Lori shares a story about a candidate who talked so much during interviews that she lost the job offer, even after coaching. The lesson: sometimes silence and listening matter more than filling every gap.
Foreign. Hey, guys, it's Lori with career coaching now bringing you another interview horror story. We'll get right into it here. And just to let you guys know, I bring you guys these horror stories so that hopefully you don't do the same thing, because I want to see you all succeed during your interviews. All right, so this one is interview horror story number four. She talked her her way out of a job. This was about a person, a woman who went in for an interview. She did great on the first interview, although the employer did stress that she talked a lot during that interview, which I noticed as well. When I was working with her, I coached her on let's, you know, let the interviewer lead the, you know, lead the conversation. I said, you know, answer the questions, ask your questions, the whole nine yards. But she did, did not listen to me. She went in for a first interview, she talked a lot. They liked her. They liked her skill set. It was actually one of those diamond in a rough, hard to fill type of positions, and she had a unique skill set. So they gave her the benefit of the doubt. But they did talk to me and said, you know, when she's going in for this next interview, she has got to tone it down a little bit. She just literally talk nonstop and kept interrupting the interviewer. So I had another coaching session with her. I explained to her, you know, the importance of, you gotta let the interviewer lead the conversation. You're talking too much. And I was just very blunt with her. So she goes in for this second interview. Again, she had a very good chance of getting this position because of her unique skill set. She goes into the position, unfortunately, or goes into the interview unfortunately, she didn't listen to any anything I said. She talked and talked and talked and talked and talked. And I received a phone call after she left the interview, and they said, we are not going to go with this candidate. We literally don't even know how we would acclimate her to the position or to our company because she won't stop talking. So the moral of this story is some people talk when they're nervous, talk too much when they're nervous. Some people just talk too much. But during an interview, you really, really have to tone it down. If you're nervous, explain to the person interviewing you that you're nervous because again, a lot of people talk nonstop when they're nervous. But, you know, this person was coached twice, not once, twice on, you really need to tone it down. She did not do that. Unfortunately, she did not get the position. So again, moral of the story is when you go in, let the interviewer always take the lead. Regardless. I don't care if you're interviewing for a VP level position. It doesn't matter. You still need to let that interviewer take the lead. Whether they're an experienced interviewer or not doesn't matter. Show that respect. Let them take the lead and interview you again. Laurie with career coaching now. And I do interview coaching and I also do coaching on how to get a raise or promotion. So I'll be back again with more interview horror stories and also interview success success stories. So I'll see you guys soon. Bye.
