Disruptors Caffeine Cast: 8 Ways to ‘Game’ an Interview [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
Discover the 8 ways to game, prepare and prevail and nail an interview. If you want to land your dream job, succeed in interviews or just learn how to pitch better this episode is for you. Rob dives into the 8 simple ways to prepare for an interview and how you can game the system with simple tips and tricks to stand out from the crowd.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
How to prepare for an interview, portrait yourself incredibly well and get the job you dream of
- All candidates will lie - People are prepared to lie to get a job so your strategic advantage to get a job is to simply not lie. Always tell the truth and be honest about your weaknesses and mistakes and this will resonate with the employer and give them a reason to believe that you will always be honest with them moving forward.
- Be honest about your weaknesses - Don’t immediately re-package your weaknesses into strengths and try to spin them into a positive, we all have weaknesses and all have upsides and downsides. Your weaknesses shouldn’t be a deal-breaker for the role as long as it’s not a required strength for the position you’re applying for.
- Be honest about the last roles that you left - Don’t ‘bitch’ about your previous employer and give off the impression that you’ll do the same at your next company/. Don’t simply blame your previous employer for your faults, be honest and take the opportunity to be truthful when other interviewees won’t.
- Don’t over-talk or go off on a tangent - Answer the questions, wait and answer again. You don’t need to pitch yourself too much and go off on tangents and fill the silent gaps with ‘something’
- If you don’t have an answer be honest - It’s okay not to know the answer to everything, be honest and say ‘you don’t know’ you’ll get back to help or you’ll look into it.
- There are 3 main areas that you need to research - 1. The company you’re going to work for 2. The role that you will be fulfilling 3. The interviewer that will be interviewing you.
- Ask prepare questions - When you get your chance to ask prepared and educated questions that make the interviewer think. Aim to reverse sell them “why should I come and work for you” “what will the position do for my career development” Give the interviewer the chance to sell themselves to you.
- Prepare a final closing statement - Aim to have a solid closing statement that encapsulates you and what you can do for the end of the interview. This is where you will sell yourself, pitch what you can do and make your big claim”
BEST MOMENTS
“There’s a time an a place for selling yourself, however, if you sell yourself at the expense of the truth this will damage your future working relationship with the employer.”
“Don’t just package your weaknesses as strengths, for example, stating you’re a ‘perfectionist’”
“Sometimes it’s best to stay quiet and allow them to answer the questions. Don’t go off on a tangent give clear and concise answers to the specific questions”
“You will lose a big opportunity if you don’t research the interviewer”
[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”
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