Recruiter’s Reject Google Techie For Being ‘Too Good’, Netizens React (image-twitter/O_Anu_O)
A Delhi-based Google techie, Annu Sharma, on her social media had shared her interesting story of unusual rejection by a firm. The soft engineer who is currently employed at Google shared the screenshot of her rejection letter from a startup company revealing that she was “too good” for the post she had applied for.
Annu Sharma expressed her disbelief by stating, “Didn’t know you could be rejected for being too good”.
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The recruiter outlining the reason behind the decision wrote, “After reviewing your resume, we realized that your qualifications significantly surpass the role requirements. Our experience indicates that candidates with higher qualifications often find the work unfulfilling and tend to leave shortly after joining”.
Didn’t know you could be rejected for being too good 🥲 pic.twitter.com/mbo5fbqEP3
— Anu Sharma (@O_Anu_O) October 17, 2024
The unexpected rejection story had resonated with many users online. Comments flooded in, with one humorously saying, “Suffering from suffering? Huh”.
The post which was shared just a day back had accumulated 72.5k views.
Another commented, “I was rejected too recently not for being more qualified but being from a higher ranking college. I told them I won’t leave but they were hell bent.”
“I personally know a case of someone who came to do Masters after working for 10 years. He applied to entry level position through campus recruitment (standard process) He was rejected for the reason stated above, but was asked to apply to a Sr. Dev position (and got the job),” wrote one.
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While some came appreciating the recruiter’s honesty as well wrote, “I mean you have to appreciate their openness regarding the matter. They could have easily made up some excuse or could have pinned it on you. Instead they owned up and acknowledged your superiority for the role. You won’t find many companies doing that. And what if they were right and you didn’t like the opportunity there ? Would have been a loss on both sides”.
