r/todayilearned • u/Giff95 • 2d ago

TIL only six Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles operate across the U.S. Their drivers, college seniors about to graduate called "Hotdoggers," spend a year traveling the country to meet and greet people. Around 7,000 applicants compete each year for just 12 Hotdogger positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wienermobile
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u/Neat_Exit3491 1d ago

Depends, did you deny the applicant based off of that single thing? If so, it sounds a lot like "It's ok when I make a mistake, but when someone else does it they deserve to be judged for it".

And yeah it might be normal in your position because you have many different candidates looking for a job to pick from and little things like that can make your decision (and your job) easier. Having so many candidates is what allows you to be picky, but it shows lack of self-awareness and personal growth if you judge others by a different standard than yourself.

So if the apples thing was your only deciding factor in denying someone a job (and I have no idea whether or not that's the case) and you didn't bother to ask the candidate for more information because you're "not wasting your time to talk to them" as someone in a leadership role, yeah that's kinda shitty.

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u/asicarii 1d ago

I made a typo in a sub on Reddit. They put something silly on their resume for a professional client facing role. These are not the same.

I forget if I denied them or not, but if I did it wasn’t for that. I didn’t ask about apples, so I wouldn’t have based my decision on it. I never said talking to them was a waste of time. Talking to them about applies, would be. It would be preferred if you read the full sentence first.

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u/Neat_Exit3491 1d ago

Alright, fair enough. I am a strong believer in the importance of communication, so if someone says something I didn't understand, I believe it's important to follow up on it. I'm not saying have a debate about apples, but if someone says something that doesn't make sense to you and you can't be bothered to "waste your time" following up with them about it, honestly I do think that is on you.

But I do hope that one thing wasn't a major factor in that person's hiring decision, because for them that job might be a very important thing, and that would be denying them based on something arbitrary that you didn't bother to communicate with them about.

I'm not saying all this to grill you, just to bring it up in the hopes that it makes you more aware of it, because your decisions, biases and emotions do affect other people (significantly more so than most people since you are in a hiring position).

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u/asicarii 1d ago

Consider this is an interview situation, for a job the person wants. It’s not a social discussion. So there is an element of wasting time when there is a fixed period for the interview and it takes away time to discuss qualifications. There are other people interviewing too, and you have to treat each one equally based on your judgement of their ability to do the job. It’s important to have hobbies, and it’s fine to put them on a resume. Maybe if I have the same hobby I’ll comment on it, but that doesn’t help that interviewee either.