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Say: with all my years of experience, I can share with you strength #1 2 or 3. Which do you feel would be most important for this role
Not in the 15-20 YOE category, but have always gotten really strong feedback on interviews. I always focus on my most recent / current role and work backwards and also focus and tailor your pitch to whatever is most applicable to the role you’re interviewing for! “currently leveraging x,y,z skills in my role which I feel like are transferable to this role. In previous roles I developed blah blah blah skills that would make me an effective head of e-commerce at (firm name). I’m energized about abc project you have in the works and am confident my skills would enable me to make an immediate impact”
If you need help crafting an effective elevator pitch, it may be worthwhile to hire an interview and career coach.
Identify your three top strengths and how each strength has brought value or impacted positively a project, team dynamic or an organization. And of course tying it into the current role.
Use language such as “my first strength ”… it add value by…
My second strength.
Etc.
Not only does this langue help organize your brain to not ramble, it helps the listeners receive and truly understand the info you are sgaring with them.
And don’t forget to Rehearse before going!
And smile and have fun!
Good luck!
I usually cover about 22 years in 5-ish mins. I use the first 10ish years as just a base. “From x to y years I worked various xyz roles at abc companies” and I only do this if it’s relevant to the role I’m interviewing and if not, I skip this piece. For the rest, I give a basic overview of my responsibilities and include an achievement or something that was truly beneficial - think cost savings, recognized achievements/accomplishments or positive impacts (for example, did x to reduce costs by y percent).
I also “read the room”. Do they look interested - if yes, I might add another highlight or something memorable. If they don’t, I move on to the next position on my resume. At most though, I aim for 5 mins and tailor the highlights I talk about to the job description for the role I’m interviewing for, always.
What I usually do is write all my points down that I want to hit. If I do this before hand it will allow me to organize my thoughts so I’m not rambling or saying too much.
If you write down your points that you want to hit this will allow you to review before going into the interview and you will be more conscious of when you’re getting off topic or saying too much. Hope this makes sense
Also.. only write points down that are relevant to the position you’re interviewing for. If you were a receptionist.. and your interviewing for a cook position… it doesn’t make sense to mention that you took phone calls. However it would be good to mention that you have experience multitasking, being under pressure and having to work directly with your team to service customers. It’s not so much about telling them your entire work history but it’s more important to tell them the highlights of your work history that positions you as a good candidate for the role they are hiring.
I’m typically focusing on the last 5 years of my experience and have a one min summary of who I am as a professional, in a format present, past, future.
Eg, currently I am a solid People OPs, Total Rewards and TA leader, who took the company through rapid growth phase, I previously had experience of building up my skills in these areas plus HRBP when I was blah-blah, I am looking for a new opportunity that will let me blah-blah.
Just remember that people aren’t looking to listen about your life, they are trying to figure out if you’re a match. So focus on their JD.
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I give a general overview. Although in a span of 20 years I held two jobs. Lol so..
I have 20 years and mostly focus on the transitions. Edited technical manuals, got a chance to do some training, loved it and looked for jobs doing that, had a chance to move into management and loved building teams, got a chance to manage a full tech program, then moved to a Cheif of Staff role and have been learning a lot about managing budgets
I generally read the job description and go over the experience that best highlights the requirements set out in the job description. That way, it’s concise and I can keep a track of time. If it’s a 1 hour interview, I try to keep it about 15-20 mins going over the experience for the 1st round. In the subsequent rounds, I keep it smaller as it gets more technical.
I stick with 3 or 4 super high level bullets and let them probe.
Agree - there are 2 or 3 things I’d like to highlight…
Also, with being a head of eCommerce, your job changes so much due to technologies development, so everything that is related to currently irrelevant stuff is of no interest to any employer