Interviews are fleeting.
Unlike resumes that you can sit around reading, revising, and reading, and revising over and over again, there are no takesies-backsies when it comes to face-to-face interviews. There’s no way to tell what questions the interviewer would be asking. Well, aside from the standard background check questions of course.
Career advisor Sergio Patterson shared a few of his strategies for job interviews that make use of the power of connection in this week’s episode of The Free Retiree show. He touched on three buckets that allow the applicant to create and maintain a connection with the interviewer, as well as to find a way to be remembered after the interview.
The first bucket on Sergio’s list is to seize the initiative and establish a connection within the first minute of the interview. According to Sergio, applicants have an opportunity to appeal to the interviewer right from the very start, specifically during the greetings. When asked by the interviewer:
“How are you?”
Most people would respond with:
“I’m good thanks. How are you?”
While this is a perfectly appropriate response, this is also a missed opportunity. In an interview, any opportunity to speak is a chance to burn your name and face in the interviewer’s mind. Instead of a mundane response like the one above, applicants can sneak in a slice of who they are with a bit of improv:
“I’m good thanks. Actually I just got back this weekend from a hike up Mount Whats-his-face and now I’m feeling pretty great. I feel absolutely refreshed for this interview. How are you?”
In this response, the applicant has successfully given the interviewer a taste of what kind of person they are. The topic doesn’t have to be completely related to the role the applicant is applying for. It can be about hobbies, responsibilities, family, pretty much anything that works as a peek into who the applicant is. After all there is plenty of time to discuss qualifications later on in the heart of the interview.
What this type of response aims to do is to break from the standard mold of applicants that make simple replies. Just doing so immediately raises chances of being remembered. Also, it helps break the ice for both the applicant and the interviewer.
If you have an interview lined up for the future, keep this tip in mind. While it does not guarantee that you will get the job, strategies like this one may just give the extra edge needed over the hundreds of other people applying for it.
Listen in to this week’s episode of The Free Retiree Show to know more strategies from Sergio!
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