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No, you can't spot a memorized story. You can possibly spot a poorly memorized story. It's the difference between learning a speech off by heart and knowing the
by jacalata 10y ago
No, you can't spot a memorized story. You can possibly spot a poorly memorized story. It's the difference between learning a speech off by heart and knowing the material backwards.
- vonmoltke 10y agoWithout probing questions, no. On technical matters and some interpersonal matters, though, you can use a variation of 5 Whys to quickly drill down on certain decisions or details. The only way to pass that is to actually know what you are talking about.
- jacalata 10y agoExactly. Memorize the incident, what you want to convey about it, and how to emphasise your angle on it. Don't rote-learn a single telling, and don't blow it off and think "ok I'd talk about that time I saved the orphans, next!"so that in the interview you're all "I was on my way back from preventing a bank robbery...wait no, it was a mugging...and i went past the orphanage on 5th Ave, or 6th, you know the one?"