Job Interview
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Here’s a list of skills you will acquire and develop applying the Job Interview skillset:
- Opening the interview with your Verbal Resume, or 90-Second Capsule
- Distinguishing yourself with accomplishments, which is the best way to impress the hiring manager
- Showing up prepared; demonstrating you understand the job in question and have researched the company, industry, and mission
- Showing the relationship between the job responsibilities and your experience.
- The importance of demonstrating your three key strengths, as they apply to the job
All your preparation, and the development of all the skillsets needed to create a marketing plan for your job hunt come down to this critical skillset: The Job Interview.
You have sorted through your career options, and perhaps considered new ones that were not known to you when you began your quest. You have prepared the most effective written and verbal resumes, researched the company, industry, and their strategy for growth and sustainability, and you have now been called on to take part in a job interview. You now face a new set of challenges to be the top candidate.
At this point you have been selected as a qualified candidate among a group of 3-5 other highly qualified people. The challenge is to distinguish yourself as the best person to fill the open position. This is where practice pays off! Practice presenting your experience, your flexibility, and your accomplishments, along with examples of your character.
Remember: Using your three key strengths in the written and verbal resumes sets you apart from the other candidates. Expressing them during the interview plays a major role in landing the job.
Your first key strength is your ability to show an understanding of the big picture – how the work you do enhances and supports the goals of the work group and the company. This includes your ability to connect the dots and see what is beyond your plate – how work processes and work groups are connected as you view them in the new position.
Your second key strength is your experience and ability to create effective working relationships. Describe where you have succeeded in collaborating and adjusting to change, or took part in team projects, or individual assignments that required working across functional lines.
Your third key strength, your work ethic, is focused on persistence and consistency in achieving and supporting results, improving processes, crossing the finish line, demonstrating flexibility, meeting your objectives, and embracing change.
The Job Interview represents the final test of your preparation. It requires proficiency throughout the Job Interview skillset.
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