In an Interview You Can Only Control What You Can Control!

You can only control what you can control and then you must let go of the rest.  You can’t make the hiring manager like you.  You can’t at the end of the interview talk back parts of what you said and ask for a “do over”.  You can’t jump in a time machine and turn back time if you were a few minutes late. You have a lot of control in your interview process and too often candidates give up that control long before they walk in through the front door for an on-site interview.

What you CAN do is . . .

YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL; FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT AFTER EVERY INTERACTION!

. . . prepare and practice your responses, dress professionally and be groomed for the interview, and be on time – – you DO control all those aspects of the interview process! You actually have a lot of control in the interview process because how you answer questions guides where the interviewer(s) go. You can ask clafifying questions,

Learn from what happens in every interview and take action to improve for the next time!

My name is Mark Lauterbach and I am a Chief Job Search Architect and Success Strategist. I founded Jump UP the Ladder, a Job Search Accelerator, based on my 20 years’ experience coaching others through their job search as well as having successfully navigated 7 job changes during my career.  To receive my free weekly Job Search Tips Newsletter subscribe here!