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Tips To Knail Your First Interview by daviesblaze(m): 10:54am On Oct 21, 2016 |
In fact, research shows that
interviewers reach final
decisions about applicants four
minutes after meeting them,
on average.
In other words, you have very
little time to make a great first
impression in a job interview.
Your body language, presence in
the room, and how you answer
their questions have a much
more significant impact on
whether you'll be hired than we
might think -- or even care to
admit.
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You have more control over the
outcome of your job interview
than you realize. Here are some
psychological tricks to help you
influence the impression the
make on your interviewer.
Trick #1: Act confident, even if
you don't feel confident.
In her popular TED talk, Social
Psychologist Amy Cuddy talks
about how the presence you
bring to job interviews weighs
more heavily than the content of
the interview itself. When you
come off as confident, authentic,
passionate, comfortable, and
enthusiastic, interviewers are
more likely to hire you. Cuddy
says the best way to give off a
confident presence is to "power
pose" before the interview -- i.e.
stand in a posture of confidence,
even when we don’t feel
confident. It affects the chemicals
in our brain and might even
impact our chances for success.
Trick #2: Mirror your
interviewer's body language.
Want that job? You've got to be
likeable. One way to appear more
likeable, trustworthy, and
empathetic is by mirroring your
interviewer. Mirroring or
"mimicry" happens when you
match another person's
expressions of nonverbal
communication, like body
language, gestures, vocal pitch
and tone, posture, eye contact,
and body orientation. While
mirroring is often subconscious,
you can certainly control it by
paying attention to how your
interviewer's nonverbals,
especially her body language and
tone of voice. But keep it very
subtle, otherwise it might
backfire -- if you're crossing and
un-crossing your legs every time
your interviewer does, she might
get weirded out or see you as
incompetent.
Trick #3: Address your
interviewer by name.
"Remember that a person's name
is to that person the sweetest
and most important sound in any
language," wrote Dale Carnegie
in his book, How to Win Friends
and Influence People.
Think about the times people you
just met remembered your name
-- you probably saw them as
more charming and interesting
than if they hadn't said your
name at all. Carnegie suggests
you repeat the person's name
multiple times in an interview
where appropriate, especially
when you're saying goodbye, so
you can make a lasting
impression.
Trick #4: Use flattery.
"Flattery has an insidious ability
to worm its way into the
unconscious, where it creates
persistent feelings that could
affect the outcomes of all kinds
of business interactions, from
job interviews to sales to
boardroom presentations,"
Jaideep Sengupta, Professor of
Marketing at Hong Kong
University of Science and
Technology, told Harvard
Business Review. And it doesn't
have to be sincere flattery, either.
“Implicit attitudes tend to remain
untouched by contradictory
explicit information," said
Sengupta. "It’s a testament to
how insidiously flattery affects
us.”
So, how do you flatter your
interviewer without sounding
like a brown-noser? One way is
to frame it as advice-seeking,
according to a study from the
Kellogg School of Management
. For example, you could ask a
question like, "How was the
company able to close that deal
so successfully ?" Opinion or value
conformity is another form of
subtle flattery, which you can
express in a comment like: "I'm
the same way -- I also work
better in sprints."
Trick #5: Repeat things back.
This is a communication strategy
called "reflective listening," and it
happens in two parts: First, you
listen and try to really understand
what a person is saying. Then,
you paraphrase what they said
to confirm you understood and
emphasize their point. Not only
does reflective listening make
you look and sound interested
and intelligent, it's also a form of
flattery (see trick #3). Plus, having
good listening skills is important
for any job -- especially if you're
applying for a managerial
position
.
Trick #6: Ask for a higher salary
than you're aiming for.
When the subject of pay finally
comes around, you've probably
heard that it's better to aim high
and then negotiate down to your
desired range. This is a
psychological affect called
"anchoring," and it's the same
effect as when your teenage
daughter begs you for a pair of $
150 jeans and you refuse, you're
than more likely to cave in to the
$80 pair. "When we encounter a
number -- even an irrelevant
number -- we fixate on it, and it
influences our judgment,"
explains Todd Thorenson,
Professor of Psychology at the
University of Idaho.
In fact, a recent study revealed
that asking for a million-dollar
salary in jest can actually increase
your offer by more than 10%. In
the study's test scenario, an
administrative assistant
candidate who'd listed her salary
as $29,000 interviewed for a
new job and was asked what
salary she wanted. In cases
where the applicant didn't name
a number -- which is what many
of us have been trained to do, so
that the interviewer names a
number first -- she was offered
about $32,500. When she joked,
"Well I’d like a million dollars, but
really I just want what’s fair," the
average offer rose to almost $
36,200. Of course, a quip like that
might detract the interviewer
altogether, so it's a risky move --
but it certainly is telling of the
psychological affect naming |
Re: Tips To Knail Your First Interview by amicable09(f): 12:04pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Hahahahahahaha. Nice stuff you copied OP, thanks for sharing. BUT your spelling of 'nail' is wrong ![]() ![]() I wish it were the correct way of spelling the word, it would have made sense like that ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Tips To Knail Your First Interview by daviesblaze(m): 12:55pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
abeg post your own ma see i don see your own miss perfect |
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