Laurie Braddy, a recruiter and career coach with 25 years of experience, shares a story about a candidate who kept emailing recruiters after being rejected, destroying her chances at the company forever.
Foreign. Hey, guys, it's Lori with career coaching now. And welcome to actually my very first interview. Horror stories. This is number one. Somebody gave me this idea a couple months ago and said, you really should start doing these because you have a million horror stories over the last 25 years. I've been a recruiter and career coach, so I have a lot of them to share with you guys. So I thought, you know what? Yes, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna tell you guys some horror stor so that you don't do the same thing on your interview. All the horror stories that I have packed from the last 25 years are things that have happened either before the interview, during the interview, or after the interview that has completely just ruined the chances for the candidate. So I'm going to share my very first one with you. And this is. She ruined her chances forever. So this is about a candidate who went on. She went on a job interview with a company she was just dying to get into. She really wanted to work for this company. And she went in and she interviewed. She thought she did very well. They actually liked her. But they chose another candidate. So they let her know, we didn't choose you. You know, we chose another candidate. So instead of writing a thank you note, which is what I coach people on doing after an interview, regardless, and even if they don't get the position, to kind of let them know. But that's a totally different thing. But yes, you should write a thank you note even if you don't get the position. And this is why. So she was so upset that she did not get the job, her dream job with this dream company she was dying to get into, that she actually started sending the recruiter, which was me at the time, the HR people, the hiring manager. She was sending them emails demanding to know why she didn't get chosen. She was very upset that she didn't get chosen. But what was happening behind the scenes is they liked her so much that they were actually talking about creating a position for this candidate. That's how much they liked her. They told her they liked her. I told her they really liked you. It was just someone else had more experience, you know, no big deal. You never know. There might be another position open down the road. Let's just. Let's just, you know, let's be quiet now. Let's just go away, write a thank you note, and we'll figure this out later. That wasn't good enough for her. She kept on emailing people, HR myself. She was emailing Me almost every day, demanding. She was really upset she didn't get this job. Well, they literally told me, we will not. We would never hire her. She is blacklisted as far as we're concerned. We literally were going to start a new position for it. We were going to create a position for her. So the moral of this story is, even if you don't get, get the position that you interviewed for, you never know when what people are doing behind the scenes or you know, what, what they're trying to create for you. Or even down the road, it could be a year from now. It could be. It doesn't matter. You know, you don't want to get so upset that you didn't get the job that you literally ruin your chances forever of actually working with that company. But she ruined her chances absolutely forever. They were going to create a position for her. They just had to give it a little time to do that. A lot of things go on behind the scenes. So the moral of the story is, if you don't get the position, don't get upset. Still write a thank you. You know, I understand I did not get chosen for this position, but if something comes up in the future, I really want to work for your company. So anyway, don't do what she did and ruin chances forever. Because a lot of times it just comes down to someone else was either either had more experience, they had a better connection with the company or with the hiring manager or. Or they were just better suited for the role. You know, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world. You just didn't get that particular position. So don't get so upset like she did. She literally ruined her chances. And I told her that she ruined her chances because later on, obviously, I found out they were literally creating a position for her, ruined her chances. She was in tears and she said, I've learned a valuable lesson. I will never do this again. So, again, if you don't get the position that you hope for or the company that you're hoping for, it's not the end of the world. Act like an adult, act like a professional, and don't start, you know, don't send these emails demanding to know why and that you can't understand this. And you were the best person, because you don't know that you were the best person. You have no idea who you were up against. So again, horror story number one, it was. It was such a learning lesson for this candidate. I actually felt bad for her, but she needed to learn that lesson. Unfortunately. So don't do that. All right, guys, I will be back with so many more. I have tons of horror stories to talk about because I don't want you guys to do the same thing again. My name is Laurie Brady, and I do interview coaching, so check me out if you want to. And I will be back soon with another horror story. Take care.
