Ask HR-What made you to say no to a candidate

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AskHRWhat made you to say NO to a candidate?
------------- Read what our top recruiters have
to say -------------
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• AskHR is an initiative started by Applicant
  Tracking System, where we reach out to Talent
  Acquisition professionals and discuss with them
  about the most burning issues of recruitment
  world.
• Here, the debate is about the most common issue
  an organization is facing. Even when candidates
  match perfectly with the skills required for the
  job, what made recruiters to reject them at the
  last stage.
• We also asked if they would be interested (or
  not), to train/suggest the candidates where they
  lagged. This is what they have to say.

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MATCHED TECHNICAL SKILL IS ONLY HALF ELIGIBILITY
Matching the skills that is applicable in
technical areas of job is only half of the
fulfillment. The other half which makes a
candidate different or better than another are
Soft Skills, Personality, Language, Demonstrated
adaptability etc.
NandaKumar Ascend Consulting
Definitely Yes to train Because everyone stands
and deserves to get equal and enough opportunity
with level playing field to showcase one's actual
potential. So every recruiter should take this
step of training the candidates. Take for example
in Sports also - in many Games the Best of 3
attempts or sets are taken for actual assessment.
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HIRE FOR THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, SKILLS CAN BE
DEVELOPED
Its an age old saying that "Hire for the right
attitude, not the skills, because skills can be
developed, but attitude cannot." I would rather
hire a candidate without the skill who is willing
to learn, but not a person who has the right
skill, but thinks he knows it all.
Shubhendu Bose Axius Technologies Inc
It is good to share the feedback If the
candidate is interested, then why not? After all,
we as a nation are suffering from acute skill
gap. Usually most of the recruiters, do not share
a feedback with the candidate. However, we ensure
that in case the candidate wants to know her/his
areas of improvement, we give her/him a detailed
feedback.
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JUST STICKING ON TECHNICAL SKILLS IS NOT THE WAY
TO HIRE
In our hiring process, communication,
interpersonal and leadership skills are most
important to assess. Personality, multi-tasking,
team work, maturity, flexibility and general good
work attitude are highly essential, and in most
cases more important than relevant work
experience.
Zuzi Amat Redfire Consulting Asia
We prefer inviting the candidate for mock
interview sessions Should a candidate be a top
candidate on soft skills but fail on job
requirements, we will inform candidate of same
and will look into other options we have which
may be interesting to him/her.  However, should a
candidate fail based on poor work attitude or on
a multitude of soft skills element, we will on
the spot provide them a full debrief and invite
the candidate back in for an interview practice
session and do role play.
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COMMITMENT TO JOB, OVER MATCHING SKILLS FOR JOB
Rejecting a matching skills candidate is a very
tough decision to make. But in most cases, if I
have to reject a candidate I do it because they
lacked the confidence and commitment towards the
job, do not search about the company business and
no convincing reason for the job change.
Sudeepthi Kambhatla Preeminent Technology India
Giving back feedback should be a default part of
interview I dont see a reason to debate on
this topic. Giving back feedback to candidate
should be a part of recruitment process by
default. We always tell candidates what they did
correct and what should not be done in the next
interview process. This not only helps the
candidate, but gives an emotional touch to the
candidates towards the company.
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LACK OF BUSINESS ORIENTED COMMUNICATION
We look for trainable candidates instead of
trained ones. Candidates earn negative points
mainly due to - lack of presentation, dressing up
too casually, improper greeting. A good business
oriented communication is what we look for. A big
no are the candidates who do not research about
the company job profile
Shashank Singh Shubh Gems
Seeking feedback is a positive sign in a
candidate If candidates wish to seek a
feedback, it is a very positive sign. Moreover it
can help them understand their short-comings. It
is very unfortunate that sometimes extremely
talented candidates do not get selected because
they cannot showcase their talent in a proper way.
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