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AdHocSolver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-11 05:19 PM
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24. You are "over-qualified" for the position: meaning you are a potential source of trouble.
I once applied for a technical job in which I first had to take a test. I got 100 percent correct.

At the interview, the boss congratulated me on such a good result. Then he added that in the several years he was manager, no one ever got 100 percent correct. Then he admitted, that he took the same test and didn't get 100 percent correct.

End of interview. I did not get the job.

I recommend that you edit your credentials so that you don't come across as a "smart ass".

Tailor your resume and your interview to a middle level of qualifications for the job for which you are applying. Skip mentioning the law degree. Don't mention the number of languages that you have studied unless one is relevant to the position for which you are applying.

For any position for which you are applying, you are hired on the basis of meeting the requirements of the person doing the hiring.

By the way, "who" is correct in this usage, not "whom".

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