# Exec owes his life to marginally-competent jobseeker. Hire her? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exec-owes-his-life-to-marginally-competent-jobseeker-hire-her/559101 "2010-11-01T17:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exec-owes-his-life-to-marginally-competent-jobseeker-hire-her/559101/61 "2010-11-05T02:23:53Z")
> [@MaddyStrut](#): > > I don’t think he should give Amy the job. However, I do think he should mentor her and help her improve her professional and interviewing skills so she’ll be a much stronger candidate next time around as well as keep an eye out for other positions she may be qualified for and recommend her. > > I’ve been in jobs I wasn’t qualified for. They paid the bills for a while, but I would have been much better off in the long run not suffering through that. Again no one has said “Amy” is not qualified. She **IS** qualified. Just not the “most qualifed” per the tests, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exec-owes-his-life-to-marginally-competent-jobseeker-hire-her/559101/62 "2010-11-05T10:54:50Z")
> [@MaddyStrut](#): > > I don’t think he should give Amy the job. However, I do think he should mentor her and help her improve her professional and interviewing skills so she’ll be a much stronger candidate next time around as well as keep an eye out for other positions she may be qualified for and recommend her. This is a great observation. Since I think he owes her something, I really like this further option for what he could do that would be proper. Nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exec-owes-his-life-to-marginally-competent-jobseeker-hire-her/559101.md?page=3)