hey everybody don georgevich here with
job interview tools i got a question for
you
how can you be the best
candidate for the job think about that
for a second
how can you be the very best candidate
out of all the other applicants that are
there
i'll tell you it's not that hard and it
may
not even be what you think i mean you
could be the most experienced you could
be the most talented
you could have all the skills you could
look the part
but you know what there's one thing that
most people don't do that
keeps them from getting the job it keeps
them from truly being the best candidate
and that is to be interested
in what that employer is doing
and to be interested in them you have to
ask questions
you have to ask questions about you know
how are they doing this why are they
doing this
and then show excitement and enthusiasm
for what they're doing and if you're not
excited
about what they do if you're not excited
about their products or their
customers or their vision their mission
and all the kinds of things that they're
doing then i urge you to get out of
there because that's not a place that's
going to make you happy
and that's not a place that they want
you
they want people who are excited about
what they're doing
they want people who are going to come
in and be inspired
some people who are going to come in and
make a difference people who are going
to come in
and be a fit with their culture and all
the other like-minded people
that they've already hired those are the
kind of people that they want to hire
they don't want to just hire you because
you
graduated and maybe you have a 4.0 and
maybe it was from a really good school
and maybe you have some really good
experience
and maybe you're the best at what you do
but if you're not excited and passionate
about what they're doing
if you're not interested in solving
their problems
helping them grow then all those other
things don't matter
they really don't and that's one of the
key elements
that so many job candidates miss
they just go into the job interview and
they just sit back and they just answer
questions
like it's test and they fail
to push that employer to push back
against that employer
on that opportunity that that employer
is presenting them with
and they failed to push back on that
and instead they just sit there and they
just answer the questions they oh that's
nice okay yes and yeah i think i would
like to work here this seems like a nice
place
now you need to dig
deeper into what they're doing and their
mission and where they're going
and that that's a place that you want to
go to
and explain why you want to go on that
ride with them
let them know that your heart
is in what they're doing
ask them questions about the challenges
that they're facing in trying to
accomplish
their mission because they're hiring you
or they want to hire
someone because they have a problem i
mean the company has a problem
and whatever that problem is they're
looking to hire one
two or more people to come in and help
them solve that problem
but if you don't know what that problem
is if you don't
talk to that employer and ask them you
know what challenges are you facing in
this role
or how are you how do you plan to grow
in this direction
if you don't think about it like as if
you
already work there then then you're not
really connecting with them you're not
building that rapport with them
you're not showing them that you
genuinely care that you're really
interested in what they're doing and
helping them solve their problems
so i encourage you in your next
interview
to go in there and push back against
them
challenge them and almost to the point
where
that hey you know what you're not sold
on this job
um you know i want to know some more
about it i want to know how you're going
to do this how are you going to do that
do you have funding for this now only
ask these questions if they're relevant
but push back against them and if
they're interested in you if they like
you and they like what they see
that is going to force them to try to
overcome your concerns
overcome your objections by further
selling you
on this position or this opportunity and
they'll come back and say well you know
what um we do have funding for this
here's how we're going to solve this
problem this one we're not sure yet
but if they come back and they continue
to try to sell you on the job that shows
that they're interested in you
but for you to show that you're really
interested in them
you have to challenge them on the
position and you have to ask them
these kinds of questions you know how
are you going to do this how are you
going to solve these problems how are
you going to grow
push back against them and that's really
what your interview is
it's a conversation of you and them and
you're both
talking about you know things that
you've done where you're going
where you want to be and
when all of this comes together
that's when they see you as a good
fit for where they're going now there's
going to be other people who are going
to have all the same skill sets that you
do
but the heart's not in it
and that's the biggest thing the heart's
not in it
but that's one of the most important
things and so i encourage you
to only interview and apply for jobs
that you are excited about that you
can't wait to work there a job that is
going to make you so excited
that you can't wait to get out of bed in
the morning
to go work there and and do things
and help them grow and work with a team
of people
towards you know solving a problem now
is this going to be true
for for all jobs i mean you know if
you're
you know interviewing for a job at
walmart
i think so because if you're
interviewing for walmart and you know
maybe
maybe you're just interviewing as a
cashier at walmart
but you know what that could be fun if
you're the right kind of person
who likes to meet and talk to people all
day
long being a cashier could be great and
that could you could be
very enthusiastic about that i was a
cashier i loved it
i worked in retail sales where i waited
on
i was a salesman on the sales floor some
people
hated that work i loved it i couldn't
wait i was so excited i mean it was a
job that paid minimum wage is a few
bucks an hour
but i was so excited about the work and
the interactions and helping people
all their customers solve problems i was
excited about it
so and that's that's at the very
very low end of the job scale
but the problem is as jobs get bigger
and they pay more they get more
complicated
you know there's all kinds of things so
i would encourage you
to only look for and apply for jobs that
you are
extremely excited about because if
you're not
if you're not in it 110
if you're not on board your lack
of enthusiasm and passion and excitement
it's going to show
in the interview it's going to show that
they're going to be able to read
you and they're going to know that you
know that don
guy he's he's okay but he's not really
on board with what we're doing
he lacks enthusiasm
so don't let enthusiasm
be your downfall only interview for jobs
that you love
that means something to you maybe that
company is going somewhere
and you want to be a part of that ride
and
maybe the job that gets you really
excited
maybe it doesn't pay as much as that
other job where you could make more but
the work might suck you know those are
decisions that
you need to make and where you need to
be and where you want to be
so that's all i got for you
on this one slightly a different twist
than my normal videos
but as always as always head on over to
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questions these are going to help you
prepare your answers and put them in
line so that
you're more likely to deliver an answer
an enthusiastic
enthusiast answer that's just going to
resonate with an employer
and make them think yeah that dawn guy
there i think he might have a little bit
more to offer
let's hire him good luck on your next
interview and i'll see you in the next
video
take care bye now