In another life, I interviewed at least two people a week to support the growth of our business. Some weeks, even if I didn’t have positions opened, I still believed in interviewing top-level talent because you never know when you will run across that perfect fit and superstar. Aside from the obvious advice of looking your interviewer in the eye, dress appropriately, spit out your gum and being friendly – I thought I would provide a few pointers of things that most successful job-seekers are able to do in a job interview:
1. Live up to your promised skills. Chances are, you got an interview because someone already thought you had the skills they were looking for. So the challenge in the interview isn’t to outline all the things you can do or list them out verbally, it’s to give as much proof as you can about all the things you said you could do and prove that you were not just exaggerating. Be specific. Use both qualitative and quantitative support.
2. Be part of the culture. The most important part of any interview is usually what you could call a “chemistry check.” It’s no surprise that people hire others that they like and feel they (or their teams) can work with. So do your best to understand their culture and show authentic ways that you might fit in – because ultimately, you’ll likely be hired based on far more than your skills alone. So, as I have said before, know what music they are playing before you walk in the door.
3. Have ideas about their business. Nothing is worse than interviewing someone who has no idea what a business does, or what the products are. Don’t make that mistake and do your homework – use the web, your social network, ASK QUESTIONS. Walk in with ideas about their business, but be careful not to cross the line and give an impression that you think you know more about their business than they do.
4. Demonstrate you’ll contribute quickly. No one wants to hire someone who will take 3 months to learn the business before doing anything – especially in this environment. However you can do it, you need to show the ways that you can hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. You can talk about similar situations or why certain attributes you have give you the capability of being a team player a contributor.
5. Make the person hiring you look smart. Anytime you are hired, the person who does it puts their personal reputation behind you. So you need to make them comfortable that they will look smart within their company for hiring you. Remember, it’s about the team from the very start.
6. Leave them with something shareable. If you managed to impress your interviewer enough for them to consider you seriously for the job, the first thing they will usually need to do is convince several others within the organization to either bring you back for a second interview, or hire you right away. So be sure to point them to a website or a blog or some sort of content online that introduces you to those you didn’t meet, and reinforce your interviewer’s view that you may be good for the job. Just make sure your web presence is in “good shape”. Or simply leave them with strong evidence of your accomplishments that the hiring manager can correlate to the position they are filling.
These are basic pointers, but if you nail these six, you are more than half way there.
listen. learn. share. repeat.™
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