Where Should I Sit?
If you’ve come to an interview, met a receptionist, and been invited to sit and wait, sit facing the greatest number of entry points into the room so that you can see someone walk to you. Instinctively, when someone approaches, we get “ready” to present ourselves well.
If you are brought to a small office to wait and the office is structured with a desk, interviewer chair and two chairs opposite, pick one that allows you to be most comfortable. (Try not to take the chair closest to the wall; leaving is more awkward and the other chair can interfere with crossing your legs).
If you are brought to an office to wait that is large enough for a couch and the desk set up I described, sit on the couch. It creates an ease to interview.
Jeff Altman
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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