Tag: interview
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How To Interview Well
If we see job interviews as tests, we will be too nervous, give off a low-confidence vibe, and choke. A better way is to see them as an exploration. As we might do if we already had the job, we turn our camera away from ourselves and focus on them. We ask questions and navigate […]
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Our Best Start
In an interview, in a sale, when working with colleagues, or when leading others, we best start by understanding what our counterparts need, want, and desire. Then we can explore with them how our talents, products, services, ideas, and requests serve those needs etc. Our first steps are to ask open-ended questions about what they want and why. Then…
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How Not to Worry About an Upcoming Important Conversation
We can waste a lot of energy worrying about how we will do in an upcoming important conversation (interview, confrontation, pitch, etc.). This happens whenever we put the focus on us. If, instead, we get curious about the other person (their story, perspective, needs, or goals, for instance), worry disappears and we become calm, present,…
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Getting A Job (Sometimes) Without Experience
After yesterday’s post about organizations not needing to hire based on experience, a reader rightly asked about being on the other side of this transaction, “How do I get a job when my experience doesn’t match what the potential employer says they need?” Of course, many organizations still treat past experience as their major criterion…
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The Simpler Way To Land A Job
Landing a job can be a hard and unrewarding endeavor. We can waste time and drain our psyches by trolling job boards, sending out résumés, attending networking events, going on dead-end interviews, and hoping. Yet there is a simpler way to land a job. First, we become killer candidates. Second, we grow our network until it includes…
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Can They Do the Job?
“Can they do the job?” is the question we commonly seek to answer when hiring. We use their résumés, interviews, and references to learn what they have done before and determine whether they can do what we need. Of course, the best person for the job may not be the one with all skills or…
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Hire Better People By First Interviewing The Job
Too many hiring decisions fail because, lacking reasonable tools, we make guesses about what sort of person we need to hire and who might fit those criteria. Instead of guessing, here’s an approach that helps quite a lot: let’s interview the job itself before we interview the candidates for the job. Of course, the job…
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Better Interviews
The usual way to think of a job interview is as some sort of a test. The interviewee, wanting to be judged worthy, studies and rehearses ahead of time, dresses well, and prepares to be grilled. The interviewer, desperate not to make a many-ways-costly bad hire, brings out a barrage of tools, questions, scenarios, and…
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The best way to get a job.
How do you find and land a great job? A great job is one that suits you, rewards you, lets you offer your best to the world…and pays the bills! There are many paths to landing a great job. The one I’ve outlined works well and is more likely to get you a great job.…