[Workplace] Three myths and coping skills for job interviews

A job interview is like a blind date in the workplace. Will you choose the one that others say is the best, or the one that you feel fits the best? When you choose the company, the company chooses you.

If you're new, whether on-site or online, job interviews are often inevitable. Because most of the time, companies don't want to hire someone they haven't even met in person. If you are an elderly person, there will also be interviews when you change jobs, and sometimes when you are promoted. Here are three common myths and reference tips for dealing with them to share with you.

At the beginning of the interview: introduce yourself in chronological order✕, use the record and experience to explain the characteristics and advantages ✓

It’s okay to introduce your experience in chronological order, but if you just count where you graduated from, what you have done, and how long you have been doing it, it is not easy for the other party to understand your strengths, characteristics, and practical abilities in a short period of time. You can try to use specific numbers (eg, improve performance by xx% within half a year), success stories (eg, which well-known client did you use to cooperate with, and what was successfully created), external feedback (eg, where the article was published, What awards have you won) and other specific achievements and experience to directly or indirectly explain your abilities and traits, making it easier for the other party to understand and have a better picture.

In fact, this process is also showing your ability to express and summarize , and these two abilities have a lot of influence on future work efficiency and workplace performance, and are often one of the interviewer's observation points.

Interview in progress: Emphasize how good you are✕, explain what value it can bring ✓

Some applicants may have limited time, so they repeatedly emphasize how strong they are, how outstanding their abilities, and how different they are. The essential starting point is correct, but how good you are and what value you can bring to the company team, What problem can be solved, sometimes it is not the same thing.

Imagine that you are the leader of a marketing team in the education technology industry. Now you need a marketing researcher with passion for education, practical experience in applying technology tools in teaching, and good copywriting skills. The interviewee sitting opposite you He kept saying that he graduated with a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering from a famous university and had published several professional papers on engineering construction, and then finally said that he was very interested in education and wanted to try research work in this field. Do you have black question marks all over your face, wanting to say that the other party may be in good condition, but it is not the wrong place?

Interdisciplinary is great, and it is also a talent that modern society needs. But if you want to try it, you can first research what kind of people this company needs? What value can your cross-domain strengths bring? Can it help the team to open up new markets, enhance the company's brand image, or solve which problems?

Before the end of the interview: no questions✕, raise issues related to the other party / the company will be concerned about ✓

When the interviewer asks you if you have any questions, they are actually observing your preparation, on-the-spot reaction, and thinking style. If you respond directly with "no problem", it may be considered that the person is not well prepared, does not understand the company and the position well, is not so willing to come in, or is more adrift, lacks his own thinking or confidence, or may be overconfident or naive , thinks he has all the details, etc.

You can choose to ask questions from three levels: industry (eg, industry development, company goals, focus of this year, etc.), team (eg, member characteristics, collaboration methods, team goals), individual (eg, work mode, job orientation, development) path, etc.). If you really don't have anything to ask, you can also think for a few seconds before saying, "There are basically no other questions, thank you."

To sum up, using concrete results to improve persuasion, using the other party's needs to highlight your contribution, and using multi-layered questions to show your thinking skills, the common purpose of these three tips is to not waste the other party's time and let the other party know how you need yourself. Make good use of them to give you a chance to make a better interview impression and stand out from your competitors :)