{"id":10960,"date":"2024-09-11T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engages.ca\/articles\/find-out-why-you-absolutely-must-answer-that-question-with-a-big-bold-yes-or-follow-our-11-tips-to-make-it-happen\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:07:56","slug":"find-out-why-you-absolutely-must-answer-that-question-with-a-big-bold-yes-or-follow-our-11-tips-to-make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engages.ca\/en\/articles\/find-out-why-you-absolutely-must-answer-that-question-with-a-big-bold-yes-or-follow-our-11-tips-to-make-it-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out why you absolutely must answer that question with a big, bold \u201cyes\u201d… or follow our 11 tips to make it happen!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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John’s story<\/h4>

John is thinking of changing jobs and even employers, so he keeps his eyes peeled on job boards. An offer comes up that suits him: good position, good conditions, good salary. He doesn\u2019t know which organization is hiring, however, so he decides to investigate further, since he is interested<\/strong>. <\/p>

Unfortunately, the Careers page of the employer’s website doesn’t tell him much. The whole website doesn’t say much about the organization’s values… <\/p>

An optimist <\/strong>by nature, John figures he’ll find out more later, so he decides to apply. The process is a bit cumbersome: there are quite a few sections of form to fill out and documents to attach to the application. Nevertheless, John decides to persevere<\/strong>, because he really wants to have an interview. <\/p>

And he gets one! Arrangements are made by e-mail. John finds this a little cold, but being tolerant<\/strong>, he gives them a chance. <\/p>

The interview goes well. John is quite nervous, and the interviewers don’t make him feel particularly comfortable. Fortunately, John is an expert in stress management<\/strong>. He thinks he has a good chance of getting a call back, even though he hasn’t been informed about the rest of the process. <\/p>

While he waits for news, John takes the opportunity to find out as much as he can about the organization; his professional network has some opinions. He\u2019s heard that it’s difficult to fit in, that you’re left to your own devices when you arrive. Fortunately, John considers himself to be very independent <\/strong>and resourceful<\/strong>! So it doesn’t scare him, or at least not too much. <\/p>

Time flies and John still hasn’t heard anything… Then, several weeks later, the employer writes back with an offer, sent as an attachment. It has to be signed and returned, or declined. John would have liked to talk to the employer and negotiate a few points, but the e-mail makes no mention of this possibility. <\/p>

At this point, John feels that he has shown himself to be interested, optimistic, persevering, tolerant, an expert in stress management, self-reliant and resourceful <\/strong>enough to deserve more consideration as a candidate.<\/p>

Disappointed <\/strong>and disinterested<\/strong>, John doens\u2019t even bother to reply to the e-mail.<\/p>

It’s safe to say that John has had a very bad candidate experience.<\/p>

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What is the candidate experience?<\/h3>