5 Job Interview Tips to Make Interviewers Love You

 Most job seekers don't look forward to attending job interviews. The sweaty palms, the tentative smile, the butterflies in the stomach-----these are just some of the not-so-pleasant feelings often associated when stepping inside the interview room. Thankfully, there are ways for you to make interviewers fall in love with you without going through the Jennifer Hudson route. Read the rest of the article to find out how:

  

1. Build a Solid First Impression. - 

Yes, first impressions do matter and building a strong, solid foundation as soon as you meet your interviewer will make it easier for them to love you. Start with a confident handshake and follow it up with a genuine smile. This will show the interviewer that you are happy to see them face to face and look forward to an engaging job interview. Mind your manners during the interview: sit up straight, meet the interviewer's eyes while talking and turn off your phone during the session.

2.  Deal with your Nervousness but Don't Dwell on it. -

It's okay to be nervous, what's not okay is dwelling on it so much that it hampers your ability to be in the moment. Most interviewers are aware that job interviews can get nerve-wracking and they won't hold it against you. What you should do then is to breathe slowly, calm your nerves, and focus.

Do your research prior to the interview schedule so you can answer each and every question the interviewer throws your way. If you are confident about how much you know about the company, the job position, and the person or the people interviewing you, you can divert your attention from being nervous to deciding how you can best answer each question. Now, if you get asked a question you don't know the answer, calm down, pause, and rephrase the question back to the interviewer to confirm your understanding. This will give you enough time to quickly pick your mind for a suitable reply .

 3. Be a Good Storyteller. -

Storytelling is a great way to get interviewers to like you, provided you know exactly how to do it. It serves its purpose well when you're able talk about your most memorable accomplishments, biggest challenges, the ways you deal with conflict, and how you recover from a stumble to the interviewer without sounding rehearsed.

The ability to tell a good story will allow you to relate real-life experiences in answering interview questions, most especially situational ones. The next time you have an interview coming, prepare a list of standard and situational questions and think of a story you can use to answer them. Start by stating the problem (the interview question), describe how you solved the problem, and end it by sharing the outcome with the interviewer. Continue adding more stories to your personal library and you will have more than enough to answer whatever questions the interviewer can think of.

 4. Listen, Learn and React Accordingly. - 

The biggest pet peeve of most interviewers is when they have to repeat every question because the applicant is not listening attentively. The moment you step inside the interview room, leave everything except your wits out. Focus your attention on the interviewer, so listen, pay attention, and react accordingly. For example, when the interviewer cracks a joke, smile. When he or she talks about the weather, reply. This indicates active listening and communicates your focus and attention.

Learn to read non-verbal cues so you can react to body gestures accordingly-----eyebrow tilting, lip curling, head-scratching-----they all mean something and the ability to read them correctly will give you the advantage you need to hopefully land the job offer.

 5. Make the Interviewer Feel Important. -

Nothing can make interviewers love you more than by making them feel important and this means never forgetting the interviewer's name and position. Take note of that information and use that to help you draft questions you can ask him/her at the end of the interview. Just before the end of the session, you will probably be asked if you have questions and this is the perfect opportunity to use what you learned about the interviewer. Let's say your interviewer asks you if you have any questions, you may say something along the lines of, "You mentioned that you're the HR Manager, could you give me an idea of what the company culture is like?"

Make sure you sound genuinely interested when asking the question and be ready to listen to the interviewer talk about himself/herself for a while. When you manage to get them to do so, you have succeeded in making them feel important. There is nothing wrong in satisfying the interviewer's ego and when you do, they will love you and definitely remember you.

 Good luck Guys and let God be the Center of Everything.

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