Will Humphreys breaks down seven mistakes job candidates make, especially in healthcare. Don't skip researching the company, fumble personal questions, or ask about salary first. Bring authenticity and real questions about the role, not just technical skills.
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Hello and welcome to the profitable pt. As always, I'm Will Humphries, here to help you increase your income, profits and net worth. Today we're going to be talking about the seven most commonly made mistakes by interviewees in a job interview. I've had the fortune in my career of interviewing hundreds if not thousands of medical professionals and PTs, and I can tell you most people make some if not all of these mistakes. So if you want to stand out in a crowd for your dream job, pay attention. 1. Research. Most people do not do enough adequate research on the company they're interviewing at. It is so important to look at their website and social media feed. On my website you can find my mission, vision and values. On my social media feed you can find out what charities I supported. Coming in with that kind of information is one quick way to be able to stand out and show that you take initiative and that you actually care about the company that you want to be a part of. Number two, questions about yourself. People know these questions are coming, but most of the time they aren't prepared for the answers. So know the answers to typical interview questions like where you want to be in five years and what your strengths and weaknesses are. It is important when employers ask questions that you're not prepared to answer that you take a minute and give it thoughtful reflection before answering it shows me again when you do that that you really care about telling me the truth so that we can determine the alignment and between our company and your vision. Which leads me to number three. Most people do not ask questions about the company they're interviewing at. At the end of my interviews, I always ask, is there any question you might have for me? And most of the time the answer is no. What a wasted opportunity to be able to find out the alignment potential between your vision and theirs. You can ask a series of questions that I'll provide in another video coming soon. But ultimately be prepared to really find out about what it's like to be a part of that company so that you can serve them in knowing if you're going to be a fit or not. Number four, Skill set. Most people come in really worried, especially new grads, about their skill set. And let me tell you a little secret. We don't care. We don't care. Employers care that you want to have a good skill set and we care if you've been out for a number of years that you've worked on developing it. But we don't care about your skill set nearly as much as we care about your mindset. We want to know if you're a team player. We want to know if you fit our values and our culture. Because we can always train on skill set, but we can't train on mindset number five, authenticity. And this goes into skillset a little bit if you're a new grad. Most new grads come in terrified that they don't have experience and their resumes get beefed up to two to three pages. We just want a one page resume. A mistake is providing no resume or too long of a resume. You're giving me too much work on the latter. So really be concise and really clear as to what you've done in your career if you have experience. But if you're a new graduate, the best thing you've got going for you is that you have passion and that you're moldable. So let your resume reflect all that goodness that we want to hire. At the end of the day, that helps me get really clear. If we're a fit or not. Then we have number seven, the most important one, which is money. Money is one of the biggest mistakes that people make in job interviews. They bring it up too soon. As an interviewee, let the employer bring it up. If you're two to three interviews down the road, yeah, find out about the money, but ultimately get into that first interview from a place of value and purpose alignment. Be really clear that it's up to them to bring up the money. And when they do, then you can start talking a little bit more about the financial fit. Remember, the finances matter, but it comes at the end of aligning purpose and value and vision. So, guys, I enjoyed making this video. If you got value from it, please click like and subscribe. For every subscription, I'll make a donation to Feed My Starving Children. Until next time.
