The Thing You Are Forgetting About in Your Interviews
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
What do firms look for? Competence is only one thing. Everyone forgets about the other big thing. Here, I remind you.
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I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I coach people and I try and help you perform at an elite level on your interviews, help you throughout your job search, because there’s just so many details that go into a successful search. Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, interviewing well, responding properly to both inquiries and the silence, you know, when firms go dark.
Salary negotiation. There’s just so much that goes into an interview, into a job search. I try and grease the skids for you, so it’s a smoother process.
And I’ll just say, if you’re interested in my coaching you, connect with me on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com forward slash IN forward slash TheBigGameHunter. And I’d love to help you. So, the thing you’re forgetting about in your interviews.
I’ve talked to job hunters. I’ve talked to people like coach about this for years. And it’s not just simply about career coaching or job search coaching.
It’s in a lot of other venues in life that this really shows up. What is it that you’re forgetting about? What you’re forgetting about, it’s not school, where you’re being graded on having the right answers, at least not all of it. The thing that you’re forgetting about is that it’s not who has the most answers or the most right answers who wins.
It’s the one who has the most right answers, who gives them a feeling that they can be believed and trusted. So, it’s your ability to inspire confidence that you can help them that becomes so important. And unless you do that, you’re competing with everyone else who’s trying to get 100 on the test.
And how did that work for you in school? Some of you got great grades. That’s terrific. And now that you’re in the world of work, you understand that there’s another dimension that’s there.
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The person who gets chosen for the plum assignment because they’re friendly with your boss. The person who gets pushed out the door because everyone thinks they’re incompetent, even when they aren’t. So, I want to remind you, it’s not about your grade on the interview.
It’s about your ability to inspire confidence that you’re the solution to what they need, which is a feeling. It’s a feeling that comes about, not because you got all the right answers, but how you carry yourself as a professional. How you carry yourself in the interviews.
How you handle yourself throughout all your interactions with them that makes all the difference in the world. So, don’t forget that. And let it show up in, quote unquote, the theater of interviewing.
You are a performance artist on the stage, trying to give them that feeling. And if you don’t like it, tough. That’s the way of the world, folks.
And if you don’t like it, adapt. Try my way. I know it works because, after all, I filled so many positions in my career as a headhunter.
I know this extra dimension makes all the difference in the world. So, don’t neglect it. Don’t forget about it.
Don’t ignore it. So, I hope you found this helpful. Again, if you’re interested in one-on-one coaching with me, connect on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com forward slash IN forward slash TheBigGameHunter.
Once connected, message me. I’d love to help you. Have a great day and take care
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