How to be Authentic in your Phone Interview
Catherine Palmiere
Today I’ll interview Catherine Palmiere. Catherine is a teacher, author, and popular guest speaker at seminars and on TV. The President of her own staffing firm for 30 years, Adam Personnel in New York City. Clients seeking enhanced personal growth and achievement may wish to consult her sister company Palmiere Career Services for individual career coaching and skills counseling. Because Catherine is a Certified Employment Interview Consultant (CEIC), a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA), a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) and a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches.
Catherine Palmier is co-author of the book Unlocking the Door to Your Career: Guidelines to Finding the Perfect Job and Taking Charge of Your Life. You can read her blog here.
I’ve learned that Being Authentic is one of the most important things that you want to BE in your phone interview. When you listen to Catherine, you’ll find out the relationship between your accomplishments, your interests, your skills and the level of your authenticity or genuinity. You’ll also learn the most powerful question ever that you have to ask yourself before the recruiter calls you. You’ll also discover an elegant way to be honest and professional when you hear tough questions like “what are your weaknesses?”. I hope you enjoy yourself as much as I did.
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Why Should We Hire You
Jeff Lipschultz
Today I interviewed Jeff Lipschultz about the question “Why Should We Hire You?”
Jeff is a founding partner of A-List Solutions, a premier recruiting firm in Dallas-Fort Worth. He is a renowned blogger in the area of recruiting and has written a great deal on interviewing and resume writing techniques. He also has coached many college students, executives, and other recruiting professionals on employment and career branding leveraging Social Media. Jeff is a featured writer for the web site www.job-hunt.org where he provides advice to job seekers on working with recruiters and optimizing their search efforts. If you need help preparing for an interview, I suggest you visit http://jefflipschultz.wordpress.com and download two FREE eBooks: a 15 minute guide focused on preparation and ownership of the interview, and an All-in-One Guide covering everything from Preparation to Do’s and Don’ts to Follow-up.
Listen carefully to the entire interview (it’s about 45 minutes podcast) because you can’t afford missing a simple but powerful technique he discusses (used by successful politicians) that will help you immensely during your job interview.
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Honest Answers: always?
Honest Questions: always?
Let’s face it: most of us need a job and today it is not easy to find one. And that makes us fearful, stressed and worried.
So, when an interviewer (the one that will allow you to survive) asks you: “Why do you want to work for us?” what is the simple and plain truth?
We need a job. And we would like to get to work as soon as possible so that we can continue to pay our mortgage.
But that’s not what the interviewer wants to hear. He does not want to “solve our problems”. He wants us to solve the company’s problems. That’s why an honest answer is not necessarily what is expected from us. You should be honest always but you should listen for the intention behind each question. The intention of the question is not always that of us being 100% honest in our answer.
Which one is the toughest question?
Classic Job Interview Questions
Monster.co.uk and skillstudio.co.uk show you how to answer some of the most common questions you will face at a job interview.