Job Advice Blog

The three little words “sorry, you’re overqualified” are among the hardest to fully understand. Being told that you can’t get hired because you are too good for the job is strange, ideally they would let you make that choice for yourself! As you’ve probably guessed, however, “overqualified” is used as code for a number of different possibilities. An “overqualified” candidate is one who may end up being: too expensive, insubordinate, or temporary.