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Top 10 red flags of job applicants to watch out for

Scott Ball
by Scott Ball
January 14, 2015
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What’s worse than wasting precious minutes – or even a few hours – on job candidates who aren’t as great as they claim to be?

Answer: Accidentally hiring them.

That’s why HR and hiring managers pay close attention to the clues that often tip off candidates who may not be good fits …

… or are out-and-out liars.

Among more than two thousand hiring managers recently polled by CareerBuilder, 49% say they can figure out if a candidate’s not right for their companies within five minutes!

That percentage jumps to 90% within 15 minutes.

It’s not always what they say …

No big surprise here, but the HR gurus don’t just put stock into what candidates say during phone calls and in-person interviews.

They pay a lot of attention to body language, things like facial expressions, posture and other kinds of physical behaviors that often suggest an applicant’s not:

  • comfortable talking to and dealing with people
  • open to suggestions or criticism
  • nervous or slightly neurotic
  • polite, or
  • all that interested in the job.

Here are the top 10 physical behaviors HR and hiring managers chalk up as red flags:

  1. Failing to make eye contact: 65%
  2. Failing to smile: 36%
  3. Playing with something on the table: 33%
  4. Having bad posture: 30%
  5. Fidgeting too much in their seat: 29%
  6. Crossing their arms over their chest: 26%
  7. Playing with their hair or touching their face: 25%
  8. Having a weak handshake: 22%
  9. Using too many hand gestures: 11%
  10. Having a handshake that’s too strong: 7%

Are there are any other behaviors your hiring managers look out for? Or a recent horror story worth sharing? We’d love to hear about it in the Comments section.

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