Your brain will immediately start to tell you stories about whether you interviewed well or not so well. Avoid false narrativesĭon’t let the six inches between your ears get the best of you. After taking some time to reflect on the question, I thought of this example, which may clarify.” (Then describe example in two sentences).Įven if you think there’s no way to recover from what felt like a horrible interview, express your continued interest at the end of the note. For example, after thanking the interviewer for their time: “When you asked me about my experience in driving the business, it was clear my answer didn’t resonate. You can say why you were caught off guard or weren’t as succinct as you wanted to be when answering a particular question. Thank-you notes are a great opportunity to re-answer a question where you weren’t as clear as you could have been. Use thank-you notes to show self-awareness She gave me examples, which allowed me to relate my experience to driving business in my next interview. Then I called an HR business partner friend, and she explained how HR is meant to strategically help leaders grow the company and not just be a support function.
#TRY TO CLARIFY QUESTIONS HOW TO#
For those that tripped you up, talk to friends in the industry or job you want to move into to understand how they would have answered the question.Īfter that HR business partner interview, I called a business-minded friend in my then-current industry, and he had no idea how to answer the drive-the-business question either. Then review the job description and the information the interviewer provided about the role, team, and company and highlight when you were able to answer a question succinctly and relate your experience to the job description or when you stumbled. Write down as many questions as you can remember and your answers. Reflect on the entire interviewĪfter every interview, debrief yourself immediately. Here are five ways to turn a bad interview into success. It’s natural to feel helpless after flubbing a question - or an entire interview - but you don’t just have to stand by for bad news. I tried to tell a good story but could see by the interviewers’ body language (and the fact that one of them asked the question again after I answered) that my answer wasn’t resonating. I had never even thought about how my role was used to “drive business.” Worse, I had no idea what that even meant. It was going perfectly until one of them asked, “How do you use your role to drive business?” At the time, I was transitioning careers from lawyer to HR business partner, and my job was to mitigate risk. I’ll never forget the time I was meeting with three people, each with a role open. There’s nothing worse than preparing for an interview and then blowing it. You either go to an office or hop on a video interview.
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