TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

Vikram writes in with questions regarding how to speak effectively during job interviews. Vikram wants to know, how do you give specific answers to general questions? And he's asking for general advice on sort of overall catch all answers. Here's the problem, Vikram. There aren't any general answers that are going to work for everyone all the time. The whole point of a job interview is you can't seem like the general applicant pool. You have to seem better than anyone else. So that's the challenge. That's the hard part. It's not about blending in and giving a safe answer. It's about giving an answer that makes that employer think, hmm, this is someone we need working here, and this is someone who stands out as better than all the applicants. Now, of course, they're general themes that are effective in almost any job interview. You want to show examples of how you solve problems, of how you show initiative, of how you work hard and actually get results. Not just hard work, but get results for the organization. So you need to personalize those themes with highly specific case studies, stories, examples of what you've done in your own career. Now, if this is your first job interview for a serious job and you're 22 years old, talk about things you've done in high school or college through your extracurricular activities. It doesn't have to be about making a billion dollars, but talk specifically about your passions, what you've accomplished, what you hope to do. And that's really the best generic answer you could have in a job interview.