Made obvious mistake on job application form - what to do!!

Wellywoo

Long story short, I just noticed I used the present tense for some previous positions when filling it out which is a cardinal sin according to all recruiters globally! So should I resend it saying I sent them an older version of it by mistake, should I just mention it in the interview or should I just leave it and hope for the best?

It's no excuse but I'm sick & woolly headed at the moment so it's not the best time to be filling out an application form before a job interview.

They have my actual CV and have been called for interview already, this is just the usual muck of putting it on their form. It's a 6 month contract.

Thoughts anyone?

Diziet

You have an interview - I would leave it as is and ace the interview. Concentrate on that.

Tzardine

If they have the application with the errors on it, and they called you in for interview, they obviously don't care about the errors. They will not waste their time interviewing you just to bin you later because of an error in grammar.

Relax, clear the head, focus on the interview. I bet it never even comes up.

Senna

Don't feel bad, I sent a few CVs out with my wrong phone number, how stupid was that!!
Had one boss of a company email saying they couldn't get thorough to me on the phone umber I has supplied.
Thankfully one company also have a web application process and I put my right number on it, so got called for the interview and no one noticed my number was wrong on the cv

Reati

Wellywoo wrote: »

Long story short, I just noticed I used the present tense for some previous positions when filling it out which is a cardinal sin according to all recruiters globally! So should I resend it saying I sent them an older version of it by mistake, should I just mention it in the interview or should I just leave it and hope for the best?

It's no excuse but I'm sick & woolly headed at the moment so it's not the best time to be filling out an application form before a job interview.

They have my actual CV and have been called for interview already, this is just the usual muck of putting it on their form. It's a 6 month contract.

Thoughts anyone?

I work through that many CVs during hiring I wouldn't think I'd even notice to be honest. I'd be more interested in what your CV says about your experience as a fit for the job.

Wellywoo

Ok ok deep breaths! First interview in a while so I'm kicking myself for making such a rookie error. Jesus me nerves!!

Reati

Wellywoo wrote: »

Ok ok deep breaths! First interview in a while so I'm kicking myself for making such a rookie error. Jesus me nerves!!

Yeah, depends on the area of industry but for computers. I only use the CV for screening and first round over the phone. Once on to an face to face interview I wouldn't even look at it again (unless there is something i need to drill into).

Focus on nailing the interview now

Can you give us an example of how you worded a previous position

amtc

Listen could be worse. My friend is extraordinarily qualified in a very niche area. He had no address, email or number on it and is very anti social media so has no online presence.

He wondered why he wasn't getting interviews....short of employing an investigator it would be impossible.

I wouldn't worry too much...I tend to write my c.v. without tenses. You know...responsible for xxx.