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A job seeker was rejected after a two-hour interview because the company felt they “didn’t ask enough questions or demonstrate sufficient interest”.
The job seeker was left disappointed. (Representative Image)
Imagine sitting through a gruelling two-hour interview, only to be rejected—not for lack of skills, but for not asking enough questions. That’s exactly what happened to one job seeker, who took to social media to vent their frustration. In a recent Reddit post, they revealed that despite enduring the lengthy interview, the company turned them down, citing a lack of enthusiasm simply because they “didn’t ask enough questions”.
“I got rejected due to lack of questions… You have got to be f****** kidding me… this was an in-person interview that lasted 2 hours,” the user wrote. The candidate also shared the rejection email along with the post.
“Based on the evaluation (interviewer #1) gave me, we won’t be proceeding at this time. While the homework was satisfactory and you did seem motivated and eager to learn,” the email read.
“You had very little questions about the company and the interviewers didn’t feel a lot of interest from your side and also couldn’t provide enough detail about your experience so far, only on a very high level. Some parts could obviously be attributed to nerves, but the interview performance was not strong enough for us to be confident in hiring you,” the company added.
The candidate said they struggled to think of questions during the interview.
“When it’s video interviews, I usually have a Google doc pulled up where I am reading from it and have a list of questions ready,” the user added.
In the post, the Redditor also shared that they didn’t eat anything for over 12 hours before the interview which led to low blood sugar and likely affected the performance.
“I am kicking myself. I feel horrible that I probably blew another chance. It’s frustrating that I know I could probably do the job, but I just blow it,” the post concluded.
In the comments section, Redditors had varied reactions to the post.
One user commented, “That’s why you think of some generic questions before the interview to ask them. That’s also an interestingly personal rejection email, usually it’s just “thanks, but no thanks”, then gets ghosted if we ask for feedback.”
Another shared, “Literally happened to me when I was jobhunting for the first time. Quickly learned the importance of doing the homework and prepping questions for them.”
“You interviewed for 2 hours and couldn’t think of a single question to ask that’s on you. Blood sugar low that’s on you,” a person bluntly stated.
“If you’re actually interested in what someone is saying, it should be easy to think of questions based on that. I get that nerves can affect this, but going through a conversation having zero non-prepared questions ultimately comes across like you’re not really listening to them. That email sounds like pretty thoughtful feedback honestly,” another comment read.
Several people also shared their go-to questions for when interviewers expect candidates to ask something. These ranged from “What will my day-to-day be like?” to “What are the biggest challenges your team is facing, and how could a person filling this role help?”
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