00:00:00
hi it's Linda Rayner of Linda Raynor
00:00:01
comm career strategist speaker and coach
00:00:04
and in this video I'm going to teach you
00:00:06
five tips on how to make interviewers
00:00:08
feel that you're the right fit as a
00:00:10
candidate and enhance their chances of
00:00:12
landing the job offer
00:00:14
tip number one understand their pain and
00:00:16
how to solve it
00:00:17
a good job candidate knows that when
00:00:20
there's a job opening it means that the
00:00:22
company is currently going through some
00:00:24
sort of business pain and that's why
00:00:26
they need to hire this job serves a
00:00:28
purpose and a need that's not yet being
00:00:31
met so when you can understand the
00:00:33
business situation by doing research
00:00:36
ahead of time and then making an
00:00:37
educated guess on what kind of business
00:00:39
pains the company may be going through
00:00:41
which is why they're hiring then you
00:00:44
will actually appear to be more of the
00:00:47
right fit for the organization because
00:00:49
you actually understand what they need
00:00:51
and if you can also discuss what you can
00:00:54
do in order to help them fulfill this
00:00:57
business need of theirs and how to
00:00:59
resolve this pain that they have then
00:01:02
that's gonna bring you that much closer
00:01:04
to landing the job offer tip number two
00:01:07
show the right demeanor so imagine that
00:01:10
a hiring manager had to select between
00:01:11
two candidates to hire candidate a was
00:01:15
someone who had all the right technical
00:01:17
skills and experience they were a bit
00:01:19
antisocial they didn't smile very much
00:01:21
during the interview and then candidate
00:01:23
be with someone who technically speaking
00:01:26
they probably weren't as strong as
00:01:28
candidate a however they were bright
00:01:31
they were personable they were engaging
00:01:34
and they were confident who do you think
00:01:37
that the hiring manager would select
00:01:38
I'll tell you that a good chunk of
00:01:41
employers would actually hire candidate
00:01:44
be the one with slightly fewer technical
00:01:46
skills and knowledge but a better
00:01:49
demeanor a better personality and how do
00:01:52
I know this well I was once a recruiter
00:01:55
and I saw firsthand the exact types of
00:01:57
candidates that hiring managers would
00:01:59
take on into their companies and what I
00:02:02
noticed was that not all the time were
00:02:05
these candidates the most technical and
00:02:07
knowledgeable but they definitely had
00:02:09
great demeanors and great personality
00:02:12
and that is a huge determinant for a lot
00:02:15
of companies to assess whether you are
00:02:18
the right fit for their organizations so
00:02:21
remember in order to have the right
00:02:23
demeanor it means that you want to be
00:02:26
positive you want to be friendly yet you
00:02:29
also want to be confident and
00:02:31
specifically you also want to be very
00:02:33
engaging tip number three tell stories
00:02:36
this ties directly into my point about
00:02:39
being engaging to be engaging means that
00:02:41
you know how to tell a good story so as
00:02:44
a candidate if you're able to walk
00:02:46
through an interviewer through your
00:02:48
qualifications your background and your
00:02:50
accomplishments in a way that is
00:02:52
interesting and invites them into your
00:02:56
world in a positive way through your
00:02:59
journey they will spend more attention
00:03:01
on you and for longer periods of time
00:03:03
and that will help them to see you as
00:03:06
someone who is the right fit tip number
00:03:09
four sell yourself an interview is not a
00:03:12
Q&A meeting an interview is a sales
00:03:15
presentation it's your sales
00:03:17
presentation and you're the salesperson
00:03:19
if you're not selling yourself every
00:03:22
chance you get meaning every question
00:03:24
that an interviewer is asking you and
00:03:26
you're not explaining why you're a good
00:03:28
fit for that role as you answer the
00:03:30
question then you're not doing a good
00:03:32
enough job of selling yourself to the
00:03:34
company into the interviewer and as a
00:03:36
result you're not going to be seen as
00:03:38
someone who's the perfect fit for the
00:03:41
job you have to sell yourself meaning
00:03:43
you have to articulate why you're the
00:03:46
right fit for them tip number five be
00:03:49
confidently you yes I said have the
00:03:52
right personality in demeanor but don't
00:03:54
confuse that with being a robot
00:03:56
confidence comes from self awareness and
00:03:58
self awareness comes from observing
00:04:00
yourself so if you can be natural in
00:04:04
front of the interviewer that exudes
00:04:06
confidence
00:04:07
it's the classic rehearsal and the mere
00:04:10
trick where you're thinking of questions
00:04:13
that might be asked of you and then
00:04:15
responding to the questions by looking
00:04:18
at yourself another one could be that
00:04:19
perhaps you're you ask a friend or
00:04:22
family member to be the interviewer for
00:04:24
you and
00:04:25
you can practice in front of them and
00:04:27
get their feedback whatever it is you
00:04:29
need to make sure that your presentation
00:04:31
is there so make sure you observe
00:04:34
yourself before you enter the interview
00:04:37
and as I say this I'm thinking that as
00:04:41
much as I make these recommendations a
00:04:43
lot of people for interviews don't even
00:04:46
do these things they end up winging the
00:04:48
interviews hoping that they did a good
00:04:50
enough job but if you really want to
00:04:52
appear to be the right fit for them you
00:04:55
have there's a lot that goes into it and
00:04:57
you have to make sure you practice ahead
00:04:59
of time believe in yourself because
00:05:01
that's also where confidence comes from
00:05:03
so there you have it five tips on how to
00:05:06
make interviewers feel that you're the
00:05:08
right fit for the position
00:05:10
feel free to download a copy of my ten
00:05:12
ultimate resume hacks cheat sheet in the
00:05:14
link located below where you'll find ten
00:05:17
tips on how to make your resume stand
00:05:19
out and land more interviews and ideally
00:05:22
job offers if you like this video please
00:05:25
give it a thumbs up subscribe share it
00:05:27
with your friends thank you so much for
00:05:29
watching and I will see you
00:05:31
in the next video
00:05:32
[Music]