Something I had to flag

“We had the chance to review your application and while your experience is impressive, it doesn't align perfectly with what the team is looking for so unfortunately we won't be moving forward with your candidacy.”

I can’t help but feel that I dodged a bullet on this one, because looking for “perfect” alignment from a candidate is a huge red flag.

It is also a really strange thing to say when you put this in your job description:

“P.S. If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button!”

I’m a white guy with an enormous amount of privilege, so whatever. But I hope that Linktree isn’t sending this awful form rejection to the diverse candidates they claim to be trying to include.