…”just get me in front of them”…my candidate said..”i’ve always done great in interviews…it won’t be a problem”…
he blew the interview…thought this was 1998 or 2005 when you could do a mediocre job of interviewing and still get hired…
it ain’t that way any more…you gotta be really good…too many good candidates that sell themselves very, very, very well…
so, you gotta practice, practice, practice interviewing…the structured interviewing techniques i recommend in www.thejobsearchsolution.com are the way to go..but you have to practice
don’t think interviewing comes naturally..it doesn’t..you have to practice…you can get eliminated so easily if you don’t really present a feature, advantage and benefit value proposition about yourself and about what you can do for them…
…this is sooooooo weak …and it is the last idea most candidates give a hiring authority…
mamby-pamby…has absolutely zero impact…if that is the best emotional effort you can express to a hiring authority…go home!
your competition is gonna eat your lunch…
try this: “your opportunity is an excellent one…you should hire me because ………(and if you can’t think of two or three short, compelling reasons to be hired, you don’t deserve the job)….what do i need to do to get the job?”
even if you may not want the job…you have nothing without an offer…
i had a candidate that was simply “practicing” this technique with one of my clients..he didn’t think he wanted the job even if it was offered…
he got the offer…$42,000 MORE than what he was making for a salary…not bad..especially in this market he took the job!
…i read ’bout every book on finding a job i can find…new one on the market “Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring”
now, being an author and wanting people to like my books, i am real flexible and forgving about most errant stuff about finding a job..
but this guy actually tells you to act like you aren’t looking for a job when you interview
go ahead, do that…other candidates, especially mine, will eat your lunch…that is the biggest piece of terrible advice you will ever get…it is clear that this guy never found anyone a job, or if he did it was an accident..
One of our candidates was eliminated because he was asked this question…in a phone interview, no less…He said, “I guess I don’t …you have told me everything I need to know.”
Oh, my…not good…first of all, always have decent, intelligent questions about an opportunity…if you can’t really think of any…and you can if you try…ask the interviewing authority about themselves…”tell me, why do you like it here at ABC Corp.?”…” I have heard a lot about you and your success here, how have you done it?” If you can’t think of any business questions…ask them about their favorite subject….themselves!
Secondly, an interviewing authority doesn’t care about what you need to know…they care about what they need to know…so keep that phrase out of the conversation…So you say, “Damn that is really picky!”…you are right…it is…even unfair…what is even more sad about this particular situation, is that our candidate was exceptionally qualified…a top performer…
In this market, where companies and the hiring authorities in them think that there are hoards of quality candidates available… (There are hoards…but not necessarily qualified)… you have to interview almost perfectly…Every interview guide and coach teaches you to have one or two questions to ask…our candidate had been one of our client’s top competitors…he could have had a dozen questions…He thought he had done so well on the interview that he didn’t have to ask any questions…very sad
