Previous applicants do not apply

tazwhoever

Previous applicants do not apply

When previous applicants have been interviewed and are unsuccessful, the company states previous applicants do not apply.

Why interview if the people weren’t good enough!

WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN?

Thanks

RichardD1970

It means if you have already applied and failed don't bother re-applying.

Thought it was self evident, or am I missing something?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

They found out they weren't good enough by interviewing them. What's the point of going through it again now they know they don't want them?

sangie595

tazwhoever wrote: »

Previous applicants do not apply

When previous applicants have been interviewed and are unsuccessful, the company states previous applicants do not apply.

Why interview if the people weren’t good enough!

WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN?

Thanks

It really means exactly what it says. If you have already applied don't bother to do it again. They either didn't like what they saw, or they didn't have enough applications, but either way, don't apply again.

Takeaway_Addict

tazwhoever wrote: »

Previous applicants do not apply

When previous applicants have been interviewed and are unsuccessful, the company states previous applicants do not apply.

Why interview if the people weren’t good enough!

WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN?

Thanks

Are you serious?

Read what you put and work it out!

bugslet

tazwhoever wrote: »

Why interview if the people weren’t good enough!



Thanks

Sometimes people look really good on paper, but in reality are just lacking in some key quality.

Mojisola

bugslet wrote: »

Sometimes people look really good on paper, but in reality are just lacking in some key quality.

Or, on meeting them, the interviewers realise that the applicant wouldn't fit into the team.

It's important to get a good personality match as well as someone with the right qualification.

Malthusian

It's a perfectly valid question. It isn't uncommon for two people who go to an interview to be good enough, but there's only one job. If someone asked this board "I didn't get a job but was given good feedback and the post has just been re-advertised [without "previous interviewees do not apply" on it], should I apply" we'd all say yes. So to automatically bar previous applicants from re-applying may come across as short-sighted and I can see why the OP is frustrated.

But it's perfectly possible that the company has a high turnover and hires everyone who meets the standard, or that they have already rung up the unsuccessful candidates who were good enough, in which case there is indeed no point in other unsuccessful candidates applying.

Mojisola

Malthusian wrote: »

So to automatically bar previous applicants from re-applying may come across as short-sighted and I can see why the OP is frustrated.

I've been on an interview panel when we've been disappointed with all the candidates and haven't appointed anyone.

When we re-advertised, there was no point any of those people re-applying because they couldn't have been seen again. It would have been a waste of their time.

bugslet

Mojisola wrote: »

I've been on an interview panel when we've been disappointed with all the candidates and haven't appointed anyone.

When we re-advertised, there was no point any of those people re-applying because they couldn't have been seen again. It would have been a waste of their time.

Exactly that ^^^

Mojisola wrote: »

Or, on meeting them, the interviewers realise that the applicant wouldn't fit into the team.

It's important to get a good personality match as well as someone with the right qualification.

I was trying to be polite and not say, 'the prospect of spending more than two minutes in your incredibly dull company would make me want to gouge my eyes out with a blunt instrument':D.

Gavin83

How long does it apply for, the same position or are we talking all future roles as well? If the same position then fair enough, it's a waste of everyone's time to reapply. However if it's two years after the previous interview then that person could have improved drastically in that time. For the record I've never seen this on a job advert.

Saying that interviews aren't fullproof. I know people who give terrible interviews but are excellent at their jobs and vice versa. However I'm not sure if there's a better way.