McDonalds rejection.

Applied to two McDonalds locations that are local, and this morning I got a email advising me that they won't consider me..
I have a 2:1 degree in Computer Science

My main question is do they actually reject people who are "over-qualified", maybe thinking they will move on very quickly?.

Its quite annoying and frustrating because from what it seems like they don't look at CVs and base their judgment of you through your answers to their vapid, half-witted questionnaire.

So do any current employees know if that is the case? Where they simply reject people based on being overqualified? I simply want cash and might even put down my highest qualifications being GCSEs

EDIT: I just got a call back for a job offer at Nationwide head office.. apparently I'm good enough to work for a financial institution, but not good enough to flip burgers...

EDIT: I just got a call back for a job offer at Nationwide head office.. apparently I'm good enough to work for a financial institution, but not good enough to flip burgers...

Maybe your snobbish attitude came across on the application.

I think they may be looking for different qualities.

Fast food establishments want people who can and will follow basic instructions unquestioningly and generally put up with their ****. That is a little less likely if you have a degree, because it's a little more likely that you have options.

Well as soon as I posted this thread, I re-applied to the same stores but put down my highest qualifications as being A-levels. I did not change my answers to the their questionnaire, and l got offered 2 interviews in 2 different locations the very same day I was rejected...

So it seems an automated system looks at the application not a real human being.

It could just as well be a human being. If it looks as though you've done nothing with your life since your A levels it might be that you appear as exactly the kind of demoralised worker they are looking for.

edit: although to be fair I got a job in a supermarket one time after talking in the interview about running a student society at Cambridge, so who knows.

If you're dumb enough to put your degree on a McDonald's application then maybe chucking fries into a trough is a bit too advanced for you.

Applied to two McDonalds locations that are local, and this morning I got a email advising me that they won't consider me..
I have a 2:1 degree in Computer Science

My main question is do they actually reject people who are "over-qualified", maybe thinking they will move on very quickly?.

Its quite annoying and frustrating because from what it seems like they don't look at CVs and base their judgment of you through your answers to their vapid, half-witted questionnaire.

So do any current employees know if that is the case? Where they simply reject people based on being overqualified? I simply want cash and might even put down my highest qualifications being GCSEs

EDIT: I just got a call back for a job offer at Nationwide head office.. apparently I'm good enough to work for a financial institution, but not good enough to flip burgers...

Called it

If you're dumb enough to put your degree on a McDonald's application then maybe chucking fries into a trough is a bit too advanced for you.

One of the perks of visiting a mcdonalds is to feel superior to the staff that work there, this is especially important when you feel like a loser for ordering an unhealthy meal. If they hired educated staff this perk for the customer would be lost.

Applied to two McDonalds locations that are local, and this morning I got a email advising me that they won't consider me..
I have a 2:1 degree in Computer Science

My main question is do they actually reject people who are "over-qualified", maybe thinking they will move on very quickly?.

Its quite annoying and frustrating because from what it seems like they don't look at CVs and base their judgment of you through your answers to their vapid, half-witted questionnaire.

So do any current employees know if that is the case? Where they simply reject people based on being overqualified? I simply want cash and might even put down my highest qualifications being GCSEs

EDIT: I just got a call back for a job offer at Nationwide head office.. apparently I'm good enough to work for a financial institution, but not good enough to flip burgers...

Maybe your snobbish attitude came across on the application.

This is not the case anymore, as now even people with PHDs in some STEM subject work there!