After the Interview: 21 Ways to Reject a Job Candidate

Check one:

1. Not enough experience.
2. Too much experience.
3. Rough around the edges.
4. Too smooth.
5. Not a degree in the field.
6. An egghead.
7. Too young.
8. Set in his ways.
9. Nobody else has recruited him. Why should we hire him?
10. Everyone is after her. We'll lose her in no time.
11. She's bounced between too many jobs.
12. He's only worked at one place.
13. He's too serious.
14. She told too many jokes.
15. Too flashy.
16. Can't trigger an electric door.
17. Will be disruptive.
18. Won't shake things up.
19. Was not candid.
20. Lacked tact.
21. Something I can't put a finger on.