Correctly telling stories at the interview

At the interview, you can not only answer the interviewer's questions and nod approvingly at his statements. Nothing will tell you about your achievements, experience, ability to solve tasks and emerge victorious from difficult situations, like a good story from a professional life, or a few stories.

If you answer the interviewer's questions, citing working situations from the past as an example, this will show you as an experienced professional who has encountered problems and knows how to solve them not in theory but in practice.

Therefore, Work.ua recommends preparing a small library of such stories, so that in the right situation, just get the right story from the closet.

Any such story should consist of three parts:

    A clear and understandable description of the problem.
    A description of the ways in which the problem was resolved.
    Description of the results and consequences.

What stories are worth preparing?
Carefully read the requirements for the candidate and future responsibilities

For each requirement in the job description, try to pick a story from experience that will confirm that you have the necessary skills. Write it down, the story should not be too long. And then rehearse. If you don’t have a suitable story, choose one where you have overcome similar difficulties. In this case, start with the words: “I didn’t encounter this specifically, but the situation was very similar.”
Common interview questions

Prepare a short story for the most common questions. For example, such:

    What are your strengths and weaknesses?
    Who do you see yourself in 5 years?
    Why are you interested in this job?
    Why should we hire you?
    Tell us about yourself.

Get ready for a situational interview

During situational interviews, it is necessary to describe a model for resolving the situation, state your steps and the reasons for making certain decisions. If you answer such questions with stories from professional life, then this will be a big plus. Here are examples of some of the questions you might run into:

    Give an example of an important goal that you succeeded / failed to achieve, and describe what was done for this.
    What will you do if you get too much work?
    You have a conflict with a colleague, how will you solve it?
    Suppose you made a mistake, what will you do next?
    What will you do if no one believes in your idea, but you are sure that you are right?

Interview Preparation

It’s a skill that can be developed to tell stories well and give the right examples. Train at home. You can in front of the mirror, you can ask a friend to listen to you. Do not think that you will succeed in keeping everything in mind. Take a pen and paper or use a computer to not forget anything. Also do not forget about body language, in which case it plays an important role.