hey there in this video we're going to talk about six stories to nail and
interview so after working with many clients and sitting in on a hundred plus
interviews I've narrowed down six general areas that you're probably going
to be asked about in most interviews so in this video I'm going to tell you what
the six areas are and what types of stories you can tell to address each
area so stay tuned
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okay so before we get started I just want to remind you that these questions
these areas could be asked about in different ways so make sure that you're
listening carefully for them as they start to come up in your interviews so
you'll be able to use these thick stories that we're going to talk about
today you're going to be able to use them over and over to answer questions
in every interview so it's kind of like the foundation of preparation so now
below this video I'm gonna put links to the concrete examples because I have a
separate video for each but this video is just explaining the themes and giving
you some ideas to create your own stories so I have a ton of examples but
they're not in this video they're gonna be in the links below okay so without
further ado let's get into the 60s theme number one leading people so some
examples of some stories you can tell about leading people it doesn't
necessarily mean you had to lead a team so we'll talk about that leading a team
from point A to B is the simplest form of leading people leading by example is
another way that you could have led somebody so where others followed suit
as to what you did or even just one person teaching some someone something
that they didn't know before that made them more efficient in their job or
organically stepping up to take the lead so for example on a school project or in
a group project of any kind if you volunteered to take the lead that's an
example of leading make a decision when no one else would make a decision to
making a hard decision making a call that's taking the lead so any of those
would work theme number two taking initiative so some examples stories to
tell about how you took initiative might be seeing something that needed to be
done and you did it without direction or you improved upon something that
benefited from your improvement or that contribution that you made you help
someone that needed help without being asked to help them or you went above and
beyond in a customer-focused setting without being asked to
or if you responded very quickly in an emergency situation or you're responding
quickly in any situation where you used to
intuition so basically taking initiative means that nobody asked you to do it you
saw it and you went for it three challenging work so some examples
stories to tell of challenging work might be a personal situation where you
persevered despite many obstacles in your way or a situation where many
people working together we're colliding and miscommunicating or a time you
finish the task from the beginning to end with roadblocks but you've worked
through them leave number four accepting feedback so some example stories to tell
about accepting feedback tell about a time when your boss asked you to make a
change to something for example a document or project your boss session to
make changes thoughts feedback or a time when someone gave you feedback on your
presentation for example your instructor or your teacher or a time when a
colleague asked you to improve upon something or change something that you
did or a time when an internal or external customer advise you on what you
could do better next time or what you could be doing differently so any of
your responses to those and I have a video on examples for that theme number
five dealing with failure so some examples of that a time you made a
mistake in other words a time that you failed at work a time that you didn't
successfully achieve a goal that you'd set for yourself or a time when you
failed to understand what someone meant and you proceeded doing something
incorrectly because they you didn't understand or a time when you felt like
you failed at something but maybe you just felt like you failed yourself and
the six team managing conflict so some examples that you could tell about
managing conflict you could talk about a time when you disagreed with your boss
or you disagreed with a co-worker a time when you disagreed with the rest of your
team a disagreement between you and a customer or client a disagreement on how
to manage a change a disagreement on how to word a specific email
any of those would work but there are tons more I'm sure that you have your
own stories so if you would like to draw from 10 specific examples real-life
examples of my own and from my clients you can get that all right here by
clicking the link below where you can instantly download the examples guide so
that will give you the formula to answer all of these questions it'll explain the
formula and explain how it works and you'll also get the 10 examples in PDF
format plus you'll get fill-in-the-blank templates so all you have to do is fill
in the blanks to create your own story it's all there for you and if you are
still getting stuck because lots of people tell me that they don't have any
stories but I I'm telling you if I were to coach you one-on-one we would come up
with stories they're always there so I've also included 25 questions that you
can ask yourself to get thinking about those stories so the questions are
designed to get you thinking about your own concrete success and failure stories
so download the guide now and you'll be all set thank you so much for watching
and I will post the links to the examples plus you could always download
the guide thanks so much and I'll see you on the other side