welcome to another episode of done is
better than perfect
I'm your host John Grubbs welcome to the
show now before we get into our topic
today I'm going to share with you
something that's in the news this is
from the Metro News dated August 7th of
this year a man has revealed that he
suffers from such a hatred of chewing
that he has estranged himself from
relatives over fears he might fly into a
rage
Darryl Murphy age 41 has ended
relationships because of the noise his
partners make while eating or clearing
their throat he even said he has left
dates and almost come to blows with
colleagues over clicking pins Darryl
diagnosed himself with misophonia
a condition that makes people irritable
about ordinary sounds humans make he
says learning to manage his condition
and he wants to get better at well
things that are I guess uncommon in
other people he wants other people to be
aware of it he said I thought I was
crazy for many years little noises would
just make me fly into a rage
Darryl murphy diagnosed himself as
suffering from misophonia he says the
noise of someone chewing can drive him
absolutely crazy people don't understand
it and I can't explain it he says it's
affected my relationships especially
people I've been dating in family
members because you take it out on the
people closest to you and you think they
should understand do you know anybody
like this alright for our topic today
our topic is how to have a good job
interview now you can thank Amanda
Haynes one of our longtime viewers for
this topic because she requested this
and as I've told you before anytime you
want a specific topic that might be
helpful to others and it's something
that I can accommodate I'm gonna help
you with so I came from the field of
Human Resources I've done many
interviews with people and I'm gonna
share with you 20 tips to have a good
job interview now I've also broken this
video
into three parts so you want to make
sure that you come back and listen to
parts two in part three so that you get
the entire range of opportunity to have
an amazing job interview now let's talk
about some background noise first of all
a job interview is not a place to
practice humility if you're an introvert
and you like to stay inside if you'd
like to be extremely humble about your
abilities this is not the time to do
this you get a small window to make a
positive first impression and by the way
interviewers make up their mind about
you very early in the plot in the
process after making up their mind that
they want to hire you it's your job to
lose now the market for jobs is also a
well I think it's an important factor
that you need to keep in mind in today's
job market the job seeker has the
advantage remember you are interviewing
the company and you don't want to look
too needy or too eager go into the
interview as if you're not sure if this
is the right company and be very
inquisitive during the process so here
are 20 tips given to you in no special
order but I want you to understand that
the first thing that you need to do is
research the company prepare four to
five questions about the company and the
business that they're in and make sure
these are open-ended questions I call
them calibrated questions what and how
questions for instance you can ask about
the culture of the company how would you
describe the culture here culture is a
big buzzword in today's business world
and it's important to write these
questions down ahead of time so you
won't be afraid to read the questions it
shows that you're prepared for the
interview so tip number one research the
company you don't have to have a lot of
information about the business but you
have to have enough information so that
you can ask really good what and how
questions tip number two talk about your
selling points everybody has strengths
and if you can get those selling points
onto the table early in the interview
your chance of getting a follow-up
interview goes way up for instance you
might say I love solving customers
problems or I don't like to miss work or
I'm eager to learn and grow or even I'm
a good teammate and I work well with
others
keep examples of success in the past for
instance if you were part of a team and
you were successful as a team member
share with those share them those
specific examples of how you were
successful on the team tip number three
predict concerns and address them early
a big one might be if you're changing
industries if you're going from one
industry to another for the same type
job you may say I may not have
experience in this industry but I'm
confident that my skills will transfer
to this job or you might say I'm not
finished with my degree however I'm very
close and I will finish soon anything
you can do to address a concern or
reservation they may have about you it's
important that you deal with it
early in the interview now here's
another important tip prepare for common
questions one of the most common
questions you hear in an interview is
tell me about yourself so this is a
great time for you to tee up those
strengths hits you have or you might
hear the question why do you want this
job be prepared for that question why do
you really want this job is it more
responsibility is it a different
location that's more convenient to your
home is it what is it that makes you
want this job another common question
people aren't prepared for is why are
you leaving your current job now you may
be leaving for reasons that are positive
as well as negative never badmouth the
old company as a way of getting in with
the new company make sure that you share
things about you for instance I was not
given an opportunity to grow I was not
given more responsibility or I am
looking for something where I can
utilize this skill or that skill another
common question is what are your salary
expectations and it's real important
that you negotiate this little tricky
part of an interview by not giving a
firm answer but give a range and give a
broad enough range that you can
and have some wiggle room when it's time
to negotiate so don't give them a
specific answer you may be cutting
yourself short or you may be counting
yourself out of the job here's another
tip ask them to describe the ideal
candidate
you might ask what does success in this
job look like it gives you a chance to
share your strengths as they apply tip
number six practice a lot when a common
question is asked you will be ready to
answer and by the way they expect you to
be nervous and it's okay to be nervous
everyone's nervous in an interview it's
about you you're under the microscope
get a couple of friends and have them
ask you these common questions and make
sure that you pick friends who are going
to give you honest and constructive
feedback
don't pick friends who are going to say
all that was great that was great
pick friends that you know will be
brutally honest with you now we've come
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below in parts 2 & 3 I will share how to
handle behavior based interviews which
are very common today I will help you
handle body language and thank you notes
interviewing is a skill and you can
learn to improve I believe in you
always remember that done is better than
perfect
I'll see you next time
