“When you leave college, there are
thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a
job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living.
But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.” - Anna
Quindlen
During an employment interview, the
interview board asks several questions to the job aspirants to test their
eligibility, suitability and capability. Many job aspirants are aware of common
interview questions such as ‘Tell me about yourself’, ‘Where do you see
yourself five years from now?’ and ‘What are your strengths and weaknesses?’ The
job aspirants are well prepared with answers for such questions. The recruiters may also ask a question, ‘Why
should I reject you?’ Most candidates don’t find readymade answers for this
question and get rejected finally. Before I offer appropriate answers for this
question, let me briefly explain about interview.
What
is Interview?
Interview is all about your
interaction, communication and negotiation. It is conducted to find out the candidates
with a right mindset, toolset and skillset. The employers don’t want to take
the risk of recruiting the wrong candidates. It is problematic for the
candidates as they lose their motivation levels at the workplace and also for
the companies as they lose lots of money, time and energy, if hired wrongly. Hence, the recruiters look for right pegs in
right holes and square pegs in square holes to make sure that the employees
lead exciting life in the workplace to enable them to contribute their best to
improve organizational bottom lines.
Why
Should I Reject You?
When you are asked during employment
interview, ‘Why should I reject you?’ it is essential to respond positively to
this sensitive question. Candidates should not project their major weaknesses
such as ‘you may reject me if you find that I am not confident or competent for
this post’. Instead, they must project minor weaknesses that won’t affect their
employment prospects and the organization. Avoid highlighting work related
weaknesses such as ‘you can reject me if you find that I cannot work in teams’.
Also, avoid responses such as ‘you can
reject me if you find that I don’t have right attitude’ as attitude is the
major asset for any organization. In fact, HR people hire for attitude and
train for skills. To go further, they prefer candidates with right attitude rather
than with experience. Hence, for any employer, attitude is the ultimate. Here are the tentative responses to offer to this
question:
Fresh job aspirants can respond as
follows: ‘You can reject me since I don’t have work experience’. When only fresh
job aspirants attend interview, the recruiters might not consider it a major
weakness thus giving an employment opportunity for them. You can also reject me
because my accent is not appropriate and my English grammar is not good. When
you apply for call center jobs and BPOs where communication skills and accent
are given importance, such responses might not be appreciated. Hence, you must
be very careful when you respond to this question as you have to keep the
sector or industry and the nature of job you are entering. Therefore, express only minor weaknesses that
can be improved through corporate training. It makes easy for employers to
recruit you. These responses are applicable for experienced candidates also. Avoid
attitudinal issues and work and team related issues as employees have to work
in teams to survive in the corporate world.
Therefore, candidates must be careful and tactful while responding to
this sensitive question.
To summarize, don’t create any doubt
in the minds of the recruiters that you are a weak candidate with major
weaknesses. Be tactful to present minor weaknesses in a positive perspective to
grab your employment offer. Wishing you good luck!
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get someone to pay you for doing it.” –Katherine Whitehorn
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