How to Make Interviewers See You as the Right “Fit” for the Job - 5 Tips

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRIn this video, Linda Rayner, a career strategist, shares five tips to help job candidates impress interviewers and secure job offers. Candidates should understand the company's pain points and offer solutions, showcase a positive demeanor and personality, engage through storytelling, actively sell themselves during the interview, and maintain confidence by being authentically themselves. Preparing ahead of time is crucial, as it ensures candidates come across as the right fit for the position.

Mitbringsel

  • 🔍 Understand their pain and how to solve it
  • 😊 Show the right demeanor
  • 📖 Tell engaging stories
  • 💼 Sell yourself effectively
  • 💪 Be confidently you

Zeitleiste

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    In the video, Linda Rayner, a career strategist, shares five essential tips for candidates to impress interviewers and increase their chances of landing a job offer. Tip one emphasizes the importance of understanding the company's challenges and being able to articulate how to address these pain points, showcasing your suitability for the role. Tip two highlights the significance of demeanor, noting that a friendly, confident, and engaging personality can outweigh technical skills when it comes to hiring decisions. Tip three suggests telling compelling stories during interviews to capture attention and illustrate qualifications effectively. Tip four reframes the interview as a sales presentation, urging candidates to promote themselves actively with every response, illustrating why they are a good fit for the position. Lastly, tip five encourages candidates to be authentically confident, which comes from self-awareness and practice. Linda underscores that preparation is key and invites viewers to download additional resources for improving their resumes.

Mind Map

Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the first tip for impressing interviewers?

    Understand the company's pain points and how you can solve them.

  • Why is demeanor important in an interview?

    A positive and engaging demeanor can make you more appealing, even if your technical skills are less than another candidate's.

  • How can storytelling help in an interview?

    Telling engaging stories about your experiences can capture the interviewer's attention and make you memorable.

  • What does it mean to sell yourself in an interview?

    You need to articulate why you are the right fit for the role as you answer each question.

  • How can one be confidently themselves in an interview?

    Self-awareness and practice can help you present your natural self confidently.

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    hi it's Linda Rayner of Linda Raynor
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    comm career strategist speaker and coach
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    and in this video I'm going to teach you
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    five tips on how to make interviewers
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    feel that you're the right fit as a
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    candidate and enhance their chances of
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    landing the job offer
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    tip number one understand their pain and
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    how to solve it
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    a good job candidate knows that when
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    there's a job opening it means that the
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    company is currently going through some
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    sort of business pain and that's why
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    they need to hire this job serves a
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    purpose and a need that's not yet being
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    met so when you can understand the
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    business situation by doing research
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    ahead of time and then making an
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    educated guess on what kind of business
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    pains the company may be going through
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    which is why they're hiring then you
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    will actually appear to be more of the
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    right fit for the organization because
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    you actually understand what they need
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    and if you can also discuss what you can
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    do in order to help them fulfill this
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    business need of theirs and how to
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    resolve this pain that they have then
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    that's gonna bring you that much closer
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    to landing the job offer tip number two
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    show the right demeanor so imagine that
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    a hiring manager had to select between
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    two candidates to hire candidate a was
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    someone who had all the right technical
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    skills and experience they were a bit
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    antisocial they didn't smile very much
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    during the interview and then candidate
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    be with someone who technically speaking
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    they probably weren't as strong as
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    candidate a however they were bright
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    they were personable they were engaging
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    and they were confident who do you think
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    that the hiring manager would select
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    I'll tell you that a good chunk of
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    employers would actually hire candidate
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    be the one with slightly fewer technical
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    skills and knowledge but a better
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    demeanor a better personality and how do
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    I know this well I was once a recruiter
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    and I saw firsthand the exact types of
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    candidates that hiring managers would
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    take on into their companies and what I
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    noticed was that not all the time were
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    these candidates the most technical and
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    knowledgeable but they definitely had
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    great demeanors and great personality
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    and that is a huge determinant for a lot
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    of companies to assess whether you are
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    the right fit for their organizations so
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    remember in order to have the right
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    demeanor it means that you want to be
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    positive you want to be friendly yet you
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    also want to be confident and
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    specifically you also want to be very
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    engaging tip number three tell stories
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    this ties directly into my point about
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    being engaging to be engaging means that
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    you know how to tell a good story so as
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    a candidate if you're able to walk
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    through an interviewer through your
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    qualifications your background and your
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    accomplishments in a way that is
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    interesting and invites them into your
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    world in a positive way through your
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    journey they will spend more attention
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    on you and for longer periods of time
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    and that will help them to see you as
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    someone who is the right fit tip number
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    four sell yourself an interview is not a
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    Q&A meeting an interview is a sales
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    presentation it's your sales
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    presentation and you're the salesperson
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    if you're not selling yourself every
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    chance you get meaning every question
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    that an interviewer is asking you and
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    you're not explaining why you're a good
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    fit for that role as you answer the
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    question then you're not doing a good
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    enough job of selling yourself to the
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    company into the interviewer and as a
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    result you're not going to be seen as
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    someone who's the perfect fit for the
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    job you have to sell yourself meaning
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    you have to articulate why you're the
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    right fit for them tip number five be
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    confidently you yes I said have the
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    right personality in demeanor but don't
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    confuse that with being a robot
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    confidence comes from self awareness and
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    self awareness comes from observing
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    yourself so if you can be natural in
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    front of the interviewer that exudes
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    confidence
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    it's the classic rehearsal and the mere
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    trick where you're thinking of questions
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    that might be asked of you and then
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    responding to the questions by looking
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    at yourself another one could be that
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    perhaps you're you ask a friend or
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    family member to be the interviewer for
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    you and
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    you can practice in front of them and
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    get their feedback whatever it is you
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    need to make sure that your presentation
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    is there so make sure you observe
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    yourself before you enter the interview
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    and as I say this I'm thinking that as
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    much as I make these recommendations a
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    lot of people for interviews don't even
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    do these things they end up winging the
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    interviews hoping that they did a good
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    enough job but if you really want to
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    appear to be the right fit for them you
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    have there's a lot that goes into it and
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    you have to make sure you practice ahead
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    of time believe in yourself because
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    that's also where confidence comes from
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    so there you have it five tips on how to
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    make interviewers feel that you're the
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    right fit for the position
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    feel free to download a copy of my ten
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    ultimate resume hacks cheat sheet in the
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    link located below where you'll find ten
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    tips on how to make your resume stand
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    out and land more interviews and ideally
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    job offers if you like this video please
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    give it a thumbs up subscribe share it
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    with your friends thank you so much for
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    watching and I will see you
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    in the next video
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  • job candidates
  • career advice
  • Linda Rayner
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  • self-presentation
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  • storytelling
  • demeanor