# Great resume. Solid skills. Rejected for leaning too close to the webcam.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Virtual interviewee · via r/LinkedInLunatics

A recruiter posted on LinkedIn that they had rejected a candidate with a 'great resume, solid skills' because the person leaned 'too close' to the camera during a virtual interview. The lean, the recruiter explained, projected 'pure desperation.' Reddit called it 'completely unhinged.' One commenter noted the irony: a desperate candidate should be a negotiator's dream — but instead, the resume went in the bin over posture.

*Source: [r/LinkedInLunatics · widely shared](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/recruiter-rejects-candidate-with-great-resume-solid-skills-reason-candidate-showed-desperation-leaned-too-close-to-camera-during-virtual-interview/printarticle/124421594.cms)*
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