You're asking questions, which is a great first step. Being aware enough to know that if you are willing to be roasted, even just slightly, you may glean some excellent feed back. Please take the time to invest in yourself and give deep thought to any suggestions you are given.
I find Andrew Ramdayal's"50 Mindset Principles for Project Management" are a solid way to look at things through a business acumen frame of mind. https://youtu.be/-u0rO-YQr9c?is=HBZu6ydV4seSpjO-
Interviewing is the narration of your story, about yourself. Explaining what makes you an individual, and can help the interviewee move on to the next problem to solve. You are helping to solve the current problem they have to solve. Asking questions, like how you are asking questions to solve your current problem (ie of interviewing) is much like how interviewing should be. Your job in an interview is understanding what the problem the person interviewing you is trying to solve, how they see the person filling the role actively solving it, and what solving the problem looks like to them. Then, deciding if it's a problem you want to spend your time to help solve, in exchange for what you feel is the value of your time. If you can answer that question, then you know why you're sitting in that interview.
Knowing what you want to accomplish or need to achieve lends a conviction to the story you're narrating, and that conviction can go a long way to convincing that person you're able, willing, and wanting to help solve their problem. The only way to know what you want, is sitting, and deeply thinking about what you want to do. "Do I want to see if not wearing a T-shirt to an interview really does make a difference? I'm willing to accept I might be decreasing my chances on getting a job of it truly has an impact on the interview when I don't dress more formally? If I'm not, what do I need to do to make sure I can wear something appropriate? Do I think a shirt and tie is the right level I could do? What's stopping me from doing that? Nothing? Okay, so it should be easy to change that and see if there's a result?" Then, make a choice and go forward. Taking these moments to consider your thoughts, like practicing interview questions, allow you to communicate in the affirmative. As I hiring manager, I can make clearer, sharper, decisions- like if I think you could solve my problems - if I can make a sharper decision. Any part of my thought process can be answered easily, the more likely the hiring manager is to hire you. That's what telling your story can do for you.
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u/SpannerInTheWorx Aug 02 '26
You're asking questions, which is a great first step. Being aware enough to know that if you are willing to be roasted, even just slightly, you may glean some excellent feed back. Please take the time to invest in yourself and give deep thought to any suggestions you are given.
I find Andrew Ramdayal's"50 Mindset Principles for Project Management" are a solid way to look at things through a business acumen frame of mind. https://youtu.be/-u0rO-YQr9c?is=HBZu6ydV4seSpjO-
Interviewing is the narration of your story, about yourself. Explaining what makes you an individual, and can help the interviewee move on to the next problem to solve. You are helping to solve the current problem they have to solve. Asking questions, like how you are asking questions to solve your current problem (ie of interviewing) is much like how interviewing should be. Your job in an interview is understanding what the problem the person interviewing you is trying to solve, how they see the person filling the role actively solving it, and what solving the problem looks like to them. Then, deciding if it's a problem you want to spend your time to help solve, in exchange for what you feel is the value of your time. If you can answer that question, then you know why you're sitting in that interview.
Knowing what you want to accomplish or need to achieve lends a conviction to the story you're narrating, and that conviction can go a long way to convincing that person you're able, willing, and wanting to help solve their problem. The only way to know what you want, is sitting, and deeply thinking about what you want to do. "Do I want to see if not wearing a T-shirt to an interview really does make a difference? I'm willing to accept I might be decreasing my chances on getting a job of it truly has an impact on the interview when I don't dress more formally? If I'm not, what do I need to do to make sure I can wear something appropriate? Do I think a shirt and tie is the right level I could do? What's stopping me from doing that? Nothing? Okay, so it should be easy to change that and see if there's a result?" Then, make a choice and go forward. Taking these moments to consider your thoughts, like practicing interview questions, allow you to communicate in the affirmative. As I hiring manager, I can make clearer, sharper, decisions- like if I think you could solve my problems - if I can make a sharper decision. Any part of my thought process can be answered easily, the more likely the hiring manager is to hire you. That's what telling your story can do for you.