• Poor personal appearance.
• Lack of interest and enthusiasm.
• Over emphasis on money.
• Condemnation of past employers.
• Failure to look at the interviewer when conversing.
• Limp handshake.
• Late for the interview.
• Failure to express appreciation for the interviewers' time.
• Asks no questions about the position.
• Vague responses to questions.
• Over aggressive, conceited, with superiority or a "know it all" complex.
• Inability to express self clearly.
• Lack of planning for career.
• Lack of confidence and poise.
• Makes excuses, evasive, hedges on unfavorable factors in record.
• Lack of tact.
• Lack of courtesy, ill-mannered
• Indecisive.
• No interest in company or industry.
• Cynical attitude.
• Inability to take criticism.
• High pressure type.
• Passive and indifferent.

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