12 Steps to Acing Your Big Interview

Hello everyone, Don Georgevich, here with tools for job

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s. If you have an upcoming job

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and want to be successful, I will give you 12

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that will prepare you for

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next job interview, regardless of whether it is on Skype or Zoom. or it's just a one on one, it doesn't matter, but you can master these 12

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that I will guide you through. I guarantee you that without a doubt you will be a top contender, you will be in the top two or three candidates for any job you interview for, so if you want to be a top contender in

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So first things first as I guide you through these twelve steps. I will literally explain to you how to be the best candidate. The truth is the most important thing. I want you to be honest throughout the interview process. Don't lie, don't cheat. exaggerate but be honest and as you follow these steps, if I tell you to do things that are not true for you or that do not feel comfortable or feel right for you, then don't do them. I'm not telling you. lie and I will never tell you to lie, I will always tell you things that have worked for me and my clients, if they don't feel right for you then just don't do them or take a version of them that works for you and what you are comfortable with. feel comfortable is right now, first things first, you must know your greatest strengths, you must know your superpower, what are you better at than anyone else?

So if this job is accounting, you know what you can do. You do accounting that is better than anyone else and if it is not better than anyone else, as good as the best or if this job is IT, what can you do better than anyone else? Do you know UNIX better than Microsoft? Do you know how to fix computers? What specifically is your strong point? If the job is in the medical field. What do you do better than anyone else? or if it is the leadership position. How are you the best leader? What makes you the best?

What makes you better? everyone else you are competing for in this job you need to know this to know this you may not know it before your interview, but I urge you to think about it have a conversation with yourself take a walk around the block walk in the park think about what you do that makes who you are, that makes you feel good inside and that you are clearly better than anyone else, moving on to number two here, you need to understand their problems, you need to know what the biggest challenges are in this or that position This company faces, I mean, after all, they are hiring you to solve problems.

I mean, why else did they hire him? And those could be customer service problems, they could be engineering problems, they could be financial problems, sales problems could be anything that you need to understand why. they're hiring you and what those issues are now you might not know, I mean, maybe you just look at the job description, you don't know, we'll read the job description very carefully and look for areas of concern, what, what. Do you think their biggest problems are reading the job description now? If you still don't have a sense of that when you're at the interview, mention it casually.

Say you know. What are some of the biggest challenges f

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this position? They will tell you and then what you want to do is be a solution to problems and show them how you can solve their problems and help them get what they want and a lot of times you can do that by knowing what your superpower is. your greatest strength and you will be able to leverage your greatest strength in what their problems are to help them solve them, it all goes in a big circle, so move on to number three and how you understand what their problems are. now you want to show them how you can be a solution to their problems you want to talk about how you've been there before how you've worked in the trenches in your previous jobs you want to show them why you can solve their problems Moving on to number three, now that you understand what their problems are, you want to talk about how you can be a solution to problems, you want to talk about how you've worked on things before the exact same problems, this will show them that you understand the challenges they face and then how you can be a solution to them.

You want to talk about how you've done similar things, how you've worked on similar assignments, projects, engineering projects, IT projects, accounting projects, finance, whatever it is. You want to talk about what you've done before and that's related to what their needs are. This will create a good relationship with them. This will show them that you know you've worked in the trenches before and that you're the resourceful type of person. individual who can take on this role and help them solve their challenges and not just today but for tomorrow, moving on to number four, have the interview about them talk about the type of things that they are doing publicly and align with them, talk about you . you know why you're interested in it and what excites you about it and working in this job, you know what would satisfy you by doing the kinds of things that they do, I mean, by making the interview about them, you make them feel important. talk about them, they get excited about it, if you just talk about yourself all the time they won't really listen to it, you want to talk about them and that will get them excited about you and that will create a good relationship with them and you much later in the process will eventually start to like them because you sound like them, okay, moving on to number five, ask them questions that show that you understand them and that you want to, you don't want to ask them any kind of question that you want. ask them specific questions about the company, specific about the position, specific about what they're doing, what their expectations are for the position, you want to ask very specific, focused questions that show them that you understand them and that you understand their needs.

I mean, think about this for a second if you were interviewing two people for this position and you asked them both why you want this job and the first person says, well, I need a job, I need you and the second person goes on to say how. he would do the work like they did before, they would talk about the details of what excites them about this type of work, they would express that this is the type of thing I love to do and they would go on and on and on. and tell you why you should hire them, so in the end you have one person saying I want the job, I need the job and the other person says this is what I do this is who I am this is what I love to do and this is how I do it. would, who exactly are you going to hire?

That's what I thought and that's why you want to ask them questions that show that you understand them because that's who they're going to hire, they're going to hire the person that understands their needs the best, okay, let's move on to number six and this one relates. again with the number five. Share with them why you want the job. Why is it important to you to know that you worked at, say, Google, Facebook, or Ford Motor Company? I mean, maybe you have an interview with Ford Motor Company, why do you want to work there? What you're interested in is if you're a car fan, maybe, then maybe, if you work at Google, you want a job there, maybe you're a programming fan. or maybe you are an advertising geek or maybe if you work at a gaming company you are just a gaming geek or maybe if you work in the healthcare field you are just crazy about helping other people you love and helping to other people in need whatever it is, maybe you're an accountant and you know what excites you, maybe it's the numbers, maybe it's about running the calculations in your head, maybe it's looking at all the graphs and charts and make predictions, share with them why you want this job.

That is very important because employers do not want to hire people who will not serve them as well through their work. I mean employers. I mean, some people think that they are just an inhumane corporation, but No, they will not hire people that this job is going to satisfy them, it has to meet their needs and the job has to meet the needs of the employer and the company has to meet the needs of the individual if he does not satisfy them. your needs, then you'll leave, you'll only work at that job for six months, maybe a year, and then you'll leave and employers know that, so they want to know if this job meets your core requirements. needs and if you are aligned for it, that is why you want to share with them why you want it why it is important to you don't just tell them I need a job I need the money yes we all do that, that is the most basic level for any put, but why do you really want to let them know that, let them feel that, let them understand that?

Okay, let's continue here; It looks like number seven when you're in the interview now, whether you're doing this over Skype Zoom or We're face to face, what I mean is mirroring their body language. I mean, if they're constantly sitting in their chair, you know you might want to take a more relaxed approach if they're upright and they have very stern body language that also reflects that because I mean, if they're sitting upright and maintaining good posture and you you're just sitting hunched over all the time, you know you're showing them that. you are different than them, you want to mirror them to show them where you are now when it comes to speaking, if they talk very fast you might want to try to speak a little faster, but if they talk fast and you have a tendency to speak very slowly it will drive them crazy, so you'll want to try to get to know them, yeah, maybe halfway, maybe pick up the pace a little bit now if you're talking really fast and they're talking really slow, you.

You're going to drive them crazy, they're not going to listen, they're going to listen to every other word you say, so that's where you want to try to slow down your speech, so you want a mirror, you want to mirror the body language that you use. you want to be Ruhr their vocal tones you might even want to mirror some other hand language hand gestures you want to mirror them to show them you like them that's a way to build a non-verbal relationship and that's what a big part of the interview is It's non-verbal it's the expressions on our face, how we express our body language and our vocal tone, all those different things, okay, moving on to number eight here, be humble if there's something you don't know, don't try to fake it, I mean, If they ask you a question about whether you know how you've done something or if you know a specific piece of software or hardware or whatever, a certain tool and you don't know, just tell them you know I haven't worked. with that, but here's something I've worked with that's very similar, it's always better to not just end it and say I don't know, even if you don't know you'd want to try to meet it halfway and get closer to what they're looking for that way you're again you're establishing a good relationship with them it's okay to say I don't know how to do something but it's much better to say I don't know how to do this but I've done something that is very similar and you go much further in the interview when you try to at least reach out. halfway, so be humble and show humility in the interview and these subtle qualities will show them that you are the kind of genuine, honest and decent person they want to hire.

Okay, let's move on to number nine and be clear about what you want, so when they ask you why you want this job, you need to be very clear about what it is. the job is going to do for you how this job is going to satisfy you at the end of the day after doing this job you know it's going to make you feel a certain way and whatever it is, I mean, it could be working in customer service, you say you know. I want this job because I love working with other people. I love talking on the phone.

I love solving people's problems. I mean, whatever it is, you want to be very clear about what you want and why you're looking for another job. They will want to know why you are leaving your current job to come here and that is where you need to tell them that the current job is not offering me certain things here and these are the things I am looking for. and you are and that's why I want to leave where I am so I can come here and get what I want. This is one of the few times where you can really start talking about yourself and what you are looking for. and you can make it about yourself because they want to know why you want this job and that's your perfect opportunity to be more personal, direct and genuinely honest with them about what you're specifically looking for, okay, let's move on. to number 10, give clear and timely answers to everything, minimize your babbling as much as you can.

I know we all have a tendency to go on and on and on and ramble endlessly in the interview, but usually that's because we're not sure. of what we want to say and we're not sure where we want the conversation to go, so I have a great little formula when you're asked a question, think very quickly about a moment you want to talk about and think about where you want to start the story think immediately where you want to end the story, that will create an end point, so now you have a story in your head and you have a starting point and an end point and then and all this happens In justmilliseconds in your mind, then go ahead and tell them the story now, the key here is to have that end point in mind, that's your marker, which will tell you to stop talking when you get to a certain point, that means that everything you told them throughout history will be enough. information, will the whole story be 100% complete?

No, it won't be the highlights of the story, but it has an ending, so you talk about a situation where you know there was a time and then you talk about what. what you did in that situation and then you continue with what happened in the situation and then you stop talking. Generally, you can answer any question in 30 to 45 seconds. The shorter your answer, the better because the more you talk, you talk, you talk. The harder it is for interviewers to understand everything you say when you talk for 30 to 40 seconds, it is much easier for the human mind to understand everything you said and in most cases they will say oh.

That sounds great and then they'll move on or want clarification, they might ask you for some follow-up, but if you ramble on for two or three minutes endlessly about something, the human mind isn't really capable of understanding everything you said the first time now. , if you said it over and over again, yes I would, but in the interview that is not an option. You can say things only once, so minimize your babbling and create a starting point and an ending point for everything you want. Saying this will give you a target to hit on the inside chart when you answer the question and you'll get shorter, more pointed answers that make sense to anyone, but you say them, okay, let's move on to number 11, now what you want.

What to do before doing any interview and remember your past experiences and skills, this is one of the things that everyone doesn't do, they just think that everything you know after five ten years of experience, they will be able to just get it out of their head at any time in any interview, but the problem is that everyone goes to the interview and what happens is that we are nervous, boom, naturally nervous, we are in front of other people that we have never seen before, they ask us questions. We are not used to it and now they will ask us questions about a past experience.

Normally, if someone asked questions about her past experience, we could get an answer, but in the high tensions of an interview it's much more difficult. To get those things out, it happens that people who are job candidates are asked a question in the interview and they have to think about it and they have to scratch their heads and then they give a very long, rambling answer that goes on for a while. three or five minutes and the interviewer doesn't even know what you said, but if they had taken the time before the interview, a couple of days before the interview, preferably to go over past experiences, write them down, get a pen and paper and write all your experiences. about write the things you have done projects you have worked on write all the details what this is going to do is rewrite that information in your mind it will take it out of your long term memory it will move it into your short term memory so that it is very useful to you easier and more fluid to talk about those experiences and when they ask you a question, you can recite something in 20 or 30 seconds and they will answer you.

It happened yesterday, it could have happened five years ago, but you took the time to remember, reconfigure and rewrite those experiences in your mind so that they are fresh and you can talk about them in a very succinct way and some things summarize experiences that used to take you five minutes discuss it in 20 or 30 seconds. Now you will also be much more up to date on the things you have done. This will put you in a much stronger position to answer any of those questions that you simply aren't prepared for. because because it's going to happen, they will ask you questions that you will have no idea about, you have never heard of a question like that before, but take the time to review, update and rewrite those experiences and move them from your long term memory to your memory in the short term it will allow you to answer any type of question they ask you, even if you have to try hard anyway, they may have to watch you think, but you will still be able to give them a very focused answer that addresses the other question, okay, let's move on Next up, it's clear why you want to leave your job now if you're not working somewhere, yes, but this one doesn't really apply, but if you're working somewhere and want to go to another job be clear about what that job doesn't.

It gives you a clear idea of ​​what you don't like about it, what it doesn't give you, and what you were looking for in a new position. Now many times I want to say, The number one reason why people leave their jobs is because, and this is statistically Right, it's because they don't like the boss, they don't like the manager and that's why they leave, but no one wants to say well, I don't like him. my boss, the reason they don't want to say that is because it usually makes you look bad, I mean, because the reason you don't like your boss is probably subjective.

I mean, there's something about them that maybe you don't like, but I know what I bet you there are ten other people in that company who do, maybe not. I don't know, but there's usually something you don't like about them, it's not that they're bad bosses, so they ask you why. you're leaving, I mean you might want to, you could say you know you don't really get along with your boss, but you want to say it in a way that you don't get along with him on a personal level and I want to let them know that it doesn't affect their ability to do your job, but there are better reasons to discuss, explain or express why you are leaving your job, but whatever your reason, let them know that this job is for you.

Now it's not giving you what you need in your career and what you're looking for in a new position because employers are smart, they love you, and they're more than happy to hire you to get you out of your old job and into a new job, but they want to make sure that this new job meets your needs. They don't want to just take you out of there and put you here and end up with the same problems you had at your old job and then in six months you're gone and interviewing for jobs somewhere else that they don't want, that want you there long term. , so be very clear about what your old job does not give you and what this new job will give you and you will make them feel much better when you join.

Okay, let's move on to the last one here, it could be twelve, thirteen or fourteen. I don't know, I lost count. I said the top. twelve, but the last one here is self-sabotage and we all do this and what I mean by this is that there is usually something about leaving our job and taking a new one that scares us because we are taking on the unknown that When starting a new job, we We are moving into the unknown and what happens is that sometimes there is something that makes us uncomfortable with this new job, we can sabotage ourselves by not understanding it.

It sounds strange, doesn't it? I know I really need this job I need the money I need you know whatever, but if there is something about this job that makes us take it and that makes us feel uncomfortable, we might say things in the interview that sabotage us from getting the job and It can be anything and it's usually something very subconscious, so before the interview think about this position and what scares you the most, although I was working with a client the other day and he had been at a company for 14 years and wanted to. leave and wanted to go to a new position somewhere else.

He wanted to leave because he didn't like his boss, but he was also afraid. He says, "You know what I've been at this company for 14 years." I'm a little afraid that if I leave and go here, I'll go into the unknown, who's to say I won't be fired in three or six months? And I have a wife, kids, house and cars, so I have 14 years of stability and I'm changing all that for the unknown that made him very uncomfortable with this interview and the past interviews he had before, in which he failed each one. them and he didn't fail them because he wasn't no matter how good he was, he's first class, he's first rate, he's like the best of the best, but he failed them because he was afraid.

There was something about leaving his old job that made her fear that he was taking a new job and so he sabotaged himself. every time and we actually had a conversation and somehow resolved this, but we isolated it, we isolated what the problem was and this is what I want you to do, find out what scares you the most about this position, isolate that and minimize that . threatens and I understand it. I do this all the time with people. I meet with them on Skype and we talk about a particular job interview that they're going to be Faye in and we discuss what they might do to sabotage themselves, so if you've been going interview after interview after interview and you just don't make it nowhere and then you go ahead and apply these 12 amazing steps to succeed in your interview and you still don't get anywhere and you just get stuck and you want someone to just give you an outside look you want someone to help you see through. yourself what you can't really see then I encourage you to contact me go to job interview tools comm/each PC you can find more information on how you and I can meet on Skype and we can discuss any job interview you have your resume what you're worried about we can talk about questions and answers and how to shape your answers we can do whatever you want and I do this with people all over the world, not just in the United States, but I do it in Canada, I did it in South America , we do it in Australia, China, Singapore, Germany, it doesn't matter where you are in the world, you and I can overcome over Skype and we can get to the bottom of what's holding you back.

Come back in your interview, but I hope these 12 steps I've covered with you today help you unlock what's been holding you back in your interviews and figure out why you've been reaching out but just not crossing over. the finish line and getting the job, maybe you've been making it to the end, maybe you've been making it to the top, every time and you've never gotten anywhere. I mean, I recently had a client who was there for the last six months. she was the boss, she was just an ace in her field every time for six months, she would get to the bottom two and they would pick someone else, final someone else, final someone else and she comes to me and she's like Donna, what? is happening?

I mean, I'm good at what I'm doing and I get to the last two and then I screw it up, so again we met on Skype, worked on things, figured out what was holding her back and just checked them off. changed focus and then voila, you know, the next two interviews boom, she got the job, you know, and sometimes that's just what people need because you've been interviewing for job after job and maybe you can't see through. yourself what stops you. You know, and that's where a simple one hour coaching session with me or any other coach can help you see things that you can't see on your own, see what's holding you back, so I encourage you if you're just stuck and these twelve steps or just you know, they approach you but they don't approach you, you don't call, let the park and get the job, contact me at the job interview, toes, calm down, HPC bar and we can go further , so that's all I have for you today.

Now, before your next interview, in addition to mastering these twelve steps, you also need to master the top ten questions. Yes, you can get them from Java Database Tools Communication. This is the quick and dirty twenty thirty-eighth book that will guide you through the Top Ten Questions questions you can expect to get a rock on in your interview will ask you to tell Matt yourself you know what your weaknesses are what your strengths are by what do you want to work on here now those are all the key things I talked about in these twelve steps, but this little guide here that you can download from calm slash top ten job interview tools will give you some examples of how people might answer those questions when I can master these top ten questions on the silver road that I'll give it to you for free and everything in this video master all of that together a guarantee that you'll be a top contender, you'll be in the bottom two, you'll get the job, who knows, that really depends on the employer I can't tell them that hey, you know, Bob knows everything I taught him and you should hire him, it just doesn't work that way, you have to go in and sell them why they should hire you and I can only help. you get there I can only help you get to the fine the rest the rest is up to you so that's all I have for you today I wish you the best in your next interview and I'll see you in the next video take care See you later