Looking to improve my verbal communication and interviewing skills. I am not very succinct and tend to ramble on. My vocabulary and phrasing is pretty standard and many times I struggle to find the right words. I do well when I am prepared but do an okay job with speaking on the spot. I want to get sharper in my verbal communication and more confident. For context, I am not a native speaker and at the SM level going for Partner in a couple of years.I would love recommendations on how to improve.

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You can get coaches from a public speaking and communications standpoint. Would be important to understand if this is primarily a messaging issue or if there are issues with content / analysis itself.

The former is surmountable with practice and coaching, the latter is going to be a bigger issue when going up for partner.

Dale Carnegie or find a local Toastmasters.

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