You do a great job. You're well regarded and have decided to look elsewhere. Something isn't clicking. Your interviews are going nowhere and you can't figure out why . . . or maybe you're getting to final rounds but not getting the offer . . . or the right offer. Maybe you're rusty because the last successful interview you had was three Presidents ago. Maybe you get nervous during your interviews because you don't know what to expect. Maybe you're going to interviews and winging it. Maybe you are missing out on opportunities you are qualified for and don't know how to interview better. The problem is that the skills needed to find a job are different from those needed to do a job. That is particularly true with interviewing where your knowledge, abilities, and expertise isn't translating into great interviews or offers. I am an interview and career coach who, unlike a lot of career coaches, spent most of his career in executive search and is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, a group of top coaches in the country. I am extremely good at interview preparation. After all, when I worked in search, I filled more than 1200 full-time positions plus consulting assignments. This book will help you understand why, so often, the interview seems nothing like the job description, what your first decision MUST be when you get a phone call out of the blue from a screener, The Single Best Question to Ask on Any Interview, how to answer, "Tell me about yourself," or "Walk me through your background" in a way where you connect the dots for interviewers immediately instead of making them work hard (and why that is important), how to answer behavioral interview questions (not everyone should use the STAR framework. Some should use SOAR and some should use PAR), plus great questions to ask at the end of an interview so that you know what their expectations will be for you, as well as their plans for following up with you and whether they have reservations. There is a lot packed into this book AND you will have to practice to be great!
You do a great job. You're well regarded and have decided to look elsewhere. Something isn't clicking. Your interviews are going nowhere and you can't figure out why . . . or maybe you're getting to final rounds but not getting the offer . . . or the right offer. Maybe you're rusty because the last successful interview you had was three Presidents ago. Maybe you get nervous during your interviews because you don't know what to expect. Maybe you're going to interviews and winging it. Maybe you are missing out on opportunities you are qualified for and don't know how to interview better. The problem is that the skills needed to find a job are different from those needed to do a job. That is particularly true with interviewing where your knowledge, abilities, and expertise isn't translating into great interviews or offers. I am an interview and career coach who, unlike a lot of career coaches, spent most of his career in executive search and is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, a group of top coaches in the country. I am extremely good at interview preparation. After all, when I worked in search, I filled more than 1200 full-time positions plus consulting assignments. This book will help you understand why, so often, the interview seems nothing like the job description, what your first decision MUST be when you get a phone call out of the blue from a screener, The Single Best Question to Ask on Any Interview, how to answer, "Tell me about yourself," or "Walk me through your background" in a way where you connect the dots for interviewers immediately instead of making them work hard (and why that is important), how to answer behavioral interview questions (not everyone should use the STAR framework. Some should use SOAR and some should use PAR), plus great questions to ask at the end of an interview so that you know what their expectations will be for you, as well as their plans for following up with you and whether they have reservations. There is a lot packed into this book AND you will have to practice to be great!
