Job Interview

I had a job interview yesterday: it went really well!

I had already had a telephone interview which went really well and this was the follow-up. It was wha known as a "competency interview". This is where they ask you about specific, tangible things you have achieved, i.e. when you hav successfully organised something.

I passed and then immediately offered me a second - final - interview. One of the key reasons - which really quite pleased me - was that I was very succinct with answers. The interviewer said at the start of the process that she envisaged that it would take around 45 minutes; in reality, it took 25!

I say I was pleased because I listened to the other person and did what "they" asked for! The reason I say this is, because of my AS, I have had a real tendency in the past to ramble and say what "I" want!

I have been in this type of interview situation before and so read the signs. If an interviewer asks for short answers, give them short answers.

I also built on a lesson that I learnt at the weekend. My wife goes to Gestalt (psychology) Therapy sessions where people discuss what are really quite intimate personal issues. She couldn't go last week so I sat in in her place. It was very interesting.

One of the comments made about me was that I utilise "stories" to make a point! What the other participants meant by this is the I explain things by using stories from my own experience I found this very useful. One of the key effects of this was that I was perceived to "go on too long", as opposed to, succinctly making the point in clea, literal terms.

Other people are less interested in "my" stories of course, so I am go to try and keep to the point and refrain from using them in the future unlss absolutely pertinent and necessary. It is even more applicable, I believe, in a business context.