A couple job interview hacks from someone who has to give a job interview every single goddamn day: (disclaimer: this goes for my process and my companyâs process, other companies and industries might be different)
1. There are a few things I check and a few questions I ask literally just to figure out if you can play the game and get along with others in a professional setting. Part of the job I interview for is talking to people, and we work in teams. So if you canât âplay the gameâ a tiny bit, itâs not going to work. Playing the game includes:
- Why do you want to work here? (just prove that you googled the company, tell me like 1 thing about us, I just want to know that you did SOME kind of preparation for this interview)
- Are you wearing professional clothing? I donât need a suit just donât show up in a ratty t-shirt and sweatpants.
- Are you able to speak respectfully and without dropping f-bombs all the time? Not because Iâm offended but because I donât want to be reported to HR if you wind up on my team.
- Can you follow simple directions in an interview?
2. Stop telling me protected information. I donât want to know about what drugs or medications youâre on, I donât want to know about you being sick, I donât want to know if youâre planning to have children soon, I donât want to know anything about your personal life other than âcan you do the job?âÂ
3. When we ask, âWhat questions do you have for me?â here are my favorites Iâve heard:
- What does the day-to-day look like for a member of your team?
- If one of your team members was not performing up to his usual standard, what steps would you take to correct that?
- What can I start doing now to accelerate my learning process in this job?
- What are some reservations you have about me as a candidate? (be ready for this emotionallyâŚ.it will REALLY help you in the future, and Iâve had people save themselves from a No after this, but can be hard to hear)
- In your opinion, what skills and qualities does the ideal candidate for this job possess?
- What advice would you give to a new hire in this position/someone who wanted to break into this industry, as someone who has worked here for a while?
Those are just my tips off-the-cuff. I work in sales in marketing/SAAS, so these can be very different depending on the industry, but I wish the people I interview could read this before they show up.Â
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