Friday, May 8, 2020

3 Tips to Help You Handle a Bad Interviewer - CareerAlley

3 Tips to Help You Handle a Bad Interviewer - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Understandably, when youre preparing for a job interview, youll be focusing on your own competencies. However, just as theres a skill to interviewing well, conducting an interview is also a task that requires a specific set of qualities and a certain amount of experience. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, scenarios can arise where your opposite number possesses neither of these things. Should this occur, your task remains the same youll still need to impress in order to land the job, youll just need to adjust your approach. Heres a look at some ways of dealing with an interviewer whos out of their comfort zone and the tell-tale traits theyll exhibit. Theyre Overly Talkative Talking too much is a sure sign of nerves. Indeed, youve probably read elsewhere about the importance of being concise in the answers you give at interview and that rambling is to be avoided at all costs. Whilst saying too much can harm you cause, it can be equally damaging if you find yourself with an interviewer who seems to be doing all the talking. They may be doing this because theyre uncomfortable as an interviewer and feel awkward or, if the role in question requires assertiveness, they may be testing your ability to make your mark on the conversation. Either way, you need to be prepared to get involved, tempting as it can be to take a back seat, especially when it feels like you have a great rapport going. By having a firm grasp on the things you want to prioritise communicating, youll be best placed to jump in when you get your opening (theyll have to breathe at some point.) If you still dont get to say your piece, ensure you use the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the interview as a way to set up some of your unused selling points. Finally, remember you can use a follow up letter to assert or reassert the points you most want your interviewer to bear in mind. Theyre Distracted Sometimes the tasking of holding an interview falls to someone who, whether theyre good at it or not, simply has a lot else on their plate, especially if they hold a senior position. A distracted interviewer isnt something you just put up with and battle through. The most extreme, but also the most beneficial solution would be to diplomatically suggest rescheduling for another occasion. Obviously, this has to be phrased so as to suggest that its for their benefit rather than yours, but if you find yourselves being frequently interrupted by people needing their attention, this shouldnt be too hard. Even if they decline your offer, the overwhelming likelihood is that theyll be sufficiently alerted to the impression theyre giving and will attempt to up their game. They even be glad of a chance to confide their problem with you, helping you get a better insight into their character. Inappropriate There are some questions that you wont bother to think about during your interview preparation, not because they are particularly left-field or ingenious, but because they have no place being asked at all. By law theres a whole range of personal information that hiring managers are not aloud to take into account when making their decision. Unfortunately, this doesnt always stop them asking inappropriate questions. So, how do you deal with this particularly uncomfortable situation? Though youd be within your rights, bringing up points of employment law isnt likely to do much for the mood in the room. The key here is to address the issue you feel is being driven at, without revealing anything about yourself that you dont want to. In most instances theyll either be making ill advised small talk or, if not, theyll be driving at whether youll truly be committed to the job, so assert that you are. If a question really oversteps the mark you can always politely refuse to answer, but youll find asking for the question to be rephrased is often just as effective as itll give them a chance to change tac. Author Bio: Will Kerr writes on a range of topics pertaining to employability, from the complexities of deciding on a career path to avoiding simple errors in your covering letters. You can find a whole range of career advice and job seeking tips from www.job-centre-vacancies.co.uk. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook

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