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]]> By: How to win the job – interviewing with passion | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.keithferrazzi.com/communication/four-tips-to-get-any-job-and-enjoy-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-5813 How to win the job – interviewing with passion | Career Management Alliance Blog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:55:34 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=3289#comment-5813 [...] From Miriam Salpeter. Posted under Interviewing on February 18th, 2010 Earlier this week, I shared my tips on how to make your interviewer a fan…It’s very important to approach an interview with the right attitude. After all, it is exactly what all of your hard work has been leading up to! An often overlooked topic in hiring is that “fit” – a nuanced, maybe even “unfair” assessment of the interviewee is most likely the most important aspect of the hiring process. This is frustrating (for job seekers who KNOW they have the skills to do the job) and for the hiring managers (who need to somehow justify hiring one person over another because of what might be ambiguous or nuanced reasons). Nevertheless, recognizing (and maybe even embracing?) the fact that hiring (and being hired) is as much an art as it is a science and that making a real, solid connection at an interview is as important as the portfolio of skills, experiences and accomplishments you bring can be empowering. One of my favorite authors for career and relationship building advice is Keith Ferrazzi. (Read my review of his most recent, Who’s Got Your Back – I also really enjoyed Never Eat Alone. Both are great choices to help job seekers and careerists with their networking and relationship building.) So, it is no surprise that his advice about interviewing resonates! This is Keith’s advice on interviewing: [...] [...] From Miriam Salpeter. Posted under Interviewing on February 18th, 2010 Earlier this week, I shared my tips on how to make your interviewer a fan…It’s very important to approach an interview with the right attitude. After all, it is exactly what all of your hard work has been leading up to! An often overlooked topic in hiring is that “fit” – a nuanced, maybe even “unfair” assessment of the interviewee is most likely the most important aspect of the hiring process. This is frustrating (for job seekers who KNOW they have the skills to do the job) and for the hiring managers (who need to somehow justify hiring one person over another because of what might be ambiguous or nuanced reasons). Nevertheless, recognizing (and maybe even embracing?) the fact that hiring (and being hired) is as much an art as it is a science and that making a real, solid connection at an interview is as important as the portfolio of skills, experiences and accomplishments you bring can be empowering. One of my favorite authors for career and relationship building advice is Keith Ferrazzi. (Read my review of his most recent, Who’s Got Your Back – I also really enjoyed Never Eat Alone. Both are great choices to help job seekers and careerists with their networking and relationship building.) So, it is no surprise that his advice about interviewing resonates! This is Keith’s advice on interviewing: [...]

]]> By: Jeff Lindsay http://www.keithferrazzi.com/communication/four-tips-to-get-any-job-and-enjoy-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Jeff Lindsay Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:58:10 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=3289#comment-5339 Chuch, there isn't a simple answer to how one does that - it's a complex thing, and I wouldn't call it vacuous at all. Just being aware that "they must like me" will help, because it will help you remember to connect, to be personable, to consider the feelings and interests of the others, and especially to remember their names. If you view the interview as a test where you need to show off and impress everyone, you could miss important chances to connect and may come across as cocky or aloof. A major reason for on-site interviews is not see how smart you are, but how well you will fit in with the people you are going to be working with. The interview is much more about your people skills and your ability to fit in with the culture and to be liked by your future peers, than it is about showing how smart you are. Chuch, there isn't a simple answer to how one does that - it's a complex thing, and I wouldn't call it vacuous at all. Just being aware that "they must like me" will help, because it will help you remember to connect, to be personable, to consider the feelings and interests of the others, and especially to remember their names. If you view the interview as a test where you need to show off and impress everyone, you could miss important chances to connect and may come across as cocky or aloof.

A major reason for on-site interviews is not see how smart you are, but how well you will fit in with the people you are going to be working with. The interview is much more about your people skills and your ability to fit in with the culture and to be liked by your future peers, than it is about showing how smart you are.

]]> By: Chuck Coleman http://www.keithferrazzi.com/communication/four-tips-to-get-any-job-and-enjoy-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-4811 Chuck Coleman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:16:37 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=3289#comment-4811 "Make them like you" ??? I'm disappointed by this bit of advice - it is really vacuous. How do you make someone like you who's seen your resume and decided not to like you in advance? That's happened to me. What if you really have no shared interests? Talk to me about just about any rocker and I'll give you a blank look. Finally, I'm autistic, so I can't do small talk and whatever verbal codes "neurotypicals" use, and my nonverbal communication is often out of sync with my verbal communication. Tell me "X", meaning "Y", and I'll interpret it as "X". Then, you get upset that I don't understand "Y". I can't make anyone like me more than I can make a woman feel attracted to me. All I can do is be nice and otherwise try my best. Most relationships, including marriages, don't start by "clicking". They take time. A job interview is really too brief to bring out each other's preferences that determine likability. "Make them like you" ???

I'm disappointed by this bit of advice - it is really vacuous. How do you make someone like you who's seen your resume and decided not to like you in advance? That's happened to me. What if you really have no shared interests? Talk to me about just about any rocker and I'll give you a blank look. Finally, I'm autistic, so I can't do small talk and whatever verbal codes "neurotypicals" use, and my nonverbal communication is often out of sync with my verbal communication. Tell me "X", meaning "Y", and I'll interpret it as "X". Then, you get upset that I don't understand "Y".

I can't make anyone like me more than I can make a woman feel attracted to me. All I can do is be nice and otherwise try my best. Most relationships, including marriages, don't start by "clicking". They take time. A job interview is really too brief to bring out each other's preferences that determine likability.

]]> By: Joao Perez http://www.keithferrazzi.com/communication/four-tips-to-get-any-job-and-enjoy-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 Joao Perez Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:09:02 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=3289#comment-4753 Hi Keith ... great stuff ... sometimes I wonder if anyone with great skills but no empathy would ever be hired by one of our hiring managers :) So all of us need both ... "hard" skills and soft skills ... with the difference thar, in my humble view, soft skills are more scarce and the combination of soft and hard ... very very rare ... my 2 cents ! Hi Keith ... great stuff ... sometimes I wonder if anyone with great skills but no empathy would ever be hired by one of our hiring managers :)

So all of us need both ... "hard" skills and soft skills ... with the difference thar, in my humble view, soft skills are more scarce and the combination of soft and hard ... very very rare ...

my 2 cents !

]]> By: Nadine Bonner http://www.keithferrazzi.com/communication/four-tips-to-get-any-job-and-enjoy-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-4752 Nadine Bonner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:22:20 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=3289#comment-4752 Dealing with the age thing is a two-edge sword. My former boss was trying to sell me to someone and got the response, "I need someone young and hungry." Meaning someone who is willing to put the hours into a job that they assume a mature worker won't. I see myself in just the opposite position: I'm finished with the things that used to hold me back. Unlike the young women I've worked with, I'm not taking off to get married, have babies or take care of sick kids. I'm past all that and am at a stage where I really want to devote myself to a job. But I don't know if it is appropriate to get that personal in a job interview. Dealing with the age thing is a two-edge sword. My former boss was trying to sell me to someone and got the response, "I need someone young and hungry." Meaning someone who is willing to put the hours into a job that they assume a mature worker won't.

I see myself in just the opposite position: I'm finished with the things that used to hold me back. Unlike the young women I've worked with, I'm not taking off to get married, have babies or take care of sick kids. I'm past all that and am at a stage where I really want to devote myself to a job. But I don't know if it is appropriate to get that personal in a job interview.

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