INTERVIEW PREPARATION

“A great opportunity to change the interview to your benefit. Quiet “first-day-of” butterflies or regret by reframing the interview process. Instead of under-prepared or over-rehearsed, feel present. Be confident you can perform, and convey your story, in the moment.”

Interview preparation is available as an add-on service. Let me know what your needs are and we can make a plan.

Training elements can include:

Identify your current communication style

Understand how the frame of an interview works

Get clear on what an in-person (or even phone- or video-) conversation does and doesn't share with other, more familiar forms, of instant, interactive communication like text messaging

Identify and nuture your distinct voice and point of view

Replace unproductive interview habits with a new mindset

Learn how to create the authentic, well-told stories that allow you to connect with your interviewer

Practice your learning in mock interview sessions

Sharpen your attention to non-verbal language or cues that undercut/diminish your presence

See the interview from the other side, and how to become more memorable (in a good way!)

Identify what digital and/or print materials to share in an interview

Discover communication strengths you may have hidden from yourself

Recognize and act on opportunities to shift the interview parry of Q and A to a conversation

How to help out an interviewer with less than stellar skills and

Learn to stay connected to your story or voice when an interview takes an unexpected turn