What do you wish you knew about interviewing?
Where do you have trouble with interviewing? Gaining confidence? Crafting your personal narrative? Answering behavioral questions?

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My biggest challenge with interviews were the Behavioral questions, giving examples of certain situations and apply STAR. Nowadays, I have 2-3 core projects or examples that help answer almost every behavioral question that comes my way. I would say I’m an expert now with the # of interview interactions I’ve had within the past year! It takes practice!

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Pretty sure I’m a terrible interviewer. My resume gets me in the door but no luck after the interview. I know I’m fully capable of doing the job but I guess I don’t know how to sell myself 😔

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You can both DM me- I coach people on this exact thing. No charge.

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When they say “tell us about yourself” — it’s probably best not to overshare. For some reason on my last interview I ended up telling them my full origin story. The voice in my head was cringing as I was talking 🤦‍♂️🤣

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I just do a high level rundown of my resume from College until now.

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I struggle with gaining confidence that I have what it takes for that next role, especially if I'm interviewing for a level above where I feel like I'm at currently!

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I would tell you I’ve learned it’s not what you say it’s how you say it

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Search CareerVidz on Youtube. Great tutorial.

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I struggle with answering the basic questions when I have so much experience. It’s like someone asking me how I make spaghetti in 10 different ways. I told them how I make spaghetti, and we spent barely any time talking about my tiramisu. ☹️

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