Vision Directed
Interviews: How to Succeed within Interviews
You've probably read numerous job interview tips
which list the ways to respond to the difficult
interview questions: Tell me about Yourself; What
are your work-related weaknesses?; Why are you
leaving your current employer? These are the usual
dreaded questions that we all expect to hear from
interviewers. Typically interviewees are advised to
create well-prepared and rehearsed scripts to
respond to these dreaded questions. And so, during
the course of the interview, interviewees sit on the
edge of their seats waiting to respond, trying to
remember the correct answers. And consequently, the
interview becomes a race, a highly tense setting
designed to stay one step ahead of the other with
scripted conversation and pre-planned positioning
and second-guessing. The possibility of
authentically assessing the merits of the position
and being able to evaluate how you might fit within
the company's culture and mission is minimized in
this scenario.
Optimally, the interviewer and the interviewee
should operate within the same mental space. To
effectively hire someone who fits within the
organizational game plan, as well as the specific
position, the interviewer needs to ensure that the
questions will provide opportunities for detailed,
authentic discourse. At a minimum, the interviewer
is looking for information regarding
situations/projects/tasks/assignments in which
you've handled, the specific steps undertaken to
achieve results, and the direct results
accomplished.
As an interviewee, you have to be able to deliver
this information....no matter the question.
Additionally, as an interviewee, the only way you'll
be able to respond with full confidence (without
referring to a script) is by ensuring that you've
done your homework. To confidently manage the
interview, it's important to know where you're
heading - - to know your vision. Everything else
should flow directly from your career or personal
vision. Every tactic you undertake to find the new
job, the new career opportunity, or the promotion
should emanate from your established vision. In this
manner, you will be able to hit the answers to those
dreaded questions without feeling nervous because
the interview is not the most important tactic - -
it's one step within a strategy. It's your
well-crafted vision that's essential, not a
well-prepared and rehearsed script based on someone
else's words. Authentic interviews happen when
you're able to effectively convey your vision, your
passion, your success stories.
Have You Created a Personal or Career Vision? More
details provided in the next BCM Career Management
Guide. Contact me directly with questions, comments,
feedback at pwatson@beaconcareermgmt.com
Author Bio
Author: Pamela Watson, Beacon Career Management, LLC
www.beaconcareermgmt.com
After 17 years of management , I decided to craft a
different vision for my career. I launched Beacon
Career Management, LLC in 2005 and have been working
towards continually achieving my career vision.
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