1. BE UPFRONT
The last thing an interviewer wants to hear is a list of excuses he has heard a thousand times before. Trying to cover your tracks like this is just a waste of breath and could potentially insult your interviewer's intelligence.
The last thing an interviewer wants to hear is a list of excuses he has heard a thousand times before. Trying to cover your tracks like this is just a waste of breath and could potentially insult your interviewer's intelligence.
Take a different approach. Replace a list of excuses with the following sequence of events.
- • Identify the Problem First - tell the interviewer about the mistake before he can address
- it.
- • Admit fault - apologize for the problem and recognize your shortcomings as the cause.
- • Explain Typical Behavior - let the interview know that mistakes, like being late, are freak
- occurrences and that you normally don't make them.
2. ASK QUESTIONS
Occasionally, you may start to feel uncomfortable during an interview. If you do not manage to regain composure, the interview will only go downhill. Taking focus away from you buys time. Sometimes turning the tables can also turn the interview around.
Asking questions will force the interviewer to talk and possibly mention characteristics he is looking for. In keeping questions as a back up plan, be sure to:
Occasionally, you may start to feel uncomfortable during an interview. If you do not manage to regain composure, the interview will only go downhill. Taking focus away from you buys time. Sometimes turning the tables can also turn the interview around.
Asking questions will force the interviewer to talk and possibly mention characteristics he is looking for. In keeping questions as a back up plan, be sure to:
- • Prepare - come up with some questions ahead of time and make sure they are
- appropriate to the particular company and position.
- • Pay Attention - don't just ask a question and then zone out as you regroup. The
- interviewer could be giving you valuable information or ask you a question in response.
3. GET FEEDBACK
One easy way to lose your cool is to get halfway through answering a question only to discover that the interviewer is bored beyond belief. There is no need to be scared…yet. This is another place where questions can help.
Instead of using questions to get comfortable, use questions to get information. Your response may not be answering the right question, the question may have been unclear, or you may be spouting an incoherent nonsense. If you are caught in this situation:
One easy way to lose your cool is to get halfway through answering a question only to discover that the interviewer is bored beyond belief. There is no need to be scared…yet. This is another place where questions can help.
Instead of using questions to get comfortable, use questions to get information. Your response may not be answering the right question, the question may have been unclear, or you may be spouting an incoherent nonsense. If you are caught in this situation:
- • Stop - Do not be afraid to break mid-answer to ask a clarification question.
- • Be Direct - if clarification does not put you at ease, ask the interviewer if he has any
- concerns about you as a candidate for the position.
4. TRY FLATTERY
A good mood is contagious. If you can get the interviewer into a happier state of mind, you may manage to give the mood of the entire interview a boost. Plus, nobody minds the occasional compliment. Whether it's a nice word about the company, the office, or the culture, a compliment can go a long way in a rough interview.
Choosing which compliments to pay, however, is not a simple task. Take to heart these suggestions before you start dropping kind words:
A good mood is contagious. If you can get the interviewer into a happier state of mind, you may manage to give the mood of the entire interview a boost. Plus, nobody minds the occasional compliment. Whether it's a nice word about the company, the office, or the culture, a compliment can go a long way in a rough interview.
Choosing which compliments to pay, however, is not a simple task. Take to heart these suggestions before you start dropping kind words:
- • Show Preparation - consider paying a compliment that shows you have done research
- on the company, such as commenting on a shift in strategy or other recent
- business decision.
- • Be sincere - a compliment has the ability to make you appear to be an upbeat person;
- do not let a poor attitude offset that.
- • Don't Push It - compliments should not be too numerous, too personal, or too
- emphatic; eventually an interviewer will see through your ploy.
5. MOVE ON
Sometimes you can be fully qualified, answer every question perfectly, and make all the right decisions, but still get a cold shoulder from an interviewer. At these times, you have to remember: it's not your fault.
No matter how confident and qualified you are, you are not in complete control of the interview. You have bad days from time to time. Interviewers can have bad days too, and that can affect your interview. It's not fair, but it's the truth. An interview could be going badly due to no fault of your own.
Sometimes you can be fully qualified, answer every question perfectly, and make all the right decisions, but still get a cold shoulder from an interviewer. At these times, you have to remember: it's not your fault.
No matter how confident and qualified you are, you are not in complete control of the interview. You have bad days from time to time. Interviewers can have bad days too, and that can affect your interview. It's not fair, but it's the truth. An interview could be going badly due to no fault of your own.
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