You’vereviewed your resume,practiced your elevator pitch, and feel ready for your job interview.
How do you prepare an anecdote when you don’t know what the question will be?
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Okay, so maybe that doesn’t sound like youyet.
Let’s take a step back and talk about how you could get there.
As a hiring manager, it’s incredibly unsatisfying to interview someone who has no stories to share.
So, how do you find the right stories to share?
Go through the job description and highlight all the soft skills that are featured.
What does the interviewer actually want to know?
You triumphantly showed the performance to the director, and she agreed to scrap the campaign.
Practice, practice, practice, and you’ll sound like a natural in no time.
The final piece of the puzzle is wrapping up your answers well.
You don’t want to ruin your perfect frame and story by ending your response with, “And…
Instead, try connecting the story back to the company or position.
Another way to finish up a response is to give the “in short” version of the answer.
The thing people assume about these questions is that they’re all about the story.
And, yes, that is a critical component.
So, don’t stress too much about having the perfect stories lined up or the exact relevant experience.
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