A recruiter rejected a candidate because of his T-shirt and here's why
Recruiter Anastasia Samoilova admitted that she rejected a candidate because of the inscription on his T-shirt.
Recruiter Anastasia Samoilova admitted that she rejected a candidate because of the inscription on his T-shirt.
"An interview is an opportunity to show yourself from the best side. But what to do when a candidate comes to you wearing a T-shirt with the inscription "I love Moscow"? I encountered such a case. And honestly, I didn't even have time to evaluate all his skills. Because this T-shirt speaks louder than any achievements," Anastasia wrote on LinkedIn.
The recruiter was so confused that she forgot to ask what the candidate was trying to prove by wearing such a T-shirt. This inscription contradicted the company's corporate values, so Anastasia turned him down.
"After I explained the company's position regarding support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and so on, we said goodbye," the recruiter added.
Since the candidate was from Georgia, the language of the interview was Russian, and the position for which the candidate was applying required knowledge of Turkish.
"The candidate is preparing for an interview, finds a T-shirt to please the "Moscow recruiter", and then, gasp, gasp - "Good evening, we are from Ukraine!". Apparently, the man was shocked no less than Anastasia Samoilova," noted Dmytro Kinash, 1 °C/BAS platform expert.
Senior Software Engineer Oleksandr Kazmirchuk also noted: "If you hire people from other countries, you need to be prepared that they may not share your views on the war, especially in Georgia)) I think this should be indicated in the vacancy, like we hire only those who support Ukraine."
"The main thing is what kind of picture it was. Because if it's a burning Moscow with the Kremlin already burning down, then the situation is perceived differently," joked Software Engineer Yuriy V.
DevOps Engineer Vasyl Osadchy wrote: "I have a T-shirt (even several) with the inscription 'Russian shit'. I wore them to almost all my interviews in early autumn."
At the same time, Andriy Smetana believes that working clothes with inscriptions are considered bad form: "This looks like a primitive provocation on the part of the candidate."
Many people have noted that this is a good thing, because the candidate's position is revealed at the interview level, not when he starts working at the company.
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