if they wind up being terrible it takes tons of paperwork and many months to exit them.
It is scary to hire people because of these risks.
Your company actually has a training and development program? 1 in 10 companies have that so I’m pleasantly surprised.
@@tobiasthederp Yup. When I hire someone I assume they won't actually be available for any real work the first 2 weeks of the job. And after that my company has tons of training and REQUIRES everyone to get in a minimum of 40 hours of it per year.
Don't worry. Giving the employee a 2% annual raise when the cost of living goes up 10% will help even it out.
@@Chet_24 nonsense
Issue I'm running into as of late is I'll hit it off with the recruiter and get a quick request for interview with the hiring manager. Most recently I was out of the interview with the hiring manager (2nd round) not even 15 minutes and I was getting asked by HR for availability for the panel round (final interview in process) Then ghosted. In the most recent example I was told explicitly that HR for whatever reason takes a while but they made it sound like I was already hired. Remote position and I would be the first in the state I live in for the company - so believable that it could take a while to get payroll setup and such. But this is the 3rd time in as many months as I've seen this issue. Everything goes through fine, and even better than fine, just to see myself get ghosted. So either I'm losing out due to nepotism or pipelining is happening a lot more frequently than is being discussed.
i once got hired by a large movie and TV corp instantly after my first interview while still in front of the door, i.e. i did a 1.5 hours interview with the hiring manager and my future boss present, then i was asked to wait outside the door, they called me in, gave me the well-paid job and i was hired and wanted me to start a few days later.......Turned out it , or me, was a VERY bad match - it was the most unpleasant, most boring, nauseating worst job I ever had, esp. because of my nasty sociopath boss, i ever had and i quit within my probation period....(I think they only hired me for 2 reasons: 1st, my former job was PR for an A-lister rock group, 2nd. I was very good-looking back then. I can t think of any other reasons why they hired me so fast ....and I had a bad feeling from the beginning, but still took the job as i wanted to relocate ....I d be very suspicious if a company hires you on the spot.
Job interviews seem like a sham. On salary…. If it’s not posted I don’t apply!
Jesus bless you!
In my experience all of this is a long game and takes a lot of repetition of writing your resumes learning from your mistakes taking interviews learning from your mistakes and doing it over and over again learning and refining for you to truly get good at job hunting So the best advice I can give is to keep trying and keep learning you will get better at this and all of this advice that this guy gives is really great stuff but you cannot implement it all immediately listen learn come back and listen again and keep learning after a while you will be better than a lot of other applicants and it will show but it takes a while to learn this stuff and I do mean a long while In my case it's taken years but I just keep working on it I get another job and I keep working on it
What about this thought leader meme, “hire for attitude and train for skills.” 😂😂
I wish employers would actually do what they say.
Attitude is another name for Mindset.
@@safirahmed It is also another word for the angle a plane makes with the horizon in aviation.
@@John_Fx Some in HR could start using aviation terms in their motivational messages as cheap way to improve productivity.
Those tips are soooo usefull to me because I tend to take some responds too personally... Thank you so much for these clarifications ;-)
1:34 I’ve had people encourage me to lie and embellish on my resume; both friends and professional resume fixers. If I’m under qualified or not a good fit for a company/position, I’d want my interviewer/employer to know so that nobody’s time is wasted. Integrity is a big deal to me.
The Average Job interviewer hires appx. 35 people per month, Now just imagine 1000 people also gets interviewed for that same job. That means that 962 people would be left without a job. That's nothing but a scam and gamble if you ask me because they already know how many they will receive out of 1000 individuals. In the good ol days job interviews didn't even exist, people would just walk in fill out a application, and ask was they hiring and asked are they able to do the job and worked that same exact day. Now they want people to be like robots and gambling each time they enter the interview like a competitive casino game.
About the last topic about the salary: I got a job offer after desperately job searching for 4 months last year. I was generally willing to take the job, but backed down immediately when I heard about the monthly salary. I said that they have to bump that up at least 400€. And to make things clear, I have been a low-income person my whole life, but the salary they offered was almost insulting. I hung up, but got a call back about 20 minutes later giving me a 500€ bump for the salary. I accepted and worked there for about 10-11 months but now I'm once again job searching. I will NOT accept any lower than my previous highest salary.
You are right. It's absolutely insulting to accept anything less.
Well done !! Playing with people life just to look good around the upper management ! Piss me off so bad 😤 you did great !🫡
Very informative and great advice
Having hired hundreds of people over my career I agree....unless you are hiring a licenced skilled trade (electrician/millwright etc...) then you can have a crap resume and show up late for the interview and you will still get the job.
I just really worry about the actual recruiter. Usually this is a person that does not fully understand the job and their biases determine if you go further, even though you would have hit it off great with the hiring manager. If I was a hiring manager, I would not put all my trust in the recruiter.
In the future, cost cutting will fully automate the recruiter stage. Hiring manager already assumed a lot of HR tasks.
Being "Lean" is the game. Nobody has time fir show games. Things need to be turned around, fixed, improved at companies... YOU are their problem solver!
HR & recruiters yet have to showcase their value proposition.
@@theaccountant666 Automation is terrible for people, it's a brick wall most people can't get past and it loses a lot of great people in the process. Which is great for us, since we wind up hiring them. We don't use automation - last hire I screened 1500 people myself in two days, but most hiring managers are just too lazy to actually do the work.
It's the opposite. If you have like 50% of the required skills, you'll probably get a call from a recruiter. The company itself is always the biggest gatekeeper. And recruiters, good ones at least, tell the company when they're being unrealistic and looking for a unicorn for donkey prices.
As a hiring mgr, I do 1st rd 30-50 min interviews myself for that reason. HR don’t know anything.Even if give them the questions.
And If interview was only 30 mins, person would typically not advice.
Its not the best person, that ghets hired. It isn't nessary the one that sells himsself either.
It is the cheapest, that meets the criteria.
And sometimes even nobody, beause the company is picky.
Interesting, years ago I had a company give me an offer, I asked for an outrageous amount assuming they would say no, and they agreed to it, after about 5 minutes over the phone. The idea of a home run hire is very interesting. I thought it was very odd and went out of my way to repeatedly reject the offer, it just felt odd, wrong and not the norm. I had never seen an employer behave this way. I guess if companies come on to strong, it can scare and send some running.
My energy has gotten me almost every job. I know that smiling the whole time I’m talking , phone -zoom- in person has increased my chances. It helps that I only apply for jobs I’m actually qualified for on some level. I was once hired for a great company based on 5 interviews before me where no one had any personality.. it pays to smile and sound like you have some life left in you to bring to the job.. 😊
introvert or extrovert,, can you imagine yourself doing that role?
I act as if I’m already in the role in my mind and saying I’m up for learning and can handle constructive feedback I have been told were great things to say.
God bless everyone and much success on your next interview
Brian, thanks. Quick question. Most companies are using ATS, and to get through ATS, it's a keyword game. Of course, not kw stuffing cause it has to make human sense but nonetheless include stuff in the JD to get through. However, that might mean the profile, or Storrs, etc, have more text than a person will look at in 15 seconds. So, how do you balance a resume that passes ATS and then gets in thr YES pile?
Damn I love your content man! I learn something every time!! 🎯
You're awesome I trying to pivot out my position. Thank you for the information.
This makes me feel great about the recruiter that recently reached out to me. I have had my first interview with part of the hiring team virtually and they loved me. Now I have to meet with the rest of the team and get the thumbs up from them and I hope to have an offer next week. 😬
Hi how did it turn out have you heard back from them?
What about a résumé from the employer? This is all one sided, recruiters come to me not the other way round and I would never even waste my time chasing a job with a company that has such a recruiting process driven by such rubbish as who has a nicer looking résumé or a recruiters arrogance. There's no way I'm going to throw myself at the feet of a company to get a job. Employers need employees as much as employees need employers, it's a straight deal don't forget that.
I am not from USA but something are the same. I applied for a role directly with a company and because the website is crap, I asked their fb what is the hr email address. The first thing that I got a response after 5 days was this woman saying hi saw your application who was your referral? So because I don’t have she didn’t consider me. Then I knew this company only hire via referrals. Without regards about your experience, anyway I checked back on this recruiter LinkedIn and she is a job hopper. So if she got this job via referral….. I now know what kind of colleagues are working there now. Anyway, from another person in another business function, I understand that business unit is not doing well due to stiff competition and up to now they have not integrated the two businesses. Glad I didn’t get into it.
Thank you for the advice, very insightful..
The salary question I disagree with. It may not be a trick, but it's a simple fact that whoever goes first has the salary negotiating disadvantage. That's literally negotiating 101. So it may be fine to share with an employer, but not an employer.
Not a recruiter but I have done hundreds of technical interviews and I can confirm this man speaks the truth. Most of the roles for which I hire are all senior level IT positions and I straight up quit looking at resumes after I interviewed a handful of candidates and realized they were all (effectively) the same person, just with different names. Old dogs that either can't or don't want to learn new tricks. I know if I'm going to hire you in the first 5-10 mins. A few times I've interviewed with a partner and invariably one of us is sliding in the other's DMs on Slack saying "nope." Most of them had 10-20 years experience and I wouldn't hire any of them to sweep the floors.
What are you looking for?
I was told their interviewing others and they've updated me every week for the past 2 weeks on their own with this information, without me asking, I feel like they're not confident in me and are looking for others but also males no sense why they keep updating me. Feeling strung along.
The worst thing is companies only wanting to focus on your last job, when it was just to survive while still learning and looking for something better.
I love this video. Thank you.
This comment doesn't really pertain to the video subject matter but had to share...was just on LinkedIn looking at jobs (I'm very new to the site) and came across a remote data entry position and within the description of the job and expectations, one of them was "must act in good faith and do not do any trickery". As a professional trickster myself, I was disappointed. Who wouldn't want to run right out to apply at a company that lets you know right out of the gate that they don't trust you before you've even applied.
Great tips thank you for sharing!
I have an interview secret … skip HR and get in front of a person who profits (or directly benefits) from your employment.
Had a phone interview with a recruiter and basically was hired. There was a lot of negotiating pay, vacation and PTO days/wks between me and hiring managers through the recruiter. Thought it was strange but I took the offer after hours of negotiation through the phone
Such a great video and great channel with lot of great tips I love it. I'll make sure I watch every video again on my next job search
Where were the tips? A lot of this was "it is what it is" platitudes. What would be helpful are some actionable actions :/
Likability totally matters!
Likability can trump almost anything. People don’t hire people they don’t like.
I worked at choosing the candidates for a specialized programming job that our company posted and when I receive the CV's they are already a bit filtered by other recruitment agencies so I received around 30 CV in total.
I tend to read fully the CV, so 5-10 seconds it's definitely not enough. I look over a CV experience to see if they fit with current job, look over linked-in, and give a written feedback for each and think around 20-40 minutes, so the rule of 10 seconds it's not true in my case.
During the interview process I usually don't know if the candidate will be fit in 5 minutes. It definitely takes around 30 minutes of dialogue with the candidate and technical questions.
The feedback I give in maximum 1h , usually it's a dialogue 15-20 minutes after the interview..
Company wants us to interview a lot of candidates, so whatever feedback I give even if it's positive means not so much in the final decision, especially if it's a positive feedback.
I think the worst I had until now was 7 months of interviews super long (they were a early gaming company)
Everyone liked me, last interview with HR that I never talked before (Talked with HR Consultant)
Tells me is not a Senior position when it was...tells me there's no benefits...she rolled her eyes with some answers I gave...
It was awful, then I just got an answer that they would hire me but not on senior.. in the end they changed their mind and they didn't even sent me an email..
I think I butthurt the HR by my salary because I told them a little that I didn't saw any benefit to come to their company, but I would wait for an offer.
In the end they told they wouldn't hire anyone in my position but if they would it would be a Director.
HR Consultant told me in this case it was the company who didn't know what they wanted and I got into the process mess.
Worst until now.
I had a phone interview with a manager for a data manager position. I was told that due to my experience, the position would not satisfy my pay requirement. The manager told me that if a "senior" requisition came up, he would get back to me. To my amazement and four weeks later, the same manager contacted me and wants me to do a formal video interview with his team. I'm happy and a little skeptical at the same time. Could this be a position that is hard to fill or is this manager honestly impressed with my background and initial interview interaction with him? What do you think?
This HR hypocrisy bother me a little bit. The reason I apply for all kinds of jobs as an engineer, even jobs where I do not fulfill all requirements is because an HR "specialist" told me that they put " have three years experience" to weed people out with bad confidence/dont want it enough etc.
This needs to be said :Recruiters are not gatekeepers or bad guys. They want to make money, just like you. Impress them by getting right to reviewing the job qualifications and how each line item does or doesn't match what you have. When it comes to salary, you have a solid alliance because THEY want to make a Bigger commission by getting you paid more! Don't be ridiculous, but know the market rate for the job you want from experience and glassdoor and ask for the highest in the range if you can. Half jokingly say, you know I won't say no to more... I or flat out ask the recruiter what they think they could submit you at. This is different from talking to Human Resources, they want to get the most for the least. I hope that helped.
Recruiters are definitely gatekeepers
Here its it's actually very common for people to apply for jobs that we are certain we will not get just to meet the quota for the unemployment insurance.
Basically people apply for the jobs they are sure they will not get and the jobs they want so they get to keep there money but ignore the jobs they know they will probably get but dont want.
Took a year off work and it's killing me. I keep getting denial letters left and right for jobs Im clearly qualified for. Such BS 😢
Tremendously helpful! Thanks
Recruitment is broken and recruiters generally are very bad at their own work. As a hiring manager, it has always been me who found relevant profiles, did all the screening and selection with zero input from recruiters. All they do is clerical work at a snail's pace and show attitude about it. Trust me as I have worked for nearly 2 decades across industries.
As a job seeker, I hate it when corporate recruiting websites have long forms to fill despite uploading the resume. Again, recruiters have zero interest in improving this.
9:07 HUGE RED FLAG 🚩
Combining two roles into one really means you'll be doing double the work for the same pay. If a company did this to me it would be an instant rejection.
Another huge issue with jobs- they want to combine two and three jobs together, work the blood out of you and don't want to pay any money!
I watch all your videos. You help me so much. God bless you. You good? You're amazing
Hi Bryan
Can you speak to how to go about the interview when an employer wants you to do a PowerPoint presentation? Should you wait to the end to present or show the presentation at the beginning of the interview?
Thank you
Natasha P
The employer stated that I can ask questions at the end of the interview, however if the employer makes their decision within the first 10 minutes then when would be the best time to present? How would I conduct the interview so to showcase that I am the best candidate! Very confused!
Undecided is good. If you really want the job this is when you can tip them in your direction by asking for the job.
Brian, I gotta say, you're the best so far! Thanks!
Glad you think so!
I feel like that talent acquisition specialists/ recruiters are not even looking at the resume before setting up an interview with the hiring manager. We have to waste a day of work to go to a pointless interview...spending my PTO on interviews that are going nowhere. So aggravating.
Question! It sounds like getting in front of a company by referrals increases your chances so much for your resume to be seen. I know cold calling hiring managers isn't very effective. But what about messaging a random employee at the company and asking for them to refer you? Perhaps start a connection first? Because if you're hired they would likely benefit from a referral bonus. Do you think this could be an effective strategy?
Unless you're very physically attractive or already know them, the employee will probably ignore your message.
@ghost mall Not just that, but it also comes off as very transactional. This person isn't your friend, or even an associate, all they want is a job. I would be offended that someone would want to use me in that way, which is also why the whole promotion of LinkedIn kind of irks me. Seems like a site dedicated to popularity contests except the loser has their entire livelihood affected.
It would be annoying an not effective. If you message people on LinkedIn obviously wanting something from them without bringing something to the relationship you will be ignored.
Better option is to network with people in the industry, publish white-papers, or otherwise get to know people organically where you aren't basically trying to sell them on something (or yourself)
I think you are the best interview coach on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.
I am interviewing at a place that has made me go through 5 interviews. Never done more than two before.
Did you get the job after 5 interviews?
@@andrewevans7992 Yes I got the job after a total of 7 interviews.
I once had an all day marathon interview. It was insane. At the conclusion of the process I did not even want the job
My favorite questions to ask the interviewers is "assuming I do get an offer and accept it, in six months, what would I be giving you a hard time for not revealing today?" and also "what would you need from this role in order to get the best rating you can on your next annual review?" They're both brain hacks that can really open people up.
I did a job interview with the hiring manager and they sent me to the clients for a meet and greet and both went really well. I did not hear back for 3 weeks and was thinking they went with someone else . HR called me and said they really really liked me and asked if I could hold on because the position they were trying to fill was not considered critical at the moment by the client. The client even was thinking of adding me as a direct hire. I think I am in but maybe not for that specific job.