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Aug 16th, 2009 | By Bill | Category: Cover Letters, Interviewing



Vibrate the People Who Interview You – How to Make a Lasting Impression After the Interview

Standing out from other candidates in an interview session takes careful planning. I used the word “vibrate” in the title because it means so much if you can make enough of a difference to give people a little jolt when they speak with you. It doesn’t matter if you are shy, reserved, scared, nervous, confident, or outgoing. There is an art to making an impression during any face to face interaction that will create a lasting impact.

So you have been invited to interview with a few people at a company you applied to. This is a normal procedure within most companies today. Although some of the more progressive companies like Microsoft and GoDaddy might put you through a weird battery of tests and interactions. Most subscribe to a more common procedure outlined above. These common procedures lend themselves to an environment that breeds nervousness and thinking on your feet. It is the nature of the beast with interviews. Remember, the nervousness is not just felt by the candidate but also by the interviewer. Their nervousness may be from a different vantage point such as a legal, respect or desire to do a good job “getting to know” you. Their nervousness is just as involved in the interaction.

Pick ahead of time the impression you want to leave with the interviewers. If you are going for a sales job, maybe you want to show your confidence in bringing in more clients. Or if you are going for a creative or management position, you want to show your expertise in either of those. Whatever the impression you want to make decide on a word for it such as confidence, creative, leader, or team player. This becomes your “theme” for the discussion. This is what you weave into your conversations to “vibrate” them with. It may sound weird to think this way but it is how you must set up every conversation or answer to a question. If the question is, “Tell me a little about yourself” you must answer with the idea of your creativeness being an integral part. If the question is, “How did you handle a particular difficult situation” you still discuss how you “creatively” handled the situation by saying something like: “typically this type of situation would be handled by…Instead, I wanted to find a more creative way to handle it and did it this way…”

This concept is tough to grasp on a first pass but think about it for a while. Answering interview questions without “packaging” them towards the most important aspect of the job you are being considered for, is not standing out. You will stand out when you leave the interviewers with one common theme. They will remember you for it and be set apart from the crowd.

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