Always Practice Your Interviews
Practice makes perfect - it's how you get good at interviews which means it's how you get good at landing the job you want
So I know interviews can rattle our nerves big time - can't they?
Especially if you haven't interviewed for a long time
You may have been in a role for 20-30 years and now find yourself head hunted for a new role at a pay rate way above your old salary
But now you’ve got the daunting task of preparing for your interviews
I encourage all my clients to practice – practice some more and then practice again
Practice on camera - use your phone, record yourself doing interviews and watch how you perform
Do you have all your answers to the most common interview questions ready to go?
Do you know your resume 100%?
Practice some more
Ask a friend, a family member, talk to the dog if you have to, but keep practicing your answers
Find a coach to help you
Your interview techniques will be outdated if you've been out of the interview game for a long time or you've been in the same job for many years
I encourage you to practice, use every interview you get as practice
Use each interview as practice
Don't get discouraged as you won’t land every role you interview for
You may know from the time you walk in that this is not the right job for you
If you know that - go through the interview anyway because it's excellent practice
You'll get to hear the kind of questions that people ask
You'll get more and more confident the more you speak
And the more you can answer quickly and confidently the better you’ll look for the job you really want
So never see an interview as a waste of time, try to get in front of as many recruiters as you possibly can so you get to practice your interviews
Go for any and all jobs you find interesting where you have the experience, qualifications or transferable skills - whether you decide to take them or not is another matter
Use these interviews as practice to get better and better
And then, as we said before, practice on camera and practice in front of the mirror
Make eye contact with yourself, make eye contact with the dog, make eye contact with your partner, your friend, your colleague, whoever you ask to help you
The important thing is to hold eye contact and to speak clearly, confidently, concisely
Practice makes perfect and that applies to everything in life including getting better and better at job interviews
All these things, and more, apply to remote interviews
Plus - there are other things like coffee interviews, group interviews, AI driven screen interviews and I’ll share more later