How Do You Ace The Interview?
Relatively few people actually blow the interview. The problem is that they fail to impress the interviewer with their capabilities and, thus, are easily forgotten as candidates. This often occurs because individuals tend to talk in generalities in the interview rather than articulating specific accomplishments and achievements. Describing your past experiences by using stories or anecdotes is one of the most effective means of impressing a recruiter.
Interview Tips for Today’s Job Seekers
Using stories to describe your accomplishments helps you stand out and be remembered. The reason this is true has to do with one of the basic premises of adult education. Adults tend to remember examples better than they remember facts. Thus, if you list off a string of strengths such as resourcefulness, articulate, and pleasant to be around, no one will remember what you said fifteen minutes after you leave the interview. Moreover, by simply articulating a laundry list of strengths, you are not backing up your claim. Maybe these really are strengths, but who knows? By describing situations in which you demonstrated those strengths, you will both convince the interviewer that these are indeed strengths of yours and you will have a higher probability of being remembered after the interview is over.
Telling stories about your background is a skill. Some people are naturally good at it while others are not. However, it is a skill that most people can master with a little practice. The trick is to establish a format for your anecdotes. This will enable you to avoid being too brief or overly long-winded. The acronym STAR is often helpful in providing this framework.
By Laurie DesAutels lauriedesautels.com
Story telling makes sense to me. It gives the person a chance to visualize, make pictures, about you that are easier to remember than just words.
I have hired several people for nice jobs over the past couple of years. The common denominator was they all showed me they WANTED the job. For it’s own merits vs just a paycheck.
A piece of sales research indicates a high fraction of sales reps don’t actually ask for the order. And as my dad says, ya don’t ask, ya don’t get.
After your next interview, ask yourself…did I really ask for the order and tell them I want their business?
Story telling, as opposed to telling stories, is the most powerful form of communication. It had been the only way ancient civilization passed on information about life.
To use story telling in an interview is great advice. Just be sure to practice the content of your story in front of a mirror many times before your interview so it becomes natural.
Great framework! Thank you for sharing
Great advice. In the course of telling your story to the job interviewer, you not only have an opportunity to walk the employer through your problem-solving thought process, you also have a great opportunity to reveal your personality and how you interact with others.
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Am I silly? I didn’t get what the acronym STAR stands for, but thought story telling tip was great.
Nice piece, great tips as well. I often use stories to assist me with the interview and as long as you keep them short and to the point, they’re very effective.
I like how you suggest using stories to describe your accomplishments. It does make it seem like you are much more personable and not so cut and dry with facts.