Even for the most level-headed among us, interviews are often hard to navigate. After all, how do you condense everything an employer ought to know about you into a couple of sentences? More than that, you've got to tailor your answers to the company within the given time constraints - and this is no easy task.
No matter how much you research the role you've applied for, it can be difficult to gauge just what an interviewer is looking for. So one woman believes you should ask outright - and do everyone a favour.
Posting to TikTok as @techsalesgal, Liz shared the 'genius' tip she discovered after giving the best interview of her life.
Impressed by the success of the tip, she now plans to use it in every interview going forward, and job seekers think she's onto something.
In the video, which has amassed over 40,000 likes, the self-proclaimed 'genius' explained she has a varied career history. But because she has 'job hopped' a lot, her CV often leads the conversation astray.
Thankfully, her new method helps her to avoid unhelpful questions and focus the conversation on the employer's priorities - and why she is suited for the role in question
"I said, 'I am happy to share anything about myself during this interview. I do want to know though what you are most interested in learning about me,'" Liz said. "Since we only have 30 minutes, I want to make sure I'm telling you what's most important to you."
What's more, it sounds like her question went down a treat. Liz said she went on to focus her responses around the answer she received and it helped her to swerve talking points she would rather avoid.
"I never talked about the ugly points in my career or was even questioned about them because we were having such a rich conversation about what he wanted to talk about."
In response, viewers were quick to praise Liz and thank her for the advice.
"As a recruiter, I love that. It implies you're actually engaged, and not robotic. I would much rather it be an open convo. Good idea!" one person claimed.
A second wrote: "Talking through every job is boring as a hiring manager. I want to hear about what people are excited about for the role. great approach." And someone thought: "Love this! Interviews should be more like conversations anyway, we're interviewing them too."
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