Congratulations you have been invited to an interview. So how do you ace it to get the job offer. First it is critical for you to be yourself and honest in your answers.
Second, and most important ask yourself, what are the 3 most important skills do I need to do this job? Once you have identified the essential skills not just the hard skills be prepared to showcase how you have demonstrated those skills for the interviewer.
Third. You need to relate your experiences to the job. This is where storytelling is so critical in your answers. If you have no experiences in a work environment, think in terms of how you would respond to the situation by incorporating what you learned from your recent courses.
Before you go to the interview, reread the job posting and for each point ask yourself to tell a time when you did what they are asking in the job posting.
Craft your stories and examples to be realistic and time sensitive, meaning you must be concrete in your stories a formula and the one I use is CARE – Challenge, Action, Result, Evaluation.
Above all practice, practice and practice your answers with a career coach who can give you constructive feedback on improving your answers.
Remember the purpose of an interview is to tell the interviewer how you do the job. The underlying reason why people will hire you is they want to work with you because they like you. So ask yourself, why would I ( the interviewer) want to work with you?
Mary Whitaker
Career Coach & CEO
Rite Careers
