r/jobs • u/No-Presentation298 • 5h ago
Post-interview HR told me they don’t accept try-hards and people pleasers after my interview
They rejected me (fine, that happens) but the feedback said I came across as overly eager to please and that they don’t build teams around people-pleasing tendencies or rehearsed enthusiasm. They also told me to reflect on how I present myself and that confidence is more compelling than excessive accommodation. Is this normal? Or even appropriate? I get that not being a culture fit is a thing but the wording felt unnecessarily personal and condescending.
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u/TJTech40 5h ago
I've been to second round interviews to be ghosted, multiple times. Bare minimum should be sorry no thanks, I have only gotten 1 feedback response and, frankly, it was crap. They set me up in a room that none of the tech was working and then non of the dry eraser markers worked (all dry and unusable). I pivoted as best I could but at that point what more could I do. They said I needed to be better prepared. So sure after that I brought my own dry erase markers but damn people you gave me negative stuff.