44.7% of job interviewers hate it when applicants don't smile: study

Here are their other pet peeves.

According to a recent online study by JobsCentral, while eccentric behaviors in an interview would mostly cost seekers a hiring opportunity, interviewers advised job candidates to avoid these other more common blunders during interviews:

• Not making eye contact – 76.5 per cent
• Bad posture – 58.3 per cent
• Playing with something on the table – 46.7 per cent
• Crossing their arms over their chest – 46.2 per cent
• Failure to smile – 44.7 per cent
• Fidgeting too much in their seat – 42.7 per cent
• Playing with hair or touching one's face – 40.4 per cent
• Handshake that is too weak – 28.3 per cent
• Using too many hand gestures – 24.2 per cent

The online study was conducted among 396 hiring managers and HR personnels between 13 August and 14 September 2012.

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