With the high level stress surrounding the prospective employee's interview process, it's easy to forget that the interviewer has a long list of worries as well. We're all human. The interviewee is human. The interviewer is human.
Break Free From Common Interview Questions and Answer This Instead
Job interviews take many shapes and forms — whether you're submitting a pre-recorded video, meeting in-person with a room full of decision makers, or having a 1-on-1 conversation with the person responsible for sealing the fate of your next career move. Regardless of audience and interview style, there is bound to be a list of common interview questions that your prospective employer is going to pull from.
Introducing Yourself in an Interview To Go Beyond Your Job Title
Piecing together an introduction for a job interview might take more work than you realize. But start with the bigger story and you will be able to distill an intro that makes you feel good, genuinely expresses who you are beyond your job title, and allows for instance connection between you and the person on the receiving end.
How to Start Your Sales Pitch to Grab (and Keep!) Their Attention
As someone who feels queasy every single time I am on the selling end of a sales pitch sales, I find this reframe of a sales interaction refreshing and calming. Once I give myself a moment to gut check and affirm that I genuinely want to help people (and know that my company has top notch services to do so) I can show up to pitch in an authentic way. I can do that through staying present in the moment and building relationships through storytelling.
How to Tell Both Co-Founder Stories in Your Investor Pitch Deck
If you are an entrepreneur that shares a founding role in your company, chances are only one of you will have the opportunity to lead a pitch presentation. All of a sudden a team effort turns into a one-woman show and there's worry that both of you won't be fully represented within your pitch. In my previous post on creating a memorable investor pitch and this post about perfecting your presentation while actively pitching. I place a huge emphasis on telling a story from your first person perspective. But this is trickier when you have two stories to tell.