Magpie Mentality in recruitment refers to the behaviour of serial appliers—candidates who apply indiscriminately to every job they see, driven by a compulsive attraction to new or “shiny” opportunities, regardless of their relevance or suitability. This scattergun approach often signals poor career focus, a lack of commitment, and raises red flags for recruiters and hiring managers who view such behaviour as inconsistent, unreliable, and ultimately unhirable.
I thought she was serious about the marketing role, but then she applied for a forklift driver job the same day—total magpie mentality.
by CtrlForSanity July 21, 2025
Get the Magpie Mentalitymug. To act younger than your age
To be childish
To have the brain of a fetus
To make decisions that a fetus would make
To be childish
To have the brain of a fetus
To make decisions that a fetus would make
by Lil Mouthy May 10, 2020
Get the fetus mentalitymug. When an individual uses their clinically diagnosed mental disorder as an excuse for their reckless or unapologetic behavior and actions.
“John literally thinks he can do anything he wants and not be accountable for his crappy actions all because he has autisim. That’s the definition of Mental disorder excusing“
by Startupedition April 8, 2024
Get the Mental disorder excusingmug. by Someone_iscool January 3, 2024
Get the mentally blondemug. A phenomenon where a person dissociates themselves from bad events that happen in their society, in the hopes that they are going to be unaffected by that event, typically in religious scenarios.
Sarah: Did you hear what happened to Grace? Apparently, she got robbed.
Helen: Yeah, I heard about that. It's that nonsense exemption mentality that led her to leave her car unlocked when there has been a robbing spree.
Helen: Yeah, I heard about that. It's that nonsense exemption mentality that led her to leave her car unlocked when there has been a robbing spree.
by jsyk I'm here August 4, 2024
Get the exemption mentalitymug. A term that can be used to describe someone who is lazy, or even just stingy. A person who hogs all of their food, even if a starving person asks politely.
Wyatt: "I didn't have any breakfast, and Spencer is being Mentally Fat."
Spencer: "I'm not fat!"
Wyatt: "I said you were Mentally Fat!"
Spencer: "I'm not fat!"
Wyatt: "I said you were Mentally Fat!"
by Adumb50 May 13, 2010
Get the Mentally Fatmug. A type of thought experiment or task that is pointless and stupid but seems like it could be useful if its entire purpose wasn't to impress gullible people or deride people for being grounded.
Elon Musk likes mentally rotate objects in his mind. He talks a lot about how he'd like start a colony on mars, but its all mental rotation - there are lots of inhospitable places on earth to trial out such technologies but he's not interested in solving problems, just marketing.
by Thurgalicious September 1, 2023
Get the Mental Rotationmug.