An entrepreneur's controversial view on an 'immediate no' in interviews has left viewers frustrated.
Getting ahead in your career and making money can be a very competitive game, which is why it's often invaluable to her the perspective from employers and successful business owners on what their looking for in jobs.
However, not all of these responses are going to be something which you want to hear.
Appearing on a recent episode of Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast was Contrarian Thinking founder Codie Sanchez, whose opinions have divided a lot of people.
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During the podcast, Sanchez reeled off her biggest red flags in interviews, which consisted of the typical answers such as: A candidate who talks badly about their last boss, 'victim mentality', and making the job sound much harder than it actually is to candidates.
Which sounds like a pretty unusual interview technique but fair play.
However the comment which appeared to rile most people up was Sanchez's comments about 'work-life' balance, which saw her claim to immediately disregard anyone who wanted to enjoy their time off the clock.
"If you come into my companies and you say 'talk to me about work-life balance' I'm not the place for you," she explained.
"Our companies are hardcore, there's not a lot of work-life balance, we work hard. So I'm not going to hire you if you talk about time off or texting on the weekend."
Viewers were pretty unanimous in their decision to call out Sanchez's approach to treating her employees and their lives outside of work, with many calling her mindset a 'red-flag' in itself."
That is why you ask about work life balance, we don't want to work for this kind of person," one person commented on a clip from the interview which had been shared on TikTok.
"No work/life balance is madness. people who aren't happy at home aren't happy in the workplace," a second person noted, while a third added: "If there’s no work life balance I’m out."
Sanchez also revealed what she was looking for when it comes to interviews, which included asking lots of questions about the company and proving that you've done your research.
"Too many people do 'shotgun rounds' which is really wide, going after a ton of different jobs as opposed to 'sniper shots'," she explained. "Go after the three positions you want, aggressively, knowing everything about that company and that boss."
Brenna Cooper