Saturday, May 30, 2020

Critical Interview Tip From Someone Known to be Cocky

Critical Interview Tip From Someone Known to be Cocky That would be me the guy knows as cocky (aka, self-confident).   Im sure Ive made this mistake, but I also heard of someone else who recently made this mistake. Imagine this: you are in a job interview and the interviewer asks you can you do this particular skill?  You either answer: a) oh yeah, I can do that. b)  I havent done it before, but Im sure I could learn it. Does that sound familiar? Is this a response you have made, heard, or might make? Let me give you a tip to give a response way, way, way more impactful. Instead of saying a), yeah, I can do that., say something like this: Yes, I can do that.  In my past job I had this exact responsibility.  I was given the task and within six months was training others to do it well. Isnt that 1,000% better than yeah, I can do that. Here is something better to say than b), I havent done it before, but Im sure I could learn it. I havent done that before, but I really think I could learn it quickly.  In my last job I was asked to do learn a new software program we were going to use at the front desk.  No one had any experience with it, but I dove into the user  manuals  and got on the training webinars, and was quickly able to train the rest of the front desk team.  In fact, the software company recognized me as one of their best users and asked if they could refer some of their other key customers to me for consulting. Isnt that impressive?  Much better than yeah, Im sure I could learn it. SHOW ME. Of course you need to have your own, and better, wording.  The idea, though, is to give examples, and what I call mini stories.  If you can get it into a Problem-Action-Result format, your response will be way better than what you were going to say, and probably better than your competition. Sound good? Critical Interview Tip From Someone Known to be Cocky That would be me the guy knows as cocky (aka, self-confident).   Im sure Ive made this mistake, but I also heard of someone else who recently made this mistake. Imagine this: you are in a job interview and the interviewer asks you can you do this particular skill?  You either answer: a) oh yeah, I can do that. b)  I havent done it before, but Im sure I could learn it. Does that sound familiar? Is this a response you have made, heard, or might make? Let me give you a tip to give a response way, way, way more impactful. Instead of saying a), yeah, I can do that., say something like this: Yes, I can do that.  In my past job I had this exact responsibility.  I was given the task and within six months was training others to do it well. Isnt that 1,000% better than yeah, I can do that. Here is something better to say than b), I havent done it before, but Im sure I could learn it. I havent done that before, but I really think I could learn it quickly.  In my last job I was asked to do learn a new software program we were going to use at the front desk.  No one had any experience with it, but I dove into the user  manuals  and got on the training webinars, and was quickly able to train the rest of the front desk team.  In fact, the software company recognized me as one of their best users and asked if they could refer some of their other key customers to me for consulting. Isnt that impressive?  Much better than yeah, Im sure I could learn it. SHOW ME. Of course you need to have your own, and better, wording.  The idea, though, is to give examples, and what I call mini stories.  If you can get it into a Problem-Action-Result format, your response will be way better than what you were going to say, and probably better than your competition. Sound good?

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