- Going to be in an interview soon. Ask this question at the end of your interview.- How do I help you get a gold star on your review next year? Why? Well, the interview process lends itself to self-absorption. We spend so much of the time talking about ourselves that we sound like one of those people who talks only about themselves. Or, conversely, we become job analysis engineers and ask all sorts of questions about the job and reporting structure and how it fits in with the companys five-year plan and so on. I love getting questions from candidates in interviews, but I do have to admit I feel that theyre not quite getting the point of a face-to-face interview when they pull out six pages of typed, single-spaced questions and promptly bury their nose in their papers without making eye contact. We get so obsessed with the details of the job that we forget about the work. Working together and being a good addition to the team means being concerned with how you are making the team successful. And that means being concerned with how much you are helping to make your boss successful. Asking this question shows that you have empathy. It shows that you have an interest in your boss career and future success. It shows that you are not just a self-absorbed whats-in-it-for-me kind of person. And it shows that you know you are there to give as much as you are there to get. Dozens of subscribers have told me how the interviewers face lights up when asked this question. I have heard time and time and time again from our six million subscribers how effective its been in interviews. (And, remember, you want the vibe to be a cool & relaxed Vince Vaughn, not an obsequious Steve Buscemi.) The gold star question is an easy tip to implement in your job search: its easy to do, easy to understand, and its easy to measure. And that makes it my best bit of career advice in over a decade of doling it out.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:32:07 +0000
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