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An Interview Considered an Academy Award Performance

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An Interview Considered an Academy Award Performance

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  1. ` An Interview Considered an Academy Award Performance

  2. Challengeof advancing your career during ...

  3. ` Why is an interview considered a performance?

  4. The goal of a successful interview ... Interviewing is a stressful and difficult situation. Your professional life is on the line. You must walk into each interview with an agenda of what you want to communicate to demonstrate your qualifications, and you must quietly control the interview to be sure that you paint a picture of knowledge and success as you position yourself as the right candidate for the position

  5. ` Exercise #1: What is the #1 reason people fail in job interviews?

  6. ` Answer: They are not properly prepared

  7. ` Who could compete with you for a job?

  8. ` Exercise #2: What is the official term for tactical behavior people use in the workplace to get ahead?

  9. ` Answer: Office Politics

  10. The Importance of Standing Out From Workforce Competitors

  11. Inter-office Intimidation

  12. You Get One Shot With Each Company, Whether Promoting or Interviewing

  13. Why Do You Think Recruiters Get Frustrated?

  14. They Are Sick and Tired of the Lies! • Recruiters agree most applicants do not directly lie about previous positions, but will conceal jobs that have been failures or where they have been fired. So, although they have told the truth, they haven't told the whole story. • Lying about skills and experience in job interviews is standard practice for many applicants - industry analysts say the figure is 35 percent and rising. Dishonest applicants figure if the lies work they might get the job; if they don't, they lose nothing. • To Catch a Predator - ask a series of relatively straightforward questions, which the applicant might answer calmly. Then watch the reaction to a tougher question.

  15. ` Exercise #3: What is a common thing people who feel they interview well often say?

  16. ` Answer: “I usually just wing it.”

  17. Today’s goal ... • How to strategically position yourself as the perfect candidate in a promotional or job interview setting

  18. Perform your research

  19. Gather job descriptions

  20. Differentiation between daily task work and actual accomplishments Instead of, “I’ve done this and this and this.” Create Accomplishments! : • What you did • How you did it • Why it needed to be done • Overall benefit to the department or company

  21. Listening statistics ... Each sentence of each accomplishment must be no longer than 12 words Why? • You have six seconds to catch an interviewer’s attention • Then, up to 20 seconds • To keep their attention a maximum of 45 seconds

  22. What you did ... “I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process.”

  23. How you did it ... “I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process. I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month-end calculations automatically.”

  24. Why it needed to be done ... “I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process. I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month-end calculations automatically. Previously, our entire close process was done manually. “

  25. Overall benefit ... “I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process. I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month-end calculations automatically. Previously, our entire close process was done manually. My effort reduced our entire department’s month-end close from five days to one. “

  26. Now it’s your turn ... “________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.”

  27. Intelligent Questions ... “If I were to accomplish three things my first month of employment and you were to consider me successful, what would those three things be?“ “What would be priority for someone who accepts this position?“ “What have prior, successful employees in this role accomplished?“

  28. Then Segue in to Your Accomplishment... • “It’s interesting you need someone who can _______________, at ABC Company I ... “ • “I read that in the job description. At ABC Company I ... “ • “I thought that would be essential for success in this role. At ABC Company I ... “

  29. The importance of keeping an interview conversational ...

  30. Interview of STATURE

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