When a firm tells you why they didnt take one of your candidates on and they come out with a crap excuse how do you respond to them ??Well, the customer is always right...Although I symapthise with those who feel fobbed off, the deeper reason for some of this is that many managers find it hard to articulate exatly why they decided one way or another.Hiring decisons are also often quite political, thus the person we speak to may be giving us the party line, not his own view.We do try to get to specifics, questions they might have answered better, and whether we had understood the job spec right. They do change...But if we feel we're being feed crap it's a hard one. One resorts to open questions that allow them to tell us more, if they so chose. Hard fact is that if a manager doesn't want to tell him the truth no pimp is going to be able to bash his head against the wall until he confesses. We do of course pass that on, however sometimes they haven't much interest in telling us anything, even bullshit.Worst case was one bank who said they'd already interviewed one of our potential guys, and found that he was crap. That's not exactly unknown, but in this case they were wrong. We'd checked this guy out on exactly what they needed, and the problem we saw was actually him being a bit over qualified. In the real world we can't always say with complete confidence that a person is right for a job, but in this case we could.Their interview process was at fault, and we simply don't have the power to change that.

This reply is slightly off topic - but in spirit.I've been trying to find a plumber do to a pretty challenging job. These guys are usually looking to cherry pick the best contracts.Anyway I had one guy out, sounded really interested in the job, said he could get in soon, would send out a quote. I followed him up twice, and finally gave up.Yesterday I got a letter: " Looking through our files I note that the quote you requested was never forwarded " (like they actually put it together but the secretary's dog ate it) " we understand you now have somebody doing the work " (no I dont) " but if you need our services in future please contact us".Getting back ON topic I think,"This organisation is looking to build up a strong quant group, and we'd like you to head it up"Read as"We lost our last risk reporting guy a couple of months back and realise we need another one. If we tell you we're setting up a group you might be interested, but in truth we're unlikely to bring anybody else in for at least a couple of years."

"We don't think you're suitable, but why don't you try some recruitment agencies? I'm sure they'll be able to find you a job."

"you look like mike jackson"

Headhunter lie: The job pays $200K (choose your number)

"Do you have a sister?"

Sure you can work form home, compliance won’t mind-- just IM in the orders.

Call them up to ask them when you'll get an answer from them and then they reply denying the job exists.....

Went through phone screening interview. Everything went really well. Kept waiting for on-site but was told that there were a few minor paperwork delays, but nothing to worry about. Finally, called headhunter to let them know that I'd be in NYC in the next week at my own expense. "Great!!!" we can arrange the onsite interview then, he says. Five minutes l get a call saying that the job had fallen through.

"I'll be honest with you..."

In The Interview: …it’s like a “forgivable draw”Nine Months Later: …ahh, we need to talk…you’re not covering your draw.

(1) Your CV looks very impressive.(2) Your mathematics is probably better than mine.(3) after giving you his business card, says "If you have any questions, you can always call me."(4) All of us like you, but we need somebody with more relevant experience.(5) This opportunity offers you a lower salary. But if you work here, you will be very rich/earn more than XYZ a few years later.For the last one, I found out that was a lie in a hard way...

A couple more"no this isn't a back office job, it's more like being in "mid office" / operations / global anthropy / entirely made up term"In decades hanging around in banks, I've come to the conclusion that there at 9 people who run the back offices of every bank in the world.Variants of this include "lots of trader contact" == "you get to use the same lift, and if we screw up big time we'll tell them you did it"Also I offer "we plant to be the major player in this market within 3 years" == "we aren't a major player"

The biggest lie by a mile is "we'll get back to you in x days" ...I wonder if there is a correlation between this and how good the job is.....

I have to select this one too. The only correction is that " We'll get back to you in 3-4 days" instead according to my last phone view. 40 days passed and still no response to my emails and call. And unfortunately they do send a formal rejection letter to you if you are not selected.QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCI'd like to have a section of the Guide where we enumerate the economies of truth fed to the hapless applicants.I offer "we'll get back to you in 2-3days" as #1Any others ?