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> I had a phone interview yesterday which I presumed would be all about what I've done and how I could do the job The trick is to answer the questions in a way
by natalyarostova 7y ago
> I had a phone interview yesterday which I presumed would be all about what I've done and how I could do the job
The trick is to answer the questions in a way that provides data such that it highlights what you did. For interview debriefs we need to provide explicit data points. At first I was put off by the mechanical nature, but I now do feel it at least attempts to have a more objective and lower bias standard.
...although some people take it too far IMO. I try to keep the behavioral questions more of a fluid conversation about work they've done.
- pinewurst 7y agoThanks for that insight. What blocks me is the seeming emphasis on failure rather than success. The latter is so much easier to incorporate my contributions. The former just ends up making me feel bad then and afterward.
- sethammons 7y agoWhen you are asked about a failure, it is not to make you feel bad, it is to see how you deal with and learn from mistakes. There are learning opportunities in failure, usually less so in successes.