hi it's Linda Rayner of Linda Raynor
comm career strategist speaker and coach
and in this video I'm going to teach you
five tips on how to make interviewers
feel that you're the right fit as a
candidate and enhance their chances of
landing the job offer
tip number one understand their pain and
how to solve it
a good job candidate knows that when
there's a job opening it means that the
company is currently going through some
sort of business pain and that's why
they need to hire this job serves a
purpose and a need that's not yet being
met so when you can understand the
business situation by doing research
ahead of time and then making an
educated guess on what kind of business
pains the company may be going through
which is why they're hiring then you
will actually appear to be more of the
right fit for the organization because
you actually understand what they need
and if you can also discuss what you can
do in order to help them fulfill this
business need of theirs and how to
resolve this pain that they have then
that's gonna bring you that much closer
to landing the job offer tip number two
show the right demeanor so imagine that
a hiring manager had to select between
two candidates to hire candidate a was
someone who had all the right technical
skills and experience they were a bit
antisocial they didn't smile very much
during the interview and then candidate
be with someone who technically speaking
they probably weren't as strong as
candidate a however they were bright
they were personable they were engaging
and they were confident who do you think
that the hiring manager would select
I'll tell you that a good chunk of
employers would actually hire candidate
be the one with slightly fewer technical
skills and knowledge but a better
demeanor a better personality and how do
I know this well I was once a recruiter
and I saw firsthand the exact types of
candidates that hiring managers would
take on into their companies and what I
noticed was that not all the time were
these candidates the most technical and
knowledgeable but they definitely had
great demeanors and great personality
and that is a huge determinant for a lot
of companies to assess whether you are
the right fit for their organizations so
remember in order to have the right
demeanor it means that you want to be
positive you want to be friendly yet you
also want to be confident and
specifically you also want to be very
engaging tip number three tell stories
this ties directly into my point about
being engaging to be engaging means that
you know how to tell a good story so as
a candidate if you're able to walk
through an interviewer through your
qualifications your background and your
accomplishments in a way that is
interesting and invites them into your
world in a positive way through your
journey they will spend more attention
on you and for longer periods of time
and that will help them to see you as
someone who is the right fit tip number
four sell yourself an interview is not a
Q&A meeting an interview is a sales
presentation it's your sales
presentation and you're the salesperson
if you're not selling yourself every
chance you get meaning every question
that an interviewer is asking you and
you're not explaining why you're a good
fit for that role as you answer the
question then you're not doing a good
enough job of selling yourself to the
company into the interviewer and as a
result you're not going to be seen as
someone who's the perfect fit for the
job you have to sell yourself meaning
you have to articulate why you're the
right fit for them tip number five be
confidently you yes I said have the
right personality in demeanor but don't
confuse that with being a robot
confidence comes from self awareness and
self awareness comes from observing
yourself so if you can be natural in
front of the interviewer that exudes
confidence
it's the classic rehearsal and the mere
trick where you're thinking of questions
that might be asked of you and then
responding to the questions by looking
at yourself another one could be that
perhaps you're you ask a friend or
family member to be the interviewer for
you and
you can practice in front of them and
get their feedback whatever it is you
need to make sure that your presentation
is there so make sure you observe
yourself before you enter the interview
and as I say this I'm thinking that as
much as I make these recommendations a
lot of people for interviews don't even
do these things they end up winging the
interviews hoping that they did a good
enough job but if you really want to
appear to be the right fit for them you
have there's a lot that goes into it and
you have to make sure you practice ahead
of time believe in yourself because
that's also where confidence comes from
so there you have it five tips on how to
make interviewers feel that you're the
right fit for the position
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