Here are some different ways to prepare and think about your next job interview–as the interviewer or the interviewee.
Highlights
- Block out time to do deep preparation
- Get clear about the unique strengths and combinations you bring
- Have a few prepared stories and examples that demonstrate your accomplishments and skills
- Get clear on your core values
- Determine how your values would be honored in the new job
- Be them in the interview
- Are you running to something or running away from something else?
- Figure out your “must haves” for you and red flags ahead of time
- Make the job interview process is a two-way street
- Put your best foot forward if you have a video interview
- Get a good camera — Logitech C920
- Put the camera at least at eye level–best to have it pointing slightly down at you
- Practice talking to the camera instead of talking to the screen
- Make sure you have earbuds or something that sounds good
- Pick a good place to do the call from with a pleasant background
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- Seth Godin takes things to the next level with his Zoom setup
- Yes, hiding “self view” definitely reduces exhaustion
- Consider what you need to do to get into the best mental state
- Go for a walk
- Meditate
- Put some buffers in your schedule
- Select times of the day when you bring your best energy
- Get a good night of sleep
- Remember the interview is looking to hire the awesomeness you bring, not the collective output of your previous team
- Get your self-awareness dialed in
- “Everyone likes working with me except when I _______________.”
- “As a ______________, people experience me as __________________.”
- Tim Ferriss interview with Stanley McChrystal
- In the stories you share about your experience, try to demonstrate
- How deep you go
- What you accomplished
- How you got there
- Your thought process
- Avoid getting lost in your own story
- Have questions for the interviewer
- Use to determine if you are a fit
- Gather information on what they are looking for in the role
- Always have questions even if you ask the same questions to multiple people
- Asking the same question to multiple interviewers can yield interesting results
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