Everybody, Don Georgevich of here job interview tools, did you know that all interview questions
are not created equal?
I know that sounds crazy, but it's true.
You see, interviews are generally made up of three sets of questions.
But the bulk of your interview depends on how you answer a few questions.
Sometimes even only one question.
So a normal interview will have behavioral or experience questions, common questions
and identity questions.
Now, the common questions they carry about ten to 20% of the weight of the interview.
Behavioral questions carry about 30 to 40%, and identity questions carry the most weight
40 to 90%.
But if you just focused on behavioral and common questions alone, you probably would
not get the job, which is really what happens to most candidates, though you might feel
you did well because you answered a lot of their questions, but you have to be careful
not to confuse activity with delivering real value to them.
But if you just focused on identity questions alone, you may or may not get the job either.
What if you focused on identity and behavioral questions?
You can have an excellent shot at the job, and you will have clearly separated yourself
from your competition by demonstrating how unique you really are.
Now, interview questions there kind of like test questions, multiple choice, true and
false.
Those are one point each.
Fill in the blank two points, but you see essay questions are up to 40 to 90 points,
so you can miss a lot of the easy questions.
But if you nail the essay questions, you still pass the test and job interviews are the same
way.
There's a lot of filler questions in a job interview stuff like Where did you go to college
or what are your weaknesses or what are your biggest accomplishments?
These are all one point questions, so you can get all of these right and not get the
job.
And that's what happens to a lot of job seekers.
The interview for a job and they feel they did great and they don't just feel that they
know, they know in their heart that they did an exceptional job and
plus they feel that the job was just made for them.
But what really happens and what's happened to you and what's happened to me and countless
other job seekers?
That's right.
Our hearts are broken when we get the bad news that they chose someone else whose skills
and qualifications were a better match for the job.
Have you ever heard that before?
Yeah, me too.
I mean, that sucks.
I mean, who needs that?
I want the job because I mean, it was meant for me.
It's mine.
So what really happened was they nailed all the one z to Z questions, all the one pointers,
but they blew the big ones, the essay questions and
the same thing on a test.
It's like answering all the multiple choice questions and feeling good, but missing the
essay question and only getting a C. Now they may have been the most qualified.
They may have known how to do that job better than anyone else.
Their education may have been the best, but they bombed the question that count of the
most the 40 point essay question.
But you see, these interview questions really aren't essay questions there.
What I like to call identity questions or uniqueness questions or individuality questions,
and your answer to them is critical to your success.
Now, when I interview candidates while working at ExxonMobil and other technology firms in
Cleveland, Ohio, we had a certain set of questions that carried all the weight.
And if candidates could answer these questions correctly, we looked past all their other
answers on questions that they flubbed on.
And in most cases, it did really matter why they left the last job or why they were fired
or why they'd been out of work for two or more years.
You know, it just didn't matter.
You know why they couldn't answer their greatest weakness or strength didn't matter, because
their answer to the identity question was everything we
needed to hear.
I mean, did you ever hear the saying a picture is worth 1000 words?
Of course you have, and you see a good answer to an identity question.
It's just like a picture and your answer to that one question sums you up to an employer
like nothing else.
So imagine if you knew all these identity questions and there's not just one, but there's
many, and they come in different forms and you may not even recognize them and you're
probably thinking.
So, you know, how am I supposed to spot them in an interview if I don't even know what
to look for?
Well, the good news is I've got them.
And not just the ones from my private stash and my recruiting days.
But you see, I've got customers all over the world who send me identity and behavioral
questions that they were hit with in their interviews.
So I've got quite an extensive list of these questions from companies all over the world.
And I'm going to just give you these questions, all of them for free, and I'm going to do
it in the next video, and I'm even going to tell you how to answer them in this short
video series that you can watch
in less than an hour.
But before I tell you more about identity questions, I want to teach you the right way
to answer behavioral questions.
And I'll do this in the next video.
I'll send you the link in a day or two, or if you want to watch it right now, just like
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or shared on Google Plus and all queued up for you right now.
But what I'd like you to do right now is scroll down and leave me a comment.
Tell me what has been happening in your interviews.
What happened in your last job interview?
Did it go well?
Did you bomb it?
What do you think you did wrong or what did you do right that they offered you the job?
I would really love to hear your comments, and I'll see you in the next video.
Don, this is Karen Fair and I just landed a job as the general counsel for Mideast operations
for I.T., and I want to thank you for all of the great advice that you gave to me.
Not only did your guy provide me with a lot of great confidence, but.
You care.
Cared enough to send me your personal advice as easy as an email away.
And we did that quite extensively.
And there's not too many people left in this world that would be willing to do that.
I really want to thank you for everything.
I never thought it would again be possible that I'd be able to serve our courageous men
and women operating in harm's way.
This is just a fantastic opportunity, and I want to thank you personally for paving
the way for me and to help me get that confidence back.
And for, more importantly, being there for me in a very personal way again.
Thanks, Don.
Take care.
Bye bye.