Chloe Spillane says rambling in interviews usually comes from excitement, not nerves. Listen to what's actually being asked, then answer that specific question instead of telling every related story you know. Use frameworks to keep your response focused.
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I've got a question for you. When you're in an interview, are you sharing information that just gets you excited? Or are you sharing information that they want to hear based on the question they've asked? A lot of the time, and this will happen for people that tend to go on tangents or ramble in interviews, we'll think that we need to give the interviewer as much information as possible, and we get really excited sharing that story. And that's really cool that you do, but at the end of the day, an interview is not about you getting excited about all the work you've done. An interview is about you listening to the question, actively listening and giving them the information that they want to hear in that moment. The best way to make sure your answers are sounding like that is to add structures and frameworks to those answers. This is the kind of shit we're going to be talking about in the Chloe Spillane Careers Collective. We launch September 1st. The waitlist is open. Comment collective and I'll send a link straight through to your inbox.