Everything you say in a job interview counts, and that’s one of the things that puts so much pressure on you when you’re in that hot seat. Even worse, you also need to impress your interviewers before and after the actual interview itself. This means that you need to plan ahead to make sure you know exactly what to say at each point in the process so that you can walk out afterwards with no regrets, confident that you’ve made a good impression.
Before the interview starts, you’ve got the chance to express your enthusiasm for the role or the company as well as giving an elevator pitch where you sum up your experience in a sentence or two to really make a great first impression while you’re still in control of what you can talk about. During the interview, use active listening by asking clarifying questions to show that you’re paying attention.
At the end of the interview, be sure to sum up again why you want the role and ask for their feedback on you as a candidate so that you know where you stand. Before you go, be sure to get in any last things you want to say, and don’t forget to say thank you. The next time you go for an interview, try these tips out and see how much more confident you feel coming out.
