How to prepare for a job interview #interviewtips #hiringmanager #careercoach #careeradvice #career

Do you want to know what happens before a hiring manager walks into that interview room with you? The talent acquisition consultant, which was me, we would have found your resume via a job application that you've submitted, or maybe we've headhunted you, or maybe we've received a referral. We're then going to conduct a screening. Following the screening, we'll have compiled a list of notes based on specific questions that we're wanting to know from you. We're then going to put those notes and your resume into an applicant tracking system, or we're going to send your resume and an email to the hiring manager saying, I've screened this person, they seem great for the role, these are the reasons why. The hiring manager is then going to read those notes your resume before they go into a meeting with you, that hiring manager is also going to talk to other members of their team again, showing them your resume, your LinkedIn, the notes from the screen with me. So what does that mean for you? It means that when you walk into that interview room, you need to give them more than what they've already seen. You need to elevate your positioning because they've already been bought in by me, your resume, your LinkedIn, the notes. Now they want you to prove to them why you're the candidate that they should choose. You can't expect to just go in there and recite your resume and some basic examples of what you've done because they already know that. Another good thing you wanna think about, what did you and I talk about? And what can you expand on from that conversation? Because they're probably gonna refer back to it and go, "I know you spoke to Chloe about X, Y, and Z. Can you talk further to that?" So when you walk into your next interview, be acutely aware that the person that's speaking with you, it's not the first time they've technically seen you. Yes, they're seeing you for the first time in person, but they've already reviewed your resume. They've seen your LinkedIn. They've had multiple conversations about you. And they've seen my detailed notes from our initial screening.