Well, so much for focusing on the interviewer-side of face-to-face interviews. CareerJournal has come out with a new article that is the title of this post. There is nothing groundbreaking in the approach outlined in the article. Yet, I did enjoy this bit of cryptic strategy:
He suggests when answering job-interview queries applying the formula Q = A + 1: Q is the question; A is the answer; + is the bridge to the message you want to deliver; and 1 is the point you want to make.
“If you take the ‘+ 1’ off the formula, then the interviewer is controlling the session,” says Mr. Braun.
I’m not sure what to write about that excerpt. Of course, math became quite confusing to me once letters replaced numbers in the equations. I make no bones about that fact.
I close with one quote from earlier in the article that basically sums up the thesis:
These trainers say you can deliver the message you want to an employer, regardless of the question you’re asked.
Uggh. For the antecdote, may I suggest an approach we use called drilling down.