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Friday, March 06, 2015

The two most important words in a job interview

Fortune: So many qualified job applicants, so little time. How can you be sure you’re picking the right people to join your team if you’re too busy with the rest of your job to spend more than, say, 20 minutes interviewing each one?

You might consider what Steve Pogorzelski has found. He’s spent the past 25 years vetting hundreds of candidates for leadership jobs, notably as group president of Monster.com Worldwide, where he helped the career site more than triple its revenues to $1.4 billion.

1 comment:

Jason Cohen said...

It is sooooo true that there are buzz words that will really elevate your interview to from just being average to truly spectacular and hirable. However, I think that these words vary from position to position, and person to person. What I think is as equally important are the questions that one asks during their interview. As much as you are being interviewed for a position, this is also an opportunity to interview your potential employers. I personally, have been keeping (and am constantly updating) a list of questions that don’t make me sound like I’ve never heard of the company, but allow me to learn things that are beyond what you would read on their website. I think this is equally as important to the words because it also for a learning opportunity in the interview. However, at the end of the day just feel comfortable when you are talking during your interview.