Ziggeo’s Data Day: Candidates’ Multiple Messaging without Response Reflects Poor Ratings

Ziggeo’s data suggests that candidates who send more than one consecutive message to the interviewer without response (meaning repeatedly contacting the interviewer without waiting for the interviewer to reply to the first message) fare worse than those who wait to hear from the interviewer.

Sending multiple messages without response or solicitation may be interpreted as a sign of desperation.  And as in the world of dating, if someone senses you’re desperate, you’ll rarely be pursued.

In terms of data, 3.9% of all candidates applying for positions on Ziggeo are so-called “desperate” -- that is, they’ve sent more than one unsolicited message.

Out of that 3.9%, the following correlates “desperate people” with interviewers’ ratings on Ziggeo:

• 5 Star Rating: 1.5% desperate people
• 4 Star Rating: 2.3% desperate people
• 3 Star Rating: 2.6% desperate people
• 2 Star Rating: 4.4% desperate people
• 1 Star Rating: 5.1% desperate people

So it’s clear that candidates with the lowest ratings are the ones who more frequently write two or more unsolicited messages.

Followers of Ziggeo’s data will recall that Ziggeo posted similar (and consistent) data previously. We compared the total number of messages written by an interviewee to the total number of messages written by an interviewer. Here, we consider whether the interviewee writes more than one message to the interviewer without waiting for the interviewer to reply to the first message.

Interviewers should ask themselves: “Why is this particular employee so desperate for the job?” And interviewees should remember that nothing sends an employer running like the whiff of desperation.

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Ziggeo lets you quickly and easily pre-screen candidates by watching their videos. Candidates simply record short videos of themselves for your own private viewing.