Sorry we’ve been missing for so long – Geoffrey and I have got decorators and a heatwave, and Bill’s just back from visiting his wife’s relatives in Armenia. Actually, it’s probably cooler in Armenia; it was 115 degrees in the shade in my garden at six o’clock this afternoon , and here it is nearly half past twelve and it really doesn’t feel any cooler.
Anyway, what I really wanted to talk about is the fact that interviews are a two way street. The question isn’t just ‘does this employer want you?’ It’s also ‘do you want this employer?’
Asking the right questions can put you onto an equal footing with an interviewer. That’s purely psychological, but it’s a powerful tool when it comes to interviews, because you might be considered more qualified than other applicants simply because the right questions can bring the interviewer to consider you – quite unconsciously – as an ‘equal’. However, the basic question remains: 'do you want this particular employer?'
Bill Doult was a journalist and a political correspondent for many years before he became a therapist. He’s therefore an expert interviewer (Maggie Thatcher always addressed him as 'dolt' - as in 'Oh, it's you again, Dolt' - but she usually answered his questions anyway), and he’s going to be talking about asking questions and fielding them, and I think that’s going to be very helpful. In the meantime though, and if you are going to be on the hotspot come Monday - ask who your immediate superior is going to be.
Quite often one of the people involved in interviewing you will be the person you end up working for, but if it isn’t, you should ask to meet him or her – and when you do, pay very, very close attention to how he or she reacts to, deals with, and speaks to you, because if the Company offers you a job, that person is going to be an important part of your life.
Don’t take a job if you feel you can’t get along with the person who’s going to be an important part of your life. In the present climate that probably sounds ridiculous - but it isn’t.
Try not to think of any interview as your last chance, or as any job as being better than nothing, because if you take something that you don’t feel good about, you could end up back on the market with a six month stint on your CV/resume that it’s going to be difficult to put over well.
It’s best to take the time to find the right job and take the pressure off by setting long term goals, rather than jumping at the first thing that comes along like a cock at a blackberry. I know it isn’t always possible to do that, but you may have other options that you haven’t thought about that don’t involve messing up your CV - and we can talk about that when Bill’s gone though asking and fielding interview questions!
Emily - http://www.therapypartnership.com/
Anyway, what I really wanted to talk about is the fact that interviews are a two way street. The question isn’t just ‘does this employer want you?’ It’s also ‘do you want this employer?’
Asking the right questions can put you onto an equal footing with an interviewer. That’s purely psychological, but it’s a powerful tool when it comes to interviews, because you might be considered more qualified than other applicants simply because the right questions can bring the interviewer to consider you – quite unconsciously – as an ‘equal’. However, the basic question remains: 'do you want this particular employer?'
Bill Doult was a journalist and a political correspondent for many years before he became a therapist. He’s therefore an expert interviewer (Maggie Thatcher always addressed him as 'dolt' - as in 'Oh, it's you again, Dolt' - but she usually answered his questions anyway), and he’s going to be talking about asking questions and fielding them, and I think that’s going to be very helpful. In the meantime though, and if you are going to be on the hotspot come Monday - ask who your immediate superior is going to be.
Quite often one of the people involved in interviewing you will be the person you end up working for, but if it isn’t, you should ask to meet him or her – and when you do, pay very, very close attention to how he or she reacts to, deals with, and speaks to you, because if the Company offers you a job, that person is going to be an important part of your life.
Don’t take a job if you feel you can’t get along with the person who’s going to be an important part of your life. In the present climate that probably sounds ridiculous - but it isn’t.
Try not to think of any interview as your last chance, or as any job as being better than nothing, because if you take something that you don’t feel good about, you could end up back on the market with a six month stint on your CV/resume that it’s going to be difficult to put over well.
It’s best to take the time to find the right job and take the pressure off by setting long term goals, rather than jumping at the first thing that comes along like a cock at a blackberry. I know it isn’t always possible to do that, but you may have other options that you haven’t thought about that don’t involve messing up your CV - and we can talk about that when Bill’s gone though asking and fielding interview questions!
Emily - http://www.therapypartnership.com/
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