Interview Preparation
The Little Known Secret to Interviewing Successfully with Younger Managers
You won’t get hired by an older interviewer if you are a 61-year old job seeker, most likely. The odds are not in your favor. It’s simply the laws of evolution. Not many 75 year old hiring managers around to hire a 61-year old. So how do you get someone who is 15-20+ years…
Read MoreHow to Turn Around an Interview Mistake to Get Hired
One of my best recruiting team hires screwed up big on the interview. I hired him anyway. Why? I hired him because of how he handled the mistake. Let me tell you what happened.
Read MoreInterview Questions You Hope They Don’t Ask
Interview Questions You Hope They Don’t Ask They always ask the interview questions you really hope they don’t ask. Always. No matter how much you pray, do juju voodoo dances, or stay focused on the positive… The hiring manager ALWAYS asks the interview questions you don’t want them to ask. —How much are you making…
Read MoreDriver or Diva: Which Kind of Job Candidate Are You?
I just got off the phone with a total diva! The first question out of her mouth was “How much are you going to pay me?” What’s in it for me? What do I get? Me me me. <yawn> Recruiting divas is an exhausting time suck. Diva candidates ask a lot of questions about how…
Read More3 Ways to Politely Interrupt a Chatty Interviewer
Ever interview where the interviewer just won’t stop talking? Good lawd… what is a job seeker to do! There you are, listening intently to the chatty interviewer and not interrupting, like your Mamma taught you, but you can’t get a word in just life Congress can’t get a bill passed. A true dilemma! So what…
Read MoreHow Executives Can ‘Beat the Kids’ and Interview Successfully Against Millennials
One of our recent interview coaching clients expressed to us how she believes ageism was preventing her from landing a job. So, she hired us to help her beat ageism in her interviews. She wanted to outshine the millennials (aka beat the kids). Okay! I’m game….
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