What will a career coach do for you?
Listen Reflect back Help you find new options Help you explore different ways of doing things Teach you new skills Empower you to move forward Support you in taking risks Challenge your assumptions Help you gain new perspectives Mary has been coaching senior managers since she was a part of the Courtaulds Coaching Programme in 1989. The only pre-requisite is to be willing to change. |
In an interview sometimes less is more!
Everyone wants to feel confident in an interview. Even if they don't actually feel confident they want to appear confident. And one of the ways you can do that is by sometimes saying less. You’re probably thinking 'but I need to talk to tell them my ideas and my experiences.. why would I stop?' You need to say your piece and then stop. One of the things that confident people can do is cope with a bit of silence in a conversation. Nervous people keep talking and keep repeating themselves and saying the same thing and go on and on. If you truly knew that you had given a spectacular answer you would stop and pause to let the impact sink in and relax and sit back confidently and wait for the next question. Many coaching clients come to me and tell me that they waffle in interviews and we work on techniques to help them stop the waffle! So what’s the trick? Be prepared to stop talking and allow a little silence. Check when you have finished that the interviewer has heard enough and you have covered all the bases: ‘was that enough? .. does that cover it?’ Know exactly what your story is and then when you have said it stop. If you are well prepared and know what you want to tell them before the interview you will feel more confident to stop talking, you will know that you have said it! Watch the body language of the interviewer as that will help you know when they have heard enough and want to move on. If they start interrupting you.. that’s a dead give away. It is not always a case of ‘less is more’ in the interview, but it is a case of ‘enough is enough’. Just know when to stop! 
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