Establishing Your Job Interview Goals

So you’ve sent out resume A’s you’ve networked.

That’s great.

But it only takes you so far it takes you to the job interview it’s extraordinarily rare to actually get hired for a job especially a well-paying job without going through a job interview.

Now this gets a lot of people nervous uncomfortable.

What do I say.

I don’t know what to do I feel awkward.

Well you’ve got to really step back and come up with a game plan before you go into every single job interview.

Let’s look at what the fundamental goal is of this job interview the goal for you is to get a job offer.

Now you may have tons of job offers you might not have had a job offer in 10 years.

Doesn’t matter.

You still want them to want you.

You want an official offer you can then either accept or turn down or start the negotiation process.

But let’s not lose sight of what this job interview is about.

It’s not about you answering all the questions correctly.

Now you do have to answer questions.

It’s not about you showing them you’re smarter than anyone else.

It’s not about you simply showing up on time.

It’s not about you going through your resume in chronological order.

It’s about two things making them convinced you are the best possible applicant to get the job done that they need to do and convincing them that they want you in their office or their workplace on a daily basis because human beings are social.

They will tell you this in the job interview but nobody wants to be around someone all day long or the coffee pot or conference rooms.

Who is annoying who is obnoxious who doesn’t seem like a team player.

So you need them to like you.

You actually need them to make them think this would be a good addition to our team.

Doesn’t matter if it’s a constructed construction job outside.

Doesn’t matter if it is purely an office job with cubicles.

You’ve got to make them convinced that you’re likable and that you have the qualifications the skills the drive the passion to get the job done.

So everything else I say in this course is about helping you ultimately get the job and accomplishing those two objectives in the job interview.