Hi there thanks for joining us today for the interview. Why don't you start out by
telling us a little bit about yourself are you a hundred percent sure that you
know how to answer this question correctly because you need to because
it's going to affect the entire interview going forward and
unfortunately if you answer it poorly you can disqualify yourself in that
first 30 seconds so that everything happens for the rest of the interview
makes no difference you're not going to have a chance to get a job so in this
video we're going to go through four different examples - from me and - from
Kendall the first two are going to show things that you should not do but are
very common mistakes that we see and the second two are going to show things that
you should be doing to give a really strong answer to give yourself the best
chance of getting hired we're going to watch the video clips and I want you in
your mind to try to pick out what's going on whether good or bad and then
I'll break them down afterwards and tell you what is going on so you can compare
the two and learn so let's dive right into the first example okay so thanks
for joining me for the interview today why don't we just start our just getting
to know each other a little bit why don't you tell me a little bit about
yourself so I grew up here in Austin I went to UT and studied math it's a real
passion of mine but lately I've been really going to get to dancing a lot of
West Coast Swing super contemporary but when I'm not doing that I was living
yoga I'm trying to be very fit and healthy I just got a new dog it's really
great about abalzer his name is Ranger um super cute and I like to restate fit
active lately I've been super busy because I just moved apartment
all the way north now
all right what did you see is there anything that you spotted that you think
could have been improved upon or maybe never should ever be said in an
interview at all we're going to watch the next clip which is me answering that
question and then we'll break down the pros and cons all right so thanks for
joining me for the interview today yeah so why don't you start this out by
tell me a little bit about yourself yeah sure so I really lately have been
getting into Muay Thai kickboxing I'm not sure if you watching MMA I just find
it's a really good way to stay in shape and I think that guys when they have a
chance to not only compete but to kind of get your bell rung a little bit when
you're sparring and things like that to stay in shape I just think it's a good
kind of way to vent and work out the stresses of the day yeah I've been I've
been trying to eat a lot more healthy to be honest like that's very important to
me it's kind of a new passion in my life go to Whole Foods a lot there's one
close here in Austin I'm getting a lot of salad bars or it used to be more like
in and out burgers but I'm touching that up so that's a very important thing to
me too and I also really have been enjoying just getting out in hiking
being outside being in the wilderness a little bit has been important your last
couple years so that's kind of where I'm at right now yeah about five miles
outside of town believe it or not there's a little place you can go and
hike and kind of rejuvenate and get some oxygen in those lungs and feel good all
right what did you see well one big mistake that so many people make that
you won't now because you know is spin everything towards the position the job
in the company don't talk about any facts about yourself that don't pertain
to the position although I or she while listening may act interested and say oh
you got a new dog cool how nice what kind is it in their minds are thinking
this is not relevant at all the position and therefore this person has no idea
what's going on they're not seeing things rugged how can I rely on someone
who doesn't even know how to answer this question to be put in front of clients
or customers so think of a few things that are interesting if you strengths or
experiences you've gone through but tie them back to the position or the company
because it's going to make the answer interesting by having a personal
antidote but it's also directly relative to the position now if you're not
confident or you feel fearful or stressed just having to interact with
anybody let alone the stress of an interview you need to get that handle I
put together a spreadsheet checklist that you can touch up in the right
corner right here to download for free and it's going to go through a list of
things it's called a social invincibility checklist it's going to go
through a list of things that can help you just get more comfortable around
people therefore when you're in an interview
all of those skills and things you learn on the checklist you'll be able to apply
to come across a nice calm and confident in the interview now let's look at this
next couple of videos and notice that all of the answers are spun directly
towards the position and there's some other stuff going on to see if you can
pick out the positives that are going on this video too and we'll break them down
here right afterwards so thanks for joining me today know the great happy
why don't we just kick this off by the economy a little bit of a job sure sure
so it's kind of funny because even at a young age I remember when Nintendo first
came out I was always really passionate interested about how to program these
games of programming TI 81 little ridiculous games but still programming
all the same I've always been into it and so when I realized the kind of value
that a full-stack developer could offer to a company I was like this is
incredible because they say you want to do what you love and this is really
something I love in my last position I was able to take a lot of those
programming skills to actually increase efficiency of one of the systems that
they had by 30% and all of that documented so I felt really good about
that you know being able to do something you're really good at you really loved
and actually seeing those empirical results are very very powerful me and in
the future I'd love to just work my way up in the system of programmers so you
know there's definitely a hierarchy that goes but I think my skill sets would
allow me to only operate in a programming level but also to operate in
a management kind of liaison level so that's something I'd like to do sometime
in the future so it's kind of where I'm at right now ok nice what was done there
there were four main techniques that were applied there starting with what I
talked about in the last one always spanning everything back to the position
so I started with kind of an interesting story about how I was a little kid I
liked to program them ti-85 calculators but that's directly relative to the
position because it's a programmer position that I mock interviewing for
the second thing as I'm talking about actual things I've done that are
quantifiable about 30% increase to something in my last
position you always want to bring up previous successes and if you can't I
actual numbers and statistics to them which seem harder to fabricate for
people it can be even more effective I also linked my passion to the position
so I said you have always been passionate about this full stack
development thing when I realized I could do this as a profession and make
money it kind of seemed like a no-brainer a great thing to do and then
lastly I talked about my strengths and where I want to go in the future so I
said you know I could see myself not only being a programmer but I also
seemed to have a decent way with people so I also could see myself moving into
maybe a management position if it see fit within the company so now I'm
talking about my strengths and the trajectory of what I want those four
things if you can weave all four those things into your answer you're going to
be absolutely golden now let's look and see how Kendall respond to the same
thing okay that's very good to have you today they show you a resume very
impressive resume looks like you have a lot of experience in the right places
but I'm just kind of curious to get started could you tell me a little bit
about yourself yes so I grew up here in Austin I went
to the University of Texas and studied mathematics
so I actually started college when I was 15 I've always had a passion for math at
an early age I did the whole mathematics program with the special self is an
actuarial science Society yeah graduated at the age of 20 and now I've been
working at my current position for about four years I have just been promoted
recently to the role of project manager Wow which has been really great because
it felt like it really focuses on a unique skillset that I have I have a
really strong background in mathematics and I also have a really great skill set
of being able to communicate with people and so it's been a really interesting
new challenge for me to be able to work with the team of mathematicians and then
also be able to work with upper management and communicate where the
projects at and the status of that and I'm hoping in the future that I'll be
able to continue to grow that skill and use it for other roles that's fantastic
because as you know a lot of people with those hard
mathematical skills not only aren't good at it I don't enjoy dealing with people
on a bigger project level so that's something that's very unique to you very
interesting now that was good even as I watch this back now that's even more
impressive so she did the exact same four things she started out with some
interesting stats you know she started she went to UT she started college at
age 15 which is pretty wild and knew that she always had a passion for math
it's an interesting stat to keep things fresh but had a passion for math she
graduated at 20 the years of 20 no actual things she's done she's worked
for the company for four years and was promoted to project manager nice thing
to weave in and then she talked about her strength she said I have a unique
skill set in math but I also think I'm good at communicating with people kind
of like my answer was she's enjoyed being liaison and giving updates on
project status and things like that and would like to move into a role or
continue to get experience in that in a role in the future so now she's saying
where she wants to go or ambitions and what she wants in the future but tying
those directly to her strengths now the cool thing about this question is you
basically know you are going to be asked it in most interviews so what can you do
when you know that well you can rehearse come up with a really nice quality
answer that incorporates these four pieces so we start at an interview not
only do you have a sharp answer but you can kind of go on autopilot when you're
answering this because you got it in the hopper and that enables you to get nice
and comfortable and loose in the environment and it gets the other person
more comfortable because they're able to hear you talking more whatnot so you
have this canned answer kind of in the hopper it can pay real dividends too yet
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