As I was preparing someone for a phone interview, the person I was speaking with kept telling me how well they did on all of their previous interviews and that I had nothing to worry about.
It has been my experience that such overconfidence (some might say, arrogance) is rarely rewarded.
So when I called the person after their phone interview and asked about it, they started by telling me about a question that they had gotten hung up with about something they had done six years ago.
"Why did they ask me about that? I can talk about my work in recent times but I kind of fumbled around with this one."
I replied, "I emailed some advice about phone interviews to you yesterday. Did you read it?"
"I, uh . . ."
You obviously didn't see the suggestion to keep your resume in front of you nor act on my advice to prepare to discuss your experience in the context of the job they are trying to fill, nor probably ask, The Single Best Question You Can Ask on Any Interview."
Stop going to interviews unprepared. Even if you are successful "winging it," it costs you money. Imagine how well you could have done had you done a few minutes of work.
Oh, I don't believe a job offer is forthcoming to our person who always impresses people on interviews.
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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