To avoid getting iced out by hiring managers, you might want to leave your iced coffee at home.
In a viral TikTok video, recruiter Caitlin Wehniainen discussed Gen Z candidates arriving at interviews with iced coffees and lattes. She thinks this comes across too casually, as though the interview is “a stop on your list of errands for the day.”
The video prompted plenty of reactions. Some questioned why an iced coffee should factor into a hiring decision at all.
“I wanna vomit watching this take and seeing this kind of stuff,” one TikToker said. “This is why I left the corporate world three and a half years ago and have never looked back.”
Others…
