Job Interview Mistakes

According to a CareerBuilders survey of over 3, 000 hiring professions and HR personnel, these are the most detrimental mistakes candidates can make during job interviews:


. Dress inappropriately 51%
. Speak negatively about
a current or former employer 49%
. Appear disinterested 48%
. Seem arrogant 44%
. Fail to provide specific
answers 30%
. Fail to ask good questions 29#

Interview tips for not getting hired

Would you hire someone who told you during an interview that he was fired for beating up his boss? Probably not, and the human resorces professionals agree.

CareerBuilders.com also presented these true stories that are surefire ways not to get hired:
. Take a call on your cell phone and then ask the interviewer to leave her own office because it's a private conversation.
.Tell the interviewer you won't be able to stay with the job long because you might get an inheritance if your uncle dies, and he's "not looking good".
. Turn down an offer of food because you state that you don't want to line your stomach with grease before going out drinking.
. Flush the toilet during a telephone interview.

I am sure you have more stories that you can share. Send them along.