Turned down for interview as they think you will get bored!!

SueC_2

LadyMissA wrote: »

I just got this reply 'your cv is good, from looking at your experience , you could be overqualified for this particular role and may get bored.

Anyone else keep getting this too?

I was told this at an interview once. As I was available for an immediate start I suggested they take me on on a 3 month temporary contract while they carried on recruiting for someone more suitable.

That was 5 years ago. I'm still here.

Mistral001

There is a thread which vents poster's frustration with being over-qualified for jobs:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3344782=

I am not sure if it is a good thing for employers to give feedback. Might land them in a lot of trouble.

Is there any requirement for them to do it?

DCFC79

Mistral001 wrote: »

There is a thread which vents poster's frustration with being over-qualified for jobs:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3344782=

I am not sure if it is a good thing for employers to give feedback. Might land them in a lot of trouble.

Is there any requirement for them to do it?

no there is no requirement for feedback to be given,

smileylondongal

Mistral001 wrote: »

There is a thread which vents poster's frustration with being over-qualified for jobs:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3344782=

I am not sure if it is a good thing for employers to give feedback. Might land them in a lot of trouble.

Is there any requirement for them to do it?

I'm not sure what you mean by landing employers in trouble if giving feedback?

There is no legal requirement for employers to do this but it is best practice when candidates have got quite far down the process, e.g. attended assessment centre, multiple interviews, etc.

smileylondongal

SueC wrote: »

I was told this at an interview once. As I was available for an immediate start I suggested they take me on on a 3 month temporary contract while they carried on recruiting for someone more suitable.

That was 5 years ago. I'm still here.

Mm, I had this happen to me but mine was the exact opposite. Was interviewed (I'd actually worked with the company before) for a short contract role which I could have done very well for them, but subsequently told I was too senior and would be bored in the role (something I'd already positively addressed at interview and something they could have found by actually reading the CV). The consultants were shocked. Perhaps something to do with the fact that I (stupidly) told them I was pregnant needing 2 days out of the contract for antenatal appointments. Something I never did/or would do again!! Sorry, I know slightly OT but I can understand some of the poster's frustration on this one.

Mistral001

smileylondongal wrote: »

I'm not sure what you mean by landing employers in trouble if giving feedback?
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If it turns out that it was more to do with a combination of a lot of factors (which is usually the case) rather than just the reason given as feedback, the employer who possibly feels that they are helping out by giving feedback finds that they are the "bad guy" all of a sudden in the eyes of the turned-down candidate as they see it as the only reason for rejection.

Caroline_a

I've been told that I was overqualified before in interview, but just said that it would enable the company to use me for more challenging things that came up if managers were overstretched. It always worked.

I do feel though that the OP has developed a huge chip on her shoulder which comes across here on many of her posts - if it comes across at interviews then she will struggle to get a job. In my experience, companies want a 'can do' attitude not a 'why can't I' one.

LadyMissA

Caroline_a wrote: »

I've been told that I was overqualified before in interview, but just said that it would enable the company to use me for more challenging things that came up if managers were overstretched. It always worked.

I do feel though that the OP has developed a huge chip on her shoulder which comes across here on many of her posts - if it comes across at interviews then she will struggle to get a job. In my experience, companies want a 'can do' attitude not a 'why can't I' one.

I have said the same in interviews in the past that they can use me to their best advantage and still not got the job in order to see it re advertised again some months later

And thanks for assuming I have a chip on my shoulder when you do not know me and as far as interviews go how would how would I come across this way in an interview when I can't get them!

I asked for feedback to see what it was with my CV that was wrong. I never replied back and accpeted the reply.

I did have the can do attitude as I applied for the role and told them why I would be good for it with ALL my experience.

LadyMissA

heretolearn wrote: »

You said 'this role was a big role or so the advert said:'

Actually it isn't, accounts assistant was the job title, that's your first clue that it is a junior role, the fact that it twice mentions 'giving support' to the accounts staff is another clue as this would mean primarily assistant/admin/clerical/low level work, thirdly most of the work described is pretty basic if you look at it right. I look after this type of work in our firm and most of these tasks are delegated out to the most junior people who work in admin and have no accounting experience. Of course, some of these tasks CAN be advanced, but looking at the overall role, it's clear this job isn't. this sounds like a pretty basic sales ledger/accounts assistant job to me, not a big role at all. It's the sort of thing you could easily give to someone with no experience and they could do with a couple of days training. I know, because that's what we do and the people who do this work for us also work in our reception, answering phones, making tea, doing admin etc.

So if you are saying then this IS a junior role has anyone got some advice they could give me without saying I have a CHIP on my shoulder?

If you have 20 years expereince in accounts and 4 years in payroll having full controll of the payroll and the majority of the accounts experience in purchase ledger dealing all the way up to a £1million pound payment runs twice monthly and dealing with the HM Customs Intrastat return etc what role in accounts could I apply for?

I have been told I will not get a role paying anymore than the minimum wage.

Update: haha just had an agency email me about a purchase ledger supervisor role

Mistral001

One suggestion is that you try firms of accountants I am self-employed and I know how valuable people with your experience are. When I employed my first employee (I no longer employ people because of a down turn in business by the way) I thought I could do the PAYE myself, but found that it just took up too much of my time to find out about all the latest regulations etc. that I asked my accountant to help out. My accountant who had a medium sized office with maybe 20 staff, I found out, regularily did the payroll and PAYe etc for firms and had people who seemed to do nothing else. I do not think their people who did this task in the office were qualified accountants, but they were like gold dust to me as they sorted out in minutes what it would have taken me hours to do on my own.

One other suggestion is to try small newish firms who are looking for expertise that they have not got at the minute. Say a firm who is expanding and the payroll can no longer be done by the struggling secretary or manager, but need a person who knows what they are doing dedicated to it full time.