The secret weapon to interviewing for a job is
deployed long before the job interview begins. The
secret to success in the job interview is getting the
most detailed and strategic concept of the job in your
head before going into the job interview. That
knowledge, specifically of what daily duties the job
requires, what attributes the corporate culture values
and what results the company most desires, is what
you would use to formulate the answers that would get
you the job you want. To get a clear image of how
important this is, imagine that you are required to
interview for the job that you currently perform, one
that you have worked at for some time already.
When you go into the interview for a job you already
perform, you have no fear or nervousness. There are no
questions that could throw you. You know that you are
supremely experienced and qualified, and merely wait
for a chance to show that off. What’s more, your
answers are very strategic. Since you know the
attributes that the company values, you are sure to
highlight those in your personality. Since you know
what results the company values above all others, you
are sure to talk about those in your answers. In
short, you use your interview to create a specific,
persuasive, convincing, strategic impression based on
your accurate knowledge of the job requirements. That
is exactly how you should interview for any job you
truly want to get hired for.
More How to Interview for a Job Considerations
It’s never going to be as easy to interview for a job
that you’re not familiar with as it is for one that
you are, so your first order of business is to learn
about the target job. Read as much as you can in
published sources, but also spend some time talking to
people who have knowledge of the company. These might
be people who work in that field or who work for that
company specifically. Your areas of focus should be
the job duties, the corporate culture and the results
they respect the most. When you have a clear idea of
these, then you should begin creating stories which
highlight those valued aspects of your character and
experience.
The best way to prepare for the job interview is to
create a series of stories which accent and emphasize
the important elements that the interview will seek to
uncover. Stories are better than simple answers
because they provide both proof that you are telling
the truth and because they are more vivid. After all,
anyone can say that they have an attribute or type of
experience, but having a story about it makes it more
likely to be true. As you tell your stories, the more
similar you can make the situation, your actions and
your results to the open position the better. Ideally,
you would like for the interviewer to hear your story
and imagine you performing exactly that same action in
the target job and achieving those exact same results.
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