Recruiters insult job seekers' intelligence
15 posts across 3 communities in the last 60 days; 87% from r/recruitinghell.
“Only to the stupid ones who can’t think bigger, which is unfortunately 99% of them [re: I hate being a recruiter]”
“Unfortunately I was typing the old fashioned way and indeed cannot spell.”
“"pick ny brain" is right there in the title, thats the exact typo you're annoyed at being approached about. no but the "potential competitors" part is where i lose you. most of these people dont make it past month six, theyre not competitors, they want the shortcut without the…”
Several posts detail instances where recruiters or hiring managers have directly insulted candidates, calling them 'dumb' and questioning their abilities. Some responses indicate a pattern of insincere apologies following these insults, highlighting a lack of professionalism in the recruiting process.
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“"pick ny brain" is right there in the title, thats the exact typo you're annoyed at being approached about. no but the "potential competitors" part is where i lose you. most of these people dont make it past month six, theyre not competitors, they want…”
“You made the right choice. That was them on their best behavior. It would have been orders of magnitude worse working with those assholes. [re: I bombed an interview so I just sent them a rejection email]”
“Are you really that ignorant? [re: I bombed an interview so I just sent them a rejection email]”
“Only to the stupid ones who can’t think bigger, which is unfortunately 99% of them [re: I hate being a recruiter]”
You have poor reading comprehension, lot does not mean all
This what happens when clueless people are responsible for recruitement.
“You're lucky someone even wanted to hire you after you used the word roll incorrectly that many times”
“Doesn't matter that you graduated from a T20. Many stupid people exist everywhere! It's okay - you simply didn't have what it takes to do the job. Keep grinding and better luck next time.”
Dodged a bullet there. Imagine your life if you'd been hired
“Send a letter back to HR or whoever and say thank you for the interview but after being called stupid in the third interview that you feel that the culture of the company is too hostile and not a good fit. Be sure that more than one person gets the letter at the company.”
“I'm a recruiter in IT. Please let the recruiter know about this. They're probably aware, but without having evidence it can be hard to actually do anything about it.”
If a hiring manager is playing "gotcha!" games, I'm out.
“Anyone else here realize it's most likely a speech to text thing and not that the person can't spell?”
“Lol thanks. I'm a designer and can't spell for shit, so this is par for the course.”
So rarely do people actually dodge a bullet, but you did.
“Learning experience. Go through life and remember to treat others with respect. You may seemingly be smarter than the person in front of you, but you don't have to be disrespectful. Remember, however smart you think you are, there is always somebody who knows more.”
“Since the guy ended the interview and was rude, I would’ve stopped him and asked him for his solution to each question. Knowing what I know you would have easily been able to point out the flaws in his line of thinking on your way out the door.”
They probably weren't smart enough for engineering so they disdain it
“Starting a message like that with “Happy Hump Day!” is a hilariously wrong way to deliver bad news. Then again, recruiters aren’t always the sharpest tools in the shed. Dude gave OP a humped message in the most humpy way possible.”
“So he’s advertising a job while admitting hes a jerk and the process is borked. Smart man.”
“They apologized in the third paragraph. An insincere apology, but an apology.”
“The person who sent the offer in error probably would make the bottom 10% as well!”