MORE Interview Tips, because you can never have too many …..from Ian Tynan
Thank you to Ian Tynan for his interview tips. You can never have too many.
FROM IAN
“Got Interviews? Here are some insights and tips gained over the last 25+ years in Recruitment (hiring, interviewing, recruiting, and relationship building)”.
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1. Make sure you read about the company, you know what they do and think about WHY you’d be interested in the company. Write it down.
2. Open the interview with what you know about the role so far and ask
– “What are the major challenges you are trying to solve? “
– “What do you expect from this person?”
– “What do you need them to solve?”
This way you know what’s important (the hiring manager is looking for a solution to their problem) and an opportunity for you to share your experience about how you solve or can solve their problem.
Most importantly, this will give you a good idea of what to expect and if that aligns with your next move and what might interest you (or make you run to the hills).
3. When answering questions, be sure to share examples/experiences. Its important to demonstrate your knowledge and abilities.
– Start with what you did, how you did it, the tools you used, the impact it had and what you learned.
– If you don’t know, share how you WOULD go about solving the issue.
4. Have some questions ready to ask so you can truly evaluate the role. Find out what’s important to you. Open ended questions such as…..
“What can you tell me about……?”
“How do you…..?”
“What do you like about working for XYZ?”
5. The goal will be that you have the full information to decide if this is something you want to do. Then it’s just a case of knowing what package/salary you’d be happy with.
6. You want to end each interview with a clear “hell yes, or hell no”
7. SALARY DISCUSSION: In most states, its illegal for you to be asked what is your current salary.
Legally, you do not have to share your salary.
IF they do ask you what you are looking for, I would say…
“I saw the range was XYZ, which is in the range I am looking for”
IF the salary was not on the JD (insert emjoi) then I would say.
“What is the range for this role?” Then Shut up.
*** You do NOT have to disclose your salary ****