And What You Should Not Say
By Fernando M. Tarnogol
Every manager has employed them at some point in their lives. Either because they are beginners and don’t know better, because they’ve used this questions for so long that it’s become second nature to them or for simple laziness. Expect to hear some of them in 95% of your job interviews.
A job interview is like a first date. The impression you make during the first 10 minutes will determine the rest of the night. The same thing happens when you get interviewed. This is the analogy made by Professor Allen Huffcutt, who has studied job interviews for more than 20 years, when he was interviewed by Ori Brafman for his book “Sway: the irresistible pull of irrational behavior”.
First impressions are what matters. If you fit a specific physical profile (more on this soon), if you can establish a good rapport, if the interviewer hears what we wants or expects to hear; then the interview is considered a success and you are hired.
Malcolm Gladwell gives a perfect example of how people are hired for reasons that have nothing to do with logic or reason in his bestseller book “Blink: the power of thinking without thinking”: Fortune » Read more: Interviews: 10 Common Questions
