Phil Rosenberg's Interview like a Rock Star at Secrets of the Job Hunt gives 16 excellent points on coming across like a "rock star" candidate in an interview. He breaks the process down into two main sections: preparation and execution. Here's a quick summary; click through to the full article for details.
Preparation
- Research
- Ask yourself what challenges the company is likely to face along the way. What problems are likely to arise that your Subject Matter Expertise can uniquely solve.
- Write a Rock Star resume – one that presents a solution to problems your target company faces. Throw out the old biographical resume.
- Bait your resume with a few partial statements, and leave your audience curious to learn more, helping you to control the interview by what you’ve left out of your resume.
- Ask questions to draw out problems and implications – of problems you can uniquely solve.
- Anticipate - What questions will the interviewer ask you? Practice answering questions in a positive manner, while still telling the truth.
- Dress the part
- Open - Stand tall, maintain eye contact, smile, and use a firm handshake.
- Initial impressions count - people form an initial impression of you in the first 30 seconds.
- Control the interview
- Eye contact - Maintain eye contact while talking.
- You control the interview and demonstrate both Subject Matter Expertise and leadership by asking questions.
- Turn negatives to positives
- Close – Closing techniques will take a number of future posts to cover. In general, close by gaining some sort of feedback, and time/action commitment to next steps.
- Re-Close - Send a thank you note.
1 comment:
Hey! These are really helpful tips. Some really aren't that confident enough or even too confident in facing an interview. One needs proper composure and right words to come out of their mouths for the interview. interview coaching Toronto is very effective in girding you.
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