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Do your research on the company and answer questions with examples of the work or achievements of your past experiences.
“Knowing what you know now, what would make you Not hire me?” This isn’t advice I’ve gotten so much as a question I started asking as I got more grey hair. Interviewers know in the first few minutes whether the person is a fit, which I’ve learned from hiring dozens of creatives. The question is one many interviewers don’t expect so I typically get an honest reaction instead of a pat response. You can tell when they’re going to flake.
Bad interviews are to me the easiest to respond to because the reasons are usually right there for both of you to refer to. Give it to them straight, in a way that’s honest without being hurtful. While it’s not the answer they’re hoping for, they almost always thank me. At very least, they aren’t left wondering, or thinking there’s a chance when there’s not. I don’t leave them feeling ghosted, and they might actually respect that someone is taking their job search as seriously as they are.
Prepare answers, not questions! It’s hard to anticipate what exactly your interviewer is going to ask you, so instead decide the 3-5 stories/anecdotes/facts that you want your interviewer to walk away from your conversation knowing about you.
For example, if I pitched a piece of client work that I’m proud of, I’m going to find a way to work it into an answer regardless of the question — doesn’t matter if my interviewer asks me about a time I worked on a team, or for a manager I didn’t agree with, or with stakeholders who had competing priorities, I’m going to answer with a story about my pitch for [insert client/campaign here]!
Whoops, bad phrasing on my part — meant “don’t drive yourself crazy trying to predict the specific interview questions you’ll receive,” not “don’t prepare questions to ask your interviewer.” Good clarification!
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1. People hire people. Be a person, not an ideal-candidate robot.
2. Take control of the interview as early as you can. If you sit there waiting for an interrogation, that's what you'll get. You have to steer it into more of a "two people getting to know each other" conversation.
It’s all about being the right fit and pure dumb luck.
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The worst thing that can happen is they don’t hire you. + I always make a dumb joke in the beginning of the interview to break the ice :)
You’re the one interviewing THEM
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“I’m mot locked in here with you, you’re all locked in here with me!”
Be super enthused about the job. Hump their leg like a puppy. Learned this the hard way (I didn’t).
The more they talk the more they’ll like you. It’s simple psychology. Ask follow up questions and let them talk as long as they want. Just make sure you get the most important information conveyed.