Does Lidl have a policy of rejecting the good job applicants?

t0rt0ise

I've been refused a couple of jobs because of being overqualified but at least they had the decency to tell me so. My last job, after I was working there a while the manager said that she took a chance with me, with me being overqualified. She said she was pleased that she had blah blah.


Job I'm in now was completely different. They don't care what you've done before or what qualifications you've got or how old you are. They are simply interested in whether you can do the job, so the recruitment process is arduous with written tests, role play and more. It's really like a breath of fresh air in the employment game.

Topcat1982

You can always phone up HR and ask for feedback if you're that bothered

andygb

pupgrum wrote: »

American English is perfectly acceptable to use in UK. Simply pointing out something like that shows how much of an idiot you are. And yes, you can pass a Ph.D in engineering without knowing much English. You're just jealous people are smarter than you.

"American English" may be perfectly acceptable to you, but it is not to me;)
I have a wife who is much smarter than me, and I love her to bits, because I can have a great conversation with her, unlike you, who has to resort to insults, by calling me an "idiot".

slink85

did I really just read that a few worthless GCSEs have been held up as being a possible reason someone didn't get a job over other people

PlymouthMaid

I don't think the OP sounds bitter at all but is just discussing what appears to be a policy of a company deliberately employing low achievers. I expect it is because they know that they will just be chuffed to have a job and will not be demanding employees looking to move on quickly. In the OPs case I expect his lack of retail experience also went against him and it was not guarenteed for his girlfriend/wife either. It is annoying when you actually want one of those jobs though - when I was trying to leave school teaching I hit that problem a fair bit and ended up leaving my teaching degree and several years of work off the cv and pretended that I had been a full time Mum. It is galling when the successful candidates appear to have no discernible skills other than some limbs, a head and actually breathing.

shopbot

I've read the OP but not the whole thread so apologies if I missed something.

I've been the recruiter for a High Street Retailer in the past. I had a situation where a candidate who was declined for a supervisory position come back to us about why he wasn't appointed.

He was extremely qualified as an engineer with very little or no retail experience. He had plenty of evidence that academically he was very bright. He had degrees and post grad qualifications. When he contacted us after receiving his rejection letter he asked why he had not got the job when he was clearly the most intelligent person who had applied.

The reason he didn't get the job wasn't his CV or to some extent his lack of retail experience. It was down to how he demonstrated his people and communication skills. He came across as very authoritarian, unwilling to compromise and I couldn't see him being able to motivate or lead a team.

The 'Best' candidate is quite subjective depending on who's asking the question.. an external candidate might not be able to identify exactly what the key qualities for the role are. I don't know any reputable company (and Lidl is) who would reject the best candidate for the role for the reasons people are speculating.

daytona0

andygb wrote: »

"American English" may be perfectly acceptable to you, but it is not to me;)
I have a wife who is much smarter than me, and I love her to bits, because I can have a great conversation with her, unlike you, who has to resort to insults, by calling me an "idiot".

That's quite ignorant in fairness. There are many different English dialects in the world and to say that all of them (or at least American English, which is a large set of dialects!) bar the one you use are "unacceptable" is, in my books, ignorant.

Correct usage, no need to criticize (yes, it was deliberate!).