get acquainted
Posted by: maureen in purpose, offer, interview on
Feb 14, 2012
A job interview isn’t a competition. You’re not trying to edge anyone out of anything.
A job interview is an opportunity to find out if you’d enjoy working with the person who suggested you meet.
“In my book,” communications consultant Richard Gallagher says, “no one ever blows an interview. Even if you walk in unprepared. The purpose of an interview is to show who you are.”
Maybe you’re the kind of person who doesn’t prepare for important meetings!
An interview is an information exchange. Maybe you’ll click with the person asking you questions, maybe the job will be even dreamier than you imagined, maybe you’re needed this afternoon.
And maybe not.
Then what? What happens if you get an offer for a job you don’t want, or don’t get an offer for a job you do want? And why the heck does it sting if you don’t get an offer for a job you don’t want?
Some thoughts in my final post this week.
A job interview is an opportunity to find out if you’d enjoy working with the person who suggested you meet.
“In my book,” communications consultant Richard Gallagher says, “no one ever blows an interview. Even if you walk in unprepared. The purpose of an interview is to show who you are.”
Maybe you’re the kind of person who doesn’t prepare for important meetings!
An interview is an information exchange. Maybe you’ll click with the person asking you questions, maybe the job will be even dreamier than you imagined, maybe you’re needed this afternoon.
And maybe not.
Then what? What happens if you get an offer for a job you don’t want, or don’t get an offer for a job you do want? And why the heck does it sting if you don’t get an offer for a job you don’t want?
Some thoughts in my final post this week.
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