Man Tells Job Candidate to ‘Shut Up' During Interview After Being Repeatedly Interrupted
A man was pushed to his limits in a job interview and scolded the man he was interviewing
After being interrupted multiple times, the interviewer told the man to "shut up and listen"
People on the internet sided with the interviewer, saying that he told the man being interviewed what he really needed to hearA man revealed on Reddit that he told a job candidate he needed to "shut up and listen" after an exhausting interview.
In the post, the man explained that he and his colleague were "interviewing this guy for a very good software engineering position." The candidate passed the first round, and everyone agreed that he had a great "resume and experience."
"On paper, he had everything we were looking for, and honestly, this looked like a life-changing opportunity for him," the poster explains.
However, when the man showed up for the second interview, he was "very serious and not smiling at all."
After a round of introductions, the man immediately asked if he could tell them a bit about himself.
'He started talking and talking about his personal and professional background. After about three minutes, I jumped in to ask a follow-up question based on something he mentioned. He replied, 'I will answer, just give me a moment,' and continued talking,' the man recalls.
'A coworker jumped in with another question, and he said the same thing to her. But after more than five minutes, I jumped in again with another question. I had to talk over him to do it," the poster adds. "He finally paused and answered, but in such a long-winded way that he ended up veering into another topic."
His coworker then asked another question, and the same thing happened. At this point, the poster "was ready to end the interview," and "tried to politely wrap it up several times, but he was unable to read the room and just kept talking."
Finally, he "raised [his] voice slightly" and asked the man being interviewed if he had any questions for the team, and he did.
However, after each question, the candidate interrupted and found a way to bring the conversation back to himself
"I tried once more to interrupt politely, but he kept talking," the poster explains. "At that point, I was done. I said, 'John, you really have to shut up and listen.' He was surprised, as was my coworker, but he finally stopped talking."
"I continued, 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job. Now that chance is zero. The only reason is because, in less than fifteen minutes, you've demonstrated that you don't have the capacity to listen at all. So I'm telling you now, you're not getting the job. But if you take anything away from this interview, let it be this: no matter how good you are technically, if you can't listen, you'll never excel in this career.' "
The man being interviewed apologized and asked if they could start again, to which the interviewer declined.
The poster wished the interviewee good luck in his job hunt and encouraged him to "listen" more in the future.
Looking back, he admits he "could have handled that differently," and "feels bad for the guy," but Reddit users suggested it was likely for the best.
'Honestly, he needed to hear it from someone in a position of hiring authority. Sure, his ego may be bruised, but that likely needed to happen,' one person commented.
Another person added, 'You actually gave him more feedback than many people would have.'
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