hey everybody Don Georgevich here with
job interview tools if you have a job
interview coming up and you want to ace it
I'm gonna give you 12 steps that are
going to prepare you for your next job
interview no matter if it's over Skype
or zoom or it's just a one-on-one it
doesn't matter but you can master these
12 steps that I'm going to walk you
through
I guarantee without a doubt you will be
a top contender you'll be in the top two
or three candidates for any job that you
interview so if you want to be a top
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dive right in so first things first as I
walk you through these twelve steps
I'm literally how to be the best
candidate truth is the most important
thing I want you to be truthful
throughout the entire interview process
don't lie don't mislead don't exaggerate
but be truthful and as I go through
these steps if I tell you to do things
that are not true for you or don't feel
comfortable or don't feel right for you
then don't do them I'm not telling you
to lie and I will never tell you to lie
I will always tell you things that have
worked for me and have worked for my
clients if they don't feel right for you
then just don't do them or take a
version of them that does work for you
and that you do feel comfortable with
fair enough now first things first
number one you must know your greatest
strengths you must know your superpower
what are you better at doing than
anybody else so if this job is an
accounting you know what can you do an
accounting that is better than anyone
else and if it's not better than anyone
else as good as the very best or if this
job is an IT what can you do well better
than anyone on i.t do you know UNIX
better than you know Microsoft do you
know how to fix computers what
specifically is your strength if the job
does in the medical field what do you do
better than anyone else or if it's the
leadership position how are you the
greatest leader what makes you the best
what makes you better than everybody
else that you are competing for in this
job
you must know this to know this maybe
you don't know it before your interview
but I urge you to think about it have a
conversation with yourself take a walk
around the block walk in the park think
about what you do that makes who you are
that makes you feel good inside and that
is clearly better than anyone else
moving on here to number two you need to
understand their problems you need to
know what the biggest challenges are in
this position or that this company is
facing I mean after all they are hiring
you to solve problems I mean why else
were they hire you and those could be
customer service problems those could be
engineering problems those could be
financial problems sales problems could
be anything you need to understand why
they're hiring you and what those
problems are now maybe you don't know I
mean maybe you just look at the job
description you don't know we'll read
through the job description very
carefully and look for areas of concern
what what do you think their biggest
problems are by reading the job
description now if you're still not
getting an idea for that when you're in
the interview casually bring it up say
you know so what are some of the biggest
challenges facing this position and
they'll tell you and then what you want
to do is you want to be a solution to
the problems and show them how you could
solve their problems and help them get
what they want and oftentimes you can do
that by knowing what your superpower is
your greatest strength and you'll be
able to leverage your greatest strength
to what their problems are to help them
solve it kind of just all goes in a big
circle there right so moving on to
number three and how that you understand
what their problems are now you want to
show them how you can be a solution to
their problems you want to talk about
how you have been there before how you
have worked in the trenches in your past
jobs you want to show them how why that
you can solve their problems moving on
to number three now that you understand
what their problems are you want to talk
about how you can be a solution to the
problems you want to talk about how you
have worked on things before the exact
same
were similar problems this will show
them that you understand that the the
challenges that they are facing and then
how you can be a solution to them you
want to talk about how you have done
similar things how you've worked on
similar assignments projects engineering
projects IT projects accounting projects
finance whatever it is you want to talk
about what you have done before and
that's related to what their needs are
this is going to build rapport with them
this is going to show them that you know
you have worked in the trenches before
and that you are the type of resourceful
individual that can step into this role
and help them solve their challenges and
not just today but for tomorrow as well
moving on to number four make the
interview about them talk about the
kinds of things that they are doing
publicly and align with them talk about
you know why you're interested in that
and what excites you about that and
working this job you know what would
fulfill you in in doing the kinds of
things that they're doing I mean by
making the interview about them you make
them feel important you talk about them
they get excited about that if you just
talk about you the whole time they're
really not gonna hear it you want to
talk about them and that's gonna get
them excited about you and that's going
to build rapport with them and you go
much farther in the process they will
eventually start to really like you
because you sound like them alright
moving on to number five ask them
questions that shows that you understand
them you want you don't want to ask them
just any kind of question you want to
ask them questions that are specific
about the company specific about the
role specific about what they're doing
what their expectations are for the role
you want to ask very targeted and
focused questions that show them that
you understand them and you understand
their needs I mean think about this for
a second if you were interviewing two
people for this position and you asked
both of them why do you want this job
and the first person says well I need a
job I need them
and the second person went on to say how
he would do the job how they've done it
before they would talk about the details
of what excites them about this type of
work they would express that this is the
kind of stuff that I love doing and they
would go on and on and on and tell you
about why you should hire them so in the
end you've got one person who says I
want the job I need the job and the
other person says this is what I do this
is who I am this is what I love doing
and here's how I would do it who are you
going to hire exactly that's what I
thought and that's why you want to ask
them questions that show you understand
them because that's who they're gonna
hire they're gonna hire the person who
understands their needs the best all
right let's move on to number six and
this one ties back in to number five
share with them why you want the job why
is it important to you that you know you
worked at let's say Google or Facebook
or the Ford Motor Company I mean maybe
maybe you have an interview with the
Ford Motor Company why do you want to
work there what interests you about it
is are you an automobile fanatic maybe
so maybe if you work at Google you want
a job there maybe you are a programing
fanatic or maybe you're an advertising
fanatic or maybe if you work at a game
company you're just fanatical about
games or maybe if you work in the health
care field you're just crazy about
helping other people you love helping
other people in need whatever it is
maybe you're an accountant and you know
what excites you about that maybe it's
the numbers maybe it's about running the
calculations in your head maybe it's
looking at all the graphs and charts and
making predictions share with them why
you want this job that is so important
because employers don't want to hire
people who this through the job isn't
going to serve them as well
I mean employers I mean some people
think that they're they're just this
inhumane corporation but they're not
they won't hire people who this job is
going to fulfill them it has to meet
their needs as well the job has to meet
the needs of the employer and the
company
has to meet the needs of the individual
if it doesn't meet the needs of you then
you're gonna leave
you're only gonna work that job for six
months maybe a year and then you're
gonna get out and employers know this so
that's why they want to find out if this
job meets your fundamental needs and if
you are aligned for it so that's why you
want to share with them why you want it
why is it important to you don't just
tell them I need a job I need the money
yeah we all do that that's the very
basic level for any position but why do
you really want let them know let them
feel that let them understand that all
right moving on here - looks like number
seven when you're in the interview now
whether you're doing this over Skype
zoom or you're in face to face mirror
them what I mean by that is mirror their
body language I mean if they're
constantly just sitting back in their
chair you know you might want to take a
more relaxed approach if they're ups
straight and they have very stern body
language mirror that as well because I
mean if they're sitting up straight and
they main to maintain good posture and
you're just kind of sitting back hunched
over the whole time you know that is
you're showing them that you are unlike
them you want to mirror them to show
them that you are now as far as speech
goes if they're really fast talkers you
might want to try to talk a little bit
faster but if they're a fast talker and
you have a tendency to speak very slowly
that is going to drive them nuts so you
want to try to meet them yeah maybe
halfway maybe pick up your pace a little
bit
now if you're a really fast talker and
they're really slow talkers you're going
to drive them nuts they're not gonna
hear they're gonna hear every other word
that you say so that's where you want to
try to slow down your rate of speech so
you want a mirror you want to mirror the
body language you want to be Ruhr their
vocal tones you might even want to
mirror some other hand language hand
gestures you want to mirror them to show
them that you are liking them that's a
way to build nonverbal rapport and
that's what a lot of the interview is
it's nonverbal it's both the expressions
on our face
how we express our body language and our
vocal tones all those different things
alright moving on here to number eight
be humble if there's something that that
you don't know don't try to fake it I
mean if they ask you a question about
you know how you how you've done
something or if you know a specific
piece of software or hardware or
whatever it is a certain tool and you
don't know just tell them you know I
haven't worked with that but here's
something that I have worked with that
is very similar you're always better off
to not just end it and say I don't know
even if you don't know you'd want to try
to meet him halfway and come close to
what they're looking for
that way you're again you're building
rapport with them it's okay to say I
don't know how to do something but it's
a lot better to say I don't know how to
do this but I've done something that's
very similar and you go just so much
farther in the interview when you try to
at least meet them halfway on things so
be humble and show humility in the
interview and these subtle qualities are
going to show them that you are the type
of genuine honest decent person that
they do want to hire all right let's
move on here to number nine and be clear
about what you want so when they ask you
why you want this job you want to be
crystal clear about what this job is
going to do for you how this job is
going to fulfill you at the end of the
day after doing this job you know it's
gonna make you feel a certain way and
whatever that is I mean it could be
working in customer service you say you
know what I want this job because I love
working with other people I love getting
on the phone I love solving people's
problems I mean whatever it is you want
to be very clear about what you want and
why are you looking for another job
I mean they're gonna want to know why
are you leaving your current job to come
here and that's where you want to tell
them well the current job isn't offering
me these certain things over here and
these are the things that I'm looking
for and you guys are
and that's why I want to leave where I'm
at so I can come over here and get what
I want this is this is one of the few
times you can really start talking about
yourself and what you're looking for and
you can make it about you because they
want it out they want to know why you
want this job and that's your perfect
opportunity to be more personal and
straightforward and genuinely honest
with them about what you are looking for
specifically all right let's move on
here to number 10
give crystal-clear on point answers to
everything
minimize your babbling as much as you
can I know we all have a tendency to
just go on and on and on and ramble on
endlessly in the interview but usually
that's because we're unsure of what we
want to say and we're unsure where we
want the conversation to go so I've got
a great little formula when they ask you
a question very quickly think about a
time that you want to talk about and
think about where you want to start the
story think about immediately where you
want to end the story that will you
create an endpoint so now you've got a
story in your head and you've got a
starting point and an end point and then
and all this happens in just
milliseconds in your mind then you go
ahead and tell them the story now the
key thing here is having that end point
in mind that's your marker that's to
tell you to stop talking when you hit a
certain point that means everything that
you told them throughout the story is
going to be enough information is it
going to be the complete 100% full story
no it's not it's going to be the
highlights of the story but it's got an
end point so you talk about you know a
situation where you know there was a
time then you talk about what you did in
that situation and then you follow that
up with what happened in the situation
and then you stop talking generally you
can answer any question within 30 to 45
seconds now the shorter your answer is
the better because the more you talk and
talk and talk the harder it is for
interviewers to comprehend everything
that you're saying when you talk for
maybe you know 30 to 40 seconds it's a
lot easier
for the human mind to comprehend
everything that you said and in most
cases they're going to say oh that
sounds great and then they're gonna move
on or they want clarification they might
ask you for some follow-up but if you
ramble on for two or three minutes
endlessly about something the human mind
really just isn't capable of
comprehending everything that you said
the first time now if you said it over
and over and over again yes it would but
in the interview that's not an option
you get to say things once so minimize
your babbling create a starting point
and ending point for every thing that
you want to say this will give you a
target to hit in the inner table when
you answer the question and you come out
with shorter on point answers that make
sense to anybody but you say them to all
right let's move on to number 11 now
what you want to do before any interview
is go through and we remember your past
experiences and skills this is one of
the things that everybody fails to do
they just think that all that you know
past five ten years of experience
they're going to be able to just pull
that out of their head at a moment's
notice in any interview but the problem
is everybody goes into the interview and
what happens we're nervous boom
naturally nervous were in front of other
people that we have never seen before
they're asking us questions we're not
used to and they're gonna ask us
questions about a past experience now
normally if anybody asked his questions
about her past experience we might be
able to pull out an answer but in the
heightened tensions of an interview it's
a lot harder to pull those things out so
it happens is people are job candidates
get asked a question in the interview
and they have to think about it and they
got to scratch their head and and then
they give a really long rambling
babbling answer that goes on for three
or five minutes and the interviewer
doesn't even know what they said but had
they taken the time before the interview
a couple days before the interview
preferably to go through the past
experiences write them out get pen and
paper and write out all your experiences
talk about write out things that you've
done projects that you've worked on
write out all the details what this is
going to do this is
you rewrite that information in your
mind it's gonna pull it from your
long-term memory it's gonna move it into
your short-term memory so that it's a
lot easier and more fluid for you to
talk about those experiences and when
they ask you a question you'll be able
to just rattle something off in 20 or 30
seconds they'll be like it happened
yesterday it might have happened five
years ago but you took the time to
remember and rewire and rewrite those
experiences into your mind so that the
fresh so that you can talk about them in
a very succinct manner and some things
sum up experiences that used to take you
five minutes to discuss into 20 or 30
seconds now you'll also be a lot fresher
on the things that you've done this will
put you in a much stronger position to
answer any of those questions that
you're just not prepared for because
it's gonna happen they're gonna ask you
questions you're gonna have no idea
never heard of a question like that
before but taking the time to go through
and refresh and rewrite those
experiences and move them from your
long-term memory to your short-term
memory is going to enable you to answer
any type of question that they throw at
you even if you have to struggle anyway
they might have to see you think but
you'll still be able to give them a very
focused answer that addresses the other
question all right let's move on here to
the next one it's clear on why you want
to leave your job now if you're not
working somewhere yeah but this one
really doesn't apply but if you are
working somewhere and you want to go to
another job be clear on what that job
isn't providing for you be clear about
what you don't like about it what it's
not giving you and what you were looking
for in a new position now a lot of times
I mean the number one reason people
leave their job is because and this is
statistically correct it's because they
don't like the boss they don't like the
manager and that's why they're leaving
but nobody ever wants to say well I
don't like my boss they reason they
don't want to say that is because it
makes you look bad usually I mean
because the reason you don't like your
boss is probably subjective
I mean there's something about them that
maybe you don't like but you know what I
bet you there's ten other people in that
company that do maybe they don't
I don't know but usually there's just
something that you don't like about them
not that they're a bad boss
so they ask you why you're leaving I
mean you might want to you could say
that you know you don't really get along
with your boss but you want to say it in
a way that you don't get along with them
on a personal level and you want to let
them know that it doesn't affect your
ability to do your job but there are
better reasons to discuss or to explain
or Express why you're leaving your job
but whatever your reason is let them
know that this job that you're at now
isn't giving you what you need in your
career and what you're looking for in a
new position because employers are smart
they want them they they're more than
happy to hire you away from your old job
and put you in a new job but they want
to make sure that this new job is going
to meet your needs they don't want to
just take you out of there and put you
over here and have you end up with the
same problems that you had in your old
job and then in six months you're going
to be leaving and interviewing for jobs
somewhere else they don't want that they
want you there long term so be very
clear on what your old job isn't giving
you and what this new job is going to
give you and you will make them feel a
lot better about bringing you on board
all right let's move on to the last one
here this could be twelve thirteen or
fourteen I don't know I lost track I
said the top twelve
but last one here is self-sabotage and
we all do this and what I mean by this
is there's something usually something
about quitting our job and taking on a
new job that is fearful for us because
we're taking on the unknown we're
starting a new job we are moving into
the unknown and what happens is
sometimes that there's something that
makes us feel uneasy about this new job
we might sabotage ourselves so that we
don't get it it sounds weird doesn't it
it's like you know I really need this
job I need the money I need you know
whatever it is but if there's something
about this job that makes us taking this
job that makes us feel uncomfortable we
might say things in the interview that
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sabotage us
from getting the job and it could be
anything and it's usually a very
subconscious thing so before your
interview think about this position and
what scares you the most what scares you
though I was just working with a client
the other day and he had been with a
company for 14 years and he wanted to
leave and he wanted to go on to a new
position somewhere else he wanted to
leave because he didn't like his boss
but he was also fearful he's like you
know what I've been at this company for
14 years
I'm kind of afraid that if I leave and I
go here I'm stepping into the unknown
who's to say that they aren't going to
terminate me in you know three or six
months and I have wife and kids and
house and cars so I have 14 years of
stability and I'm trading all that for
the unknown that made him very uneasy
about this interview and the past
interviews that he's had before that he
failed every one of them and he didn't
fail them because he wasn't any good he
was he's top he's top-notch he's like
the best of best but he failed them
because he was fearful there was
something about taking leaving his old
job that made him fearful I'm taking on
a new job and so he sabotage himself
every single time and we actually we had
a conversation and we kind of figured
this out but we isolated this isolated
what the problem was and this is what I
want you to do figure out what scares
you the most about this position isolate
that and minimize that threat and
understand it I do this all the time
with people I meet with them over Skype
and we talk about a particular job
interview that they're going to be Faye
and we discuss what they might do to
sabotage themselves so if you've been
going on interview after interview after
interview and you're just not getting
anywhere and then you go through and you
apply these 12 amazing steps to acing
your interview and you still don't get
anywhere and you just stuck and you want
someone to just give you a look from
outside you want someone to help you see
for yourself what you can't really see
then I would encourage you to reach out
to me go to job interview tools comm /
each PC you can find out more about how
you and me can meet over Skype and we
can discuss any job interview you have
your resume what's troubling you we can
talk about questions and answers and how
to shape your responses we can do
whatever you want to do and I do this
with people all over the world not just
in the United States but I do it in
Canada I did South America we do
Australia China Singapore Germany don't
matter where you are in the world you
and I can beat over Skype and we can get
to the bottom of what is holding you
back in your interview so but hopefully
these 12 steps that I have covered with
you today are going to help you unlock
what has been holding you back in your
interviews and to find out why you just
you've been getting close but you just
not crossing the finish line and getting
the job maybe you've been getting down
to the wire
maybe you've been getting down to the
top - every single time and never
getting anywhere I mean I recently had a
client where there she for the past six
months she she was the boss she was just
ace in her field every time for six
months she'd get down to the final two
and they picked someone else final to
someone else final to someone else and
she comes to me she's like Donna what is
going on I mean I'm good at what I'm
doing and I get down to the final two
and then I blow it so again we met over
Skype we worked on things we figured out
what was holding her
and kind of just dialed them things
changed for approach and then voila
you know the next couple interviews boom
she got the job you know and sometimes
that's just what people need
because you've been interviewing for job
after job and maybe you can't really see
for yourself what is holding you back
you know and that's where a simple one
hour coaching session with me or you
know any other coach can help you see
things that you can't see for yourself
see what's holding you back so I would
encourage you if you're just stuck and
these twelve steps or just you know
getting you close but not getting you're
not knocking allow the park and landed
the job reach out to me at job interview
toes calm slash HPC and we can go
further so that is all I have for you
today
now before before your next interview in
addition to mastering these twelve steps
you also need to master the top ten
questions yeah you can grab these from
javva DB tools comm this is the quick
and dirty twenty thirty eighth book that
is going to walk you through the top ten
questions questions that you can expect
to get a stone your interview they're
gonna ask you to tell Matt yourself you
know what are your weaknesses what are
your strengths why do you want to work
here now those are all key things that i
talked about in these twelve steps but
this little guide here that you can
download from job interview tools calm
slash top ten is going to give you some
examples of how people might answer
those questions when you can master
these top ten questions in the silver
walk that i'll give you for free and
everything in this video master all of
that put it together a guarantee you are
going to be a top contender you'll be in
the final two are you gonna get the job
who knows that that really is up to the
employer I can't tell them that hey you
know Bob knows everything that I taught
him and you should hire him it just
doesn't work that way you have to in and
sell them on why they should hire you
and I can only help you get there I can
only help you get to the fine
to the rest the rest is up to you
so that's all I have for you today I
wish you the very best on your next
interview and I will see you in the next
video take care bye now