With these answers you immediately disqualify yourself

Dusseldorf During the interview, the potential new head of sales is asked whether he can come to the international management conference, which takes place shortly before he officially takes up his post. The idea: There, the “newcomer” can get to know the most important people in the group. However, the employer did not expect the candidate’s reaction: “Unfortunately no, I’m still on vacation.”

As a result, the otherwise promising applicant has thrown himself out of the running, as executive coach Gudrun Happich knows. She prepares executives willing to change positions for the application process. She knows the case described from her practice. “The new employer interpreted the reference to the upcoming vacation as a lack of commitment and flexibility on the part of the aspirant.” The rejection followed immediately.

It is often supposedly harmless sentences that signal to the employer: We don’t go together. The Handelsblatt therefore asked around among top headhunters and career coaches. Here are more sentences that job changers use to disqualify themselves.