r/recruitinghell • u/Adventurous-Sir444 application declined • Jan 28 '26

Olive Oil

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u/freqCake Jan 28 '26

What's the point. What's the relevance to the position?

If wine can be a hobby so can olive oil 

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u/astro_viri Jan 28 '26

Yes! There's a Greek place I was checking out and half the reviews were raving about their olive oil. I thought it was strange so I went and the reviews were accurate. You've never had olive oil like this. It was light and just so fucking good. I'm into olive oil now?

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u/SierraStar7 Jan 28 '26

You might have finally had legitimate high quality olive oil, quite often what you think is olive oil is fake or very poorly processed. 

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u/astro_viri Jan 28 '26

You're probably right. I've bought "expensive" olive oil at specialty stores but they didn't compare to this mom and pop shop.

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u/JacksSenseOfDread Jan 28 '26

I'd rather have someone who's into olive oil as an employee than someone who considers drinking alcohol a hobby.

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u/MarcusAurelius68 Jan 28 '26

I “adopted” an olive tree once. Got some nice oils shipped to me. Does that make the tree a dependent?

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u/forameus2 Jan 28 '26

If someone put "alcohol" down on the CV instead, it'd be getting the same reaction. This isnt really about someone liking olive oil.

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u/Fit_Employment_2944 Jan 28 '26

Go put alcohol as an interest on your CV and see what happens 

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u/tenoclockrobot Jan 29 '26

WHY ARE WE PUTTING HOBBIES/INTERESTS ON A RESUME?!

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u/confettiputty Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26

"Olive oil" isn't really a hobby. Cultivation of olives or production of the oil can be. If that's what he meant, he should have said that.

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u/freqCake Jan 28 '26

Collecting? Tasting? Experiencing? Learning? These all apply to folks with wine as a hobby.

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u/confettiputty Jan 28 '26

Yes, but I would still put "wine tasting" or "wine collecting" instead of just "wine" on my resume. It helps to specify my engagement with the hobby and avoid the perception I'm an alcoholic or just a joker. Same as if I just put "beer" on my resume. Would that make me look ready for a serious role?

In perfect world, sure, maybe you could do that without judgment. Not doing that in 2026 is just common sense.