Interview Success Zone

A couple of days ago, Igor Ajob, (name changed to preserve confidentiality) , one of my clients, came to see me for his final coaching session. You see, David just landed a job with a company within the finance field. He’s happy, so I’m happy!

Over the course of his coaching sessions, we covered all the topics surrounding body language, rapport and NLP in meeting situations (all covered my book, Secrets of Successful Interviewing) as well as my general approach to business meetings, I talk about throughout my blog and the Interview Success Zone forum.

Igor had been doing a lot of interviews over the past couple of months, so naturally I was curious what was different this time. Without giving him a list of options, I asked him “Igor, if you were to hang your hat on one thing, that was the deciding factor in you getting offered this position, what was it?”

Igor, without hesitation, answered “Rapport. We just got on really well….As a result, I don’t feel that this is a stop gap, I actually can really see myself working there indefinitely”

Obviously I don’t know what other candidates put themselves forward for the job that he received, but I can tell you that they will all have had very strong CVs. So the one remaining factor that would have been taken into account either consciously or subconsciously was whether the employer liked and trusted Igor.

So focus on building a good relationship with your future employer. Don’t rely purely on the contents of your resume/CV to get you through to the next round….

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