How to succeed in Interviews

As a job applicant, you may have read several job interview tips about handling difficult questions, such as: Tell me about yourself; tell me about your work weaknesses; what made you leave your current employer? , etc.

To conduct authentic interviews, you must be able to communicate your vision effectively, your passion. You've probably read numerous job interview tips that list how to respond to the difficult interview questions: Tell me about Yourself; What are your work-related weaknesses?; Why are you leaving your current employer? These are the usual dreaded questions that we all expect to hear from interviewers. Typically interviewees are advised to create well-prepared and rehearsed scripts to respond to these dreaded questions. And so, during the course of the interview, interviewees sit on the edge of their seats, waiting to respond, trying to remember the correct answers.

And consequently, the interview becomes a race, a highly tense setting designed to stay one step ahead of the other with scripted conversation, pre-planned positioning, and second-guessing. The possibility of authentically assessing the merits of the position and evaluating how you might fit within the company's culture and mission is minimized in this scenario.

There is little chance of authentically evaluating the merits of the position and evaluating how you might fit within the company's culture and mission in this situation.

Optimally, the interviewer and the interviewee should operate within the same mental space. To effectively hire someone who fits within the organizational game plan and the specific position, the interviewer needs to ensure that the questions will provide opportunities for detailed, authentic discourse. At a minimum, the interviewer is looking for information regarding situations/projects/tasks/assignments in which you've handled, the specific steps undertaken to achieve results, and the direct results accomplished.

To confidently manage the interview, it's important to know where you're heading - - to know your vision. As an interviewee, you have to be able to deliver this information....no matter the question. Additionally, as an interviewee, the only way you'll be able to respond with full confidence (without referring to a script) is by ensuring that you've done your homework.

Furthermore, if you've done your homework as an interviewee, the only way you'll be able to respond with full confidence (without referring to a script) is if you do your homework beforehand. In this manner, you will be able to hit the answers to those dreaded questions without feeling nervous because the interview is not the most important tactic - - it's one step within a strategy. Everything else should flow directly from your career or personal vision. Every tactic you undertake to find the new job, the new career opportunity, or the promotion should emanate from your established vision. It's your well-crafted vision that's essential, not a well-prepared and rehearsed script based on someone else's words. Authentic interviews happen when you can effectively convey your vision, passion, and success stories. And your experiences.

A successful interview, or a true interview, occurs when you can clearly convey your vision, passion, and achievements.