The Art of the Interview
- Your behaviour counts from the moment you enter the building
- The opening of the interview
- Smile!
- A firm handshake with eye contact
- Meet & greet - and remember names
- Don't drop the ball (for long)
There are many chances in an interview to fumble, to mis-step. Don't let anything distract you from showing these people how lucky they'd be to hire you.
- Don't let one poor answer throw you;
- Don't get psyched out by a panel of interviewers;
- Don't worry if one interviewer is silent.
- Give concrete examples, not hypotheticals
- Develop a pattern (or a few patterns) to structure answers.
One example is a Situation-Action-Outcome answer :
- What was the situation ?
- What action did you chose to take?
- What was the (presumably good) outcome?
- Make it easy for the interviewers
- Be responsive and communicative.
- They want to know how good you can be - so show them
- Use every question as a chance to show off your good features
- Make them remember you!
- Concrete answers (as discussed) told in memorable terms
- Consider visual, audio, somatic, etc styles of memory
- Your Basic Attitude : think of your interviewers as future colleagues
- It's a positive attitude!
- This is the interviewers' first chance to see what you'll be like dealing with clients etc
- Sell yourself as hard as you can live up to (remember - you want to work with these people)
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