Interviewing Authentically

Featured Article & Career Coach: Barbara Safani

The goal of the interview is to showcase your accomplishments while developing a relationship with the hiring manager. The quality of the relationship hinges on the job seeker's ability to build credibility for their candidacy and effectively gain the hiring manager's trust.

Despite this, many job seekers continue to "spin" their responses to interview questions. This is often the tact that job seekers take when they are asked questions with a negative slant to them such as "What is your greatest weakness?" or "Tell me about a mistake you made" Perhaps candidates spin their answers in an effort to downplay any blemishes in the their background or maybe because it's the strategy that so many interview preparation books teach. Either way, candidates that lack authenticity are easy to spot and the outcome of the interview is severely compromised when job seekers chose to spin their responses to tough interview questions. [Read more...]

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