Hiring Managers Talking About Their Interview ‘Red Flags’ Turns Out To Be Full Of Reasons No One Should Work For Them

The idea that nobody wants to work anymore following the government handing out $1200 over a year ago while we were in the middle of a pandemic (which still hasn’t ended) has been pushed back on time and time again. People want to work, it’s just that nobody wants to devote their lives to crappy jobs for crappy wages and inept, obnoxious employers. 

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A recent Twitter thread in which the people who do the hiring for their companies talk about their most unique “red flags” when looking at applicants is serving as yet another reminder that a lot of corporate culture and bosses downright suck, and it’s no wonder potential employees aren’t bending over backwards to secure jobs for these people.

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What are your red flags when hiring?

I want your spiciest takes only.

— Patrick Coddou (@soundslikecanoe) April 4, 2022

Among the responses were these gems, also known as red flags from the other side of the table:

I’m not going to show up for an interview if the pay does not match my worth. Don’t waste peoples time. Put the salary in the job description.

— Erik (@erikaiswild) April 4, 2022

Blinks too much/too often

— Seb Dean (@bigsebdean) April 4, 2022

Any kind of social justice/climate references.

Leave your ideology out in the parking lot.

— Andrew A.Abbott (@realAAAbbott) April 4, 2022

An interview question like that is a major red . Tells me you’re just looking for a clique of like-minded people and you don’t care about differing opinions or diversity of thought.

— Jen Gregory (@jeng113) April 4, 2022

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As someone with a chronic illness that makes me extremely tired at all times, lol @ “you don’t want it enough”.

— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) April 5, 2022

If anything, a thread calling this thread out for being terrible wound up getting more play, as people raised valid concerns about those in charge.

That’s what i notice in my experience, the less power people have the more they let it go to their head.

— Hans (@JonHans38150501) April 4, 2022

“Nice to meet you, but I’m afraid you won’t be a good fit, thanks for your time.”
“Yes I will”
“Good point, you’re hired… wait! Did you just blink?!”

— Existential Neil (@Exist_Dredd) April 4, 2022

Incredible metaphor. Absolutely poetic.

— Andy K (@diamondsutra) April 5, 2022

That’s because HR’s primary job isn’t hiring. It’s limiting liability to the company from its employees. That’s all they care about, even during hiring.

And they’re not good at it.

— Erik Noble (@CrossbowROoF) April 5, 2022

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Yeah there’s 0 evidence supporting pretty much any interview and hiring practices in use. It’s a whole industry, companies pay other companies to tell them how to hire the best candidates, other companies advise professionals on how to deal with these systems. It’s all bullshit.

— bat man calzony (@SureZher) April 4, 2022

Why are they doing this

What is going on with these men?
Is this the only way they can compete? Barriers to entry? This is so hateful

— Frittte (@Frittte1) April 5, 2022

“Lacking charisma” is a net positive for a technical writer, tbh

— James Hightower (@jameshightower) April 4, 2022

“I fire my employees at the end of every work day to see if they’re a real go-getter who is willing to fight for their job”

— Horny on Main (@Batcity7) April 4, 2022

This is a great question that proves we’re all at the random whims of narcissists drunk on the modicum of middling power bestowed upon them while people are just trying to feed their families and live a comfortable life.

— Boiled Pepsi (@CultureRotter) April 5, 2022

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However, there were a whopping two good answers to the original question.

If a man, when asked a question by a woman, only makes eye contact with other men when responding. Unfortunately pretty common and a massive indicator for how he’d treat female colleagues if hired.

— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) April 5, 2022

This is the one good piece of advice I’ve seen in here so far. Kudos

— FDR’s Muscular, Awe-Inspiring Legs (@snelsonmandela2) April 4, 2022

Isn’t this society we’ve built over thousands of years great?

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*First Published: April 5, 2022, 8:27 am