2 times 10 Tips for success in the job interview: personality suggests expertise

Demographic change, shortage of skilled workers, Generation Y: One might think that looking for a job is light like never. But far from it: In the future, too, it will depend on how you present yourself Candidate in the job interview and job interview position.

The competence trap

But what does it matter? What should I consider? How do I position myself and how do I prepare myself at all? A few thoughts for a successful application interview.

In order to successfully use new career opportunities, it is enough on the employee side, despite the demographic change Future not enough exciting offers more interesting Companys to find and send well-designed applications. The crucible is personal Contact – and as a candidate you should, above all, bring the right inner attitude to the interview. Here's an example.

An example

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An experienced manager is invited to an interview. His interlocutors - the CEO, [m1] the CFO and the HR manager - do it Conversation together. Everyone introduces themselves before and after a short description of the advertised responsibility feel put them to the test of the potential candidate. The manager is well prepared. He parried every question after professional and personal Expertise. His self-confidence increases endlessly in the course of the conversation. After two hours you say goodbye with the hint that there will be a finale this week decision about the Choice of the new director will be met and a response from the HR manager can be expected by Friday.

In a certain expectation that the management had decided to do so, the manager of the Personalleiter received a cancellation. What happened?

Competence in the CV, personality in the application interview

An interview is similar to soliciting a relationship. What is important? Sure, it's also about expertise. We are looking for a manager who is supposed to close a major gap in the company. Expertise is a prerequisite - and to a large extent, it already results from this Curriculum vitae and reference letters.

But many Candidate tend to primarily want to shine with it. However, competence is highly complex and always context-related. “The recipient determines the message” – this is a basic rule of Communicationwho everyone knows who im Business however, is very often forgotten. Knowledge workers in particular, who want to stand out with numbers, data and facts, often forget the emotional level of communication.

10 Key questions in the application interview

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Potential candidates for a vacant position are invited to an interview because their professional competence has already been thoroughly checked in advance. In principle, a decision is only necessary if it is equivalent Alternatives exist. A job interview is therefore much more about getting to know the candidate better as a person. The key questions are:

• More proximity or distance-oriented?
• Is she or he possibly of the “competitor” type or rather a good manager?
• Can she or he represent our company well?
• What is the external appearance?
• Could I imagine working with him or her well?
• What makes the person as a person?
• Which questions about the cooperation are important to the candidate?
• How much interest does she have in herself?
• How is their inner attitude and fit the person at all to us?
• Is she or she looking for security or independent, interrelated work?

10 Tips for Applicants: Set on the Opposite!

A successful job interview largely depends on the answers to these Ask away. Preparing yourself in advance for the different conversation partners is therefore extremely helpful - and often much more decisive than training competence questions or memorizing one's own career.

Mindfulness in the conversation with the respective protagonists is a very necessary prerequisite. The following points must be observed:

• What would my opponent want to hear from me?
• How do I fit in with my personality to my conversation partners?
• How do I feel in conversation?
• How is it the opposite of my listeners?
• What is our body language, eye contact and style of communication?
• Do you agree with me in my statements?
• Or is the reaction ambivalent?
• Do I want to work here?
• If so, do you also notice this?
• Spiegele I reflect this enthusiasm?

The power of the unconscious

In the subconscious, these questions are automatically answered and evaluated. This is much more rapid than we can reasonably do in the cognitive.

From my point of view, a successful job interview is successful when both sides carefully determine whether they want to enter into a trusting working relationship. And, if we look at the development of fluctuation rates: A hire is not always with you Success to equate...

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