{"id":629,"date":"2007-02-02T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T21:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/candidates-who-have-been-coached\/"},"modified":"2007-02-02T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2007-02-02T21:46:51","slug":"candidates-who-have-been-coached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/candidates-who-have-been-coached\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates Who Have Been Coached"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further proof<\/a> of why we put limited importance on the face-to-face interview:<\/p>\n

I recommend that you answer difficult questions with SANDWICH technique.<\/p>\n
Practice writing out your answer – be sure to sandwich the negative with an emphasis on the positive.
\n(+)
\n(-)
\n(+)<\/p>\n
Here is how you should fill in the blanks:<\/p>\n
(+) Begin with a positive statement
\n(-) Slip in the negative (or weakness)
\n(+) End with a positive statement<\/p>\n
Most likely the new employer will request only confirmation that you worked at the company.<\/strong> We always change plans, so it is okay to change your plans – maybe you were planning to go to college??? I don’t think this is anything to worry about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So all you interviewers out there – be wary of the “sandwich” technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Further proof of why we put limited importance on the face-to-face interview: I recommend that you answer difficult questions with SANDWICH technique. Practice writing out your answer – be sure to sandwich the negative with an emphasis on the positive. (+) (-) (+) Here is how you should fill in the blanks: (+) Begin with a positive statement (-) Slip in the negative (or weakness) (+) End with a positive statement Most likely the new employer will request only confirmation that you worked at the company. We always change plans, so it is okay to change your plans – maybe you were planning to go to college??? I don’t think… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-a9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}