This is an excerpt from the course Get Hired By Big 4 Accounting Firms.
- Poor personal appearance.
- Lack of interest and enthusiasm.
- Not knowing the company’s information or website.
- Over emphasis on money. (Interested only in best dollar offer).
- Condemnation of past employers.
- Failure to look at interviewer when conversing.
- Limp, fishy handshake.
- Unwillingness to fill-out application or go where sent.
- Late for interview.
- Failure to express appreciation for interviewer’s time.
- Gum (Bubble Gum) chewing.
- Having a cell phone or pager on.
- Not asking questions about the position, the company, or the industry.
- Vague responses to questions.
- Over-aggressive and conceited with superiority or “know-it-all” complex.
- Inability to express self clearly. (Poor voice, diction, and grammar).
- Lack of planning for career.
- Lack of confidence and poise.
- Failure to participate in activities. (Narrow interest).
- Unwilling to start at the bottom; expects too much too soon.
- Makes excuses, is evasive and hedges on unfavorable factors in record.
- Lack of tact.
- Lack of courtesy or ill-mannered.
- Lack of maturity.
- Lack of vitality or appears lazy.
- Indecision.
- Sloppy application blank.
- Merely shopping around or wants job only for a short time.
- Cynical.
- Low moral standards.
- Intolerant. (Strong prejudices).
- Inability to take criticism.
- High-pressure type.
- Not sending a “thank you” note/letter by email.
- Rescheduling an interview that was already confirmed.
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