Common Reasons Candidates are Rejected:
1. Not prepared for the interview - no research had been conducted on a potential employer
2. No real interest in the firm, corporation or agency - merely shopping around
3. Lack of proper career planning - purposes and goals were ill-defined
4. Lack of knowledge of field or specialization - not well qualified
5. Inability to express himself/herself clearly
6. Overbearing - over aggressive - conceited
7. Asked no questions or poor questions about the job
8. Unwilling to start at the bottom - expects too much too soon
9. Makes excuses - evasiveness - hedges on unfavorable factors in record
10. No confidence and poise - fails to look interviewer in the eye
11. Poor personal appearance
