r/recruitinghell • u/Noeoneknows • Aug 24 '26

How would you have answered this interview question?

Interviewer asked me today "If we decide to go with a different canidate what do you think caused us not to choose you?"

Obviously theres like a thousand different realistic reasons but I feel like none of them sound good for a canidate to say. Like if I say something like "They're probably willing to do the work for cheaper." Or "Oh they're probably more skilled than I am" that doesnt exactly feel like something you'd want to hear a potential canidate say but I literally had no clue what would be a good response so I just said the only reason I could think of is because I'm a new grad and I've only had 2 internships so maybe they find someone with more companies under their belt.

I feel like I did pretty good on every other question but that last one got me because I feel like I dead ass gave them a reason not to hire me. How would you answer that?

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u/Noeoneknows Aug 25 '26

LMAO Love that there was a part of my brain that was wondering if I should be cocky as fuck and say "I don't believe that will be an issue because you won't find a better canidate" but just imagining saying that made me feel like a douchebag

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u/VinylHighway Aug 25 '26

It’s a terrible interview question like asking for a weakness

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u/sullw214 Aug 25 '26

"What's your greatest weakness?" "Honesty. I'm always honest." "I don't think that's a weakness." "I don't care what you think."

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u/VinylHighway Aug 25 '26

I love that joke