Natalie FisherCEO, Natalie Fisher Coaching

4 Unexpected Ways To Prepare For An Interview Or Important Meeting - EPISODE #227

19 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Natalie Fisher explains how cultivating curiosity can improve performance in interviews and important meetings. She argues that becoming curious about the other person shifts attention away from oneself, reducing perceived judgment and opening a space to explore the other party’s wants, needs, and motivations. Fisher advises against directly asking interviewers about their concerns, noting that they are unlikely to disclose them and that such questions can feel awkward. Instead, she recommends using curiosity to ask indirect, insightful questions—specifically, asking “What is a day in the life like of this position?”—to gauge personal fit and learn about the role. The overall message is that curiosity is a versatile tool that, when applied thoughtfully, can help candidates assess opportunities and build rapport without exposing vulnerability.

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Getting into curiosity will never fail you. Here is why. First of all, you take the focus off yourself when you get curious about the other person, right? That happens right away. And when you start to get curious about the other person, their wants, their needs, their motivations, it kind of diffuses anything that could be perceived as judgment towards you. In an interview, I don't recommend you ask what their concerns are because they probably won't tell you. They don't know you well enough. It's just awkward. They're going to be like, uh, no, I don't have any concerns. I'll let you know. Like, no. Like, if someone asked me that and I just met them, I wouldn't tell them my concerns. I might— like, I don't know that I would know to tell them or how I would voice them, right? There's different places to address or to use different tools, but the curiosity comes in handy in either place. And the way that you use it differently in an interview than in a meeting is in the interview you would say something like, what is a day in the life like of this position? And that comes from a curiosity of, will I even like it here?