Remember hiring isn’t just going for talent but they have to fit in your team. Some teams can handle people with blue hair, a profane tongue and under-developed modesty. Some can’t. A talented person who will disrupt the team is a bad add. The team has to get along, they don’t have to be best friends, but you can’t have the rest of the team rolling their eyes every time one member walks into the room. And the inverse holds too, I’ve rejected a person for showing up to the interview in a suit and tie, this is Tucson, we aren’t financial or a mortuary, there’s no room on the team for somebody stuffy.
I’d cut more slack for the suit and tie. I’d ask the person if they are comfortable working without it, because that’s the office style.
Again, you are 100% correct. BUT again - he said he's passing them over for the INTERVIEW which, for all we know, that blue haired gal may just end up showing up with normal colored hair, piercings removed and end up being the perfect fit for the job! BUT, passing them over entirely for an interview, based on facebook is just plain bad management.
I’ve rejected a person for showing up to the interview in a suit and tie, this is Tucson, we aren’t financial or a mortuary, there’s no room on the team for somebody stuffy.
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Coat and tie <> stuffy (necessarily)
For me, it is the only thing to wear to a professional interview. But I have no idea what you were interviewing for, a bouncer at a strip club? A guitar player in a punk rock band? Yea, a coat and a tie might be wrong in those situations.
Someone was demonstrating respect for the process and you reject them out of hand.
That’s funny.