6 Things You Should Never Do During A Job Interview, According To a Recruiter
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2020
- In this video, we cover all the ways you're messing up in job interviews - even if you don't realize it. Chelsea uses the best tips from a professional recruiter to make sure you don't make these major errors in your next interview.
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1) Don't be long winded when asked about yourself. Prepare an elevator pitch.
2) Don't give too many details about your personal life. Keep it professional.
3) Don't talk about what "we" did, talk about what "you" did. Teams are important, but show them what value YOU brought to the team.
4) Don't use examples from school, volunteering or your personal life. Relevant professional details only, unless you're fresh out of school and have no professional details to use.
5) Don't forget to ask relevant questions about the role. It signals interest, and lets you know whether this is right for you.
6) Do not disrespect HR admin, receptionists, etc., that you interact with during the process.
6) Do not disrespect HR admin, receptionists, etc., that you interact with during the process.
Thanks so much for this!
I very much disagree with point 4. On top of your job, you might be very community minded and want to talk about that experience, which highlights valuable skills, passion and ethics. Or you can demonstrate great project managing skills due to all the school runs you have to do, organise all the extracurriculars etc. Recruiters should not disregard these valuable life skills, even though many do due to being on commission and having to go for the easy hire.
Number 4 definitely depends on the field too. My field has a TON of relevant opportunities to volunteer and it's very community minded so in my experience volunteering has always been a boost
As an HR professional, let me add some things.
Yes, under a minute for your intro is good, but remember that companies are looking for culture fit too. Let your personality shine! As important as it is to treat front desk and admin with respect, don’t forget to actual speak to them. If they are trying to strike conversation with you, talk to them! Most important in my opinion, is remember that a good interview should feel more like a conversation. Know your stuff, know who you are and you’ll do great!
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Oh no! I will never let my personality attend an interview. Unless you are only refering to cheerful and always smiling people that seem to be pleased with whatever thing you tell them. That is not "personality", that is servilism.
You don't want to hire someone that has political life, is informed about their rights and can see through your management team an their tricks. C'mon....
this goes without saying treat everyone at the office with utmost respect not just by talking to them but mannerisms as well. that includes the ones cleaning the bathroom, admins, etc.
I’m a recruiter and I think all this advice is great, but in my opinion I would add: 1. Be concise. 2. Provide examples. 3. Do some research about the company before interviewing. 4. When you provide an explanation about your last roles please remember that the recruiter or hiring manager may no be familiar with the processes you were implementing before, so avoid acronims and words that are only related to your last position. 5. Show interest! So many times I’ve seen the perfect resume but the candidate sounds sleep (not great Communication skills) or is walking the dog or cooking... please take your time to find the right place and time to interview. Good luck to all looking for a new job 💕
Great advice, Viviana! Thanks!
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Could you please show some light on the points you're interested in hearing when asking the candidate to introduce themself.
I will add a 6. Talk about responsibilities and not tasks. If had a lot of responsibilities focus on the transferable ones. Do not inflate it.
Example: writing minutes of the meeting for a peer review - task
Peer reviewing material for the team - responsibility
Leading the peer review team (if you are not doing it) - inflating responsibility
Nada Allam Yes! You can start by listing some of your strengths, then mention your previous experience and why you are interested in the position. If you want to add something about your personal life that is allowed as well (it creates some rapport) but don’t share too much. And as always, try to be concise :)
thanks Viviana! Wish me luck 🙏😁
I suggested a then friend to a job in my company, she said she was desperate and really needed it. She got to the reception and threw a major fit when the manager wouldn't see her immediately. Not a friend anymore and I'll never ever appoint a friend to a job ever again.
well i wouldn't go that far. but would request a friend who needs a job, to gage seriousness. i have had friends who got interviewed and hired. only to leave in a few months. looked really bad on me. luckily the job was not in my department.
I can agree on not suggesting friends to your workplace. Mine might not have been as big as yours but it did reflect badly on me as an employee.
Yeah I have been burned recommended friends for a position just for them to leave without notice. I won't do that anymore.
What did the fit look like???
Best piece of advice I've ever received regarding interviews is to prepare an example from every part of your CV.. so if they say, tell us about X experience, you are prepared and interesting.
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What happens if you have no examples? I mean, do candidates need to have experience beforehand regarding anything a recruiter can ask them?. I think is virtually impossible and either you are a good liar (and you have some super power and prepared stories at home) or if you are honest and say you lack experience in that specific example, you are discarded. Just for 1 thing you couldn't possibly do/experience in your work history.
Yeah, I've got the anxiety ramblings. I know I've blown interviews that way. It just sucks.
Which I never understood. You're nervous because you aren't familiar with them and you're being judged. That will go away once you get the job and it's something you can work on.
I struggle with anxiety and it's made it almost impossible for me to have a good interview despite spending time preparing, practicing and studying about the company. Can anyone relate?
I can relate dear. Between January and now,I have attended I have attended many interviews my anxiety took over me all the time.
I have one this coming Monday and another one the following week Tuesday. Am so nervous
It helps me a lot to see it as : if I get the job that’s great and if I don’t I’ll find a better one. I try not to see that job as the perfect one so I don’t have much pressure and stress. During the interview they don’t even realize that I’m stressed.
me!! im still struggling :(
Same, I don’t have a college degree and I was hired on as a legal assistant because of my personality and by not knowingly following most of the 6 things you should never do at an interview. Four years after being a legal assistant I got hired on with the state. You really got to fake it till you make it and sell yourself even if you don’t meet the requirements on paper.
I loved your points about using professional examples for how they got tasks done. I think there are several groups that face this challenge the most. Stay-at-home moms re-entering the workforce face an uphill battle and there are a lot of articles online and a lot of opinions on this. Saying "I organized the household laundry" is not ok. But "I found the bus company and bought tickets and collected money so that the church group could go see this Broadway show" is fuzzier. PhD grads who were not able to get professor jobs have a similar problem. They're often 30 with no experience outside academia. There's a great book to help people in the latter category.
Discrimination can be so hard to prove. Pride and Prejudice.
Hey! Because I'm early, I was wondering if you could add closed captions to your videos or allow users to add them? It would make them much easier to watch and much more accessible. Thanks!
Yess I second that. I NEEDED them before I knew English well and they could help people with hearing problems
Hi! We do add CC to our videos after they are released, but sometimes the process can take a few days.
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@@thefinancialdiet awesome! Good to know, thank you so much!
Glad to hear that! Sorry for not knowing, I'm new here
@@anitag6524 The second i realised im starting to have hearing problems, when i read your comment 😆.
I once got a job *because* I brought up something old, personal, and unrelated to the job :) I brought up my first computer as a kid, that got me started towards my programming career, and the interviewer really got into that, he started with the same computer and had a lot of nostalgia for it. We connected over that, and by the end of the interview I had the job! As a programmer, there's almost always a technical portion of the interview - not in that one.
Amazing timing on this video-I have a job interview in a couple hours. Love this channel, thanks for the great content!
Good luck!
Good luck!
A while ago my company interviewed what I thought was an amazing candidate, my boss refused to hire him because he wore a polo to the interview and not a button up and tie. He said he didn’t take the position seriously if he wouldn’t get dressed up. I have also been told by previous employers as a woman they would not have hired me if I wore pants to the interview. Wtf.
I wore a skirt to one and they noticed my last name was hyphenated so they assumed I was married and wanted children.
Sounds like he has a toxic mindset.
Wow!
@@jesuschild07able why would that matter so much to them.
@@quoteme.goddess6957 There is an assumption that if you as a woman are planning to have kids in the nearish future, you will be taking maternity leave and possibly even quitting to stay home with the kids. So interviewers who have that mindset are less likely to want to hire you because they feel like they'd be investing their resources in an employee who won't stay with them as long as another might. It's illegal, and if they explicitly say anything along those lines, you absolutely can sue. But it's not usually said explicitly.
Can we get some tips for people who've been out of work for awhile? In my case it was due to an undiagnosed chronic illness. I was undiagnosed for five years, no work for five years, now it's going on six because of corona!! This would probably be good for peeps who've raised kids, gotten ill, had to take care of ill people, etc.
Hi! Maybe talk about what you've learnt in the period that you were not at work, some ability you think could be useful for the company... Not sure, but just try to make the best out of what you have.
Btw I'm not a professional or anything, I just wanted to help, hope you find it useful! Good luck!!
it seems to be a bias on the HR end, that any illness or issue can be seen as an issue. We need a video on covering "resume gaps and soft skills,"
Thank you so much! I’m fresh out of college and I only have experience of one previous rather simple job. I’m pretty sure this is going to help me a lot!
I don't even interview kitchen staff anymore, I just bring them in for a 2-3 hour test shift and see how they work. I wish more companies would do this.
Chelsea: How you should do a job interview
Also Chelsea: Stops having jobs.
I’m about it.
Great tips! I always liked the quote, “dress for the job you want, not the one you are applying for.”
I agree to an extent. Also know your market though. For example, there’s quite a few jobs where if you showed up in a suit you’d look like a tool.
As someone who's been overdressed to an interview, I'd recommend against that. It's a better idea to dress 1 level more formal than what people at that company wear. If they wear jeans and t-shirt, you come in with jeans and a buttoned shirt. And so on.
Sheila lol fair point
At facebook they have casual wear for interviews and the people who don’t listen and wear a suit anyway look weird lol
Some places will think you won't be a good fit if you are overdressed for the position. That quote sounds like something that would have been more appropriate in an older era where all male workers wore ties, all managers wore suits
Oh my god. The one about respecting the receptionists is so TRUE. Because I introduced myself to them, before I even got an interview, (I was applying for reception myself) and the one I introduced myself to went back to my current manager and told her about how polite I was and how I introduced myself so that definitely had an influence.
Hard agree on limiting personal life details and not just for the hiring process. As new employee in a "helping profession" my first employer took advantage of every detail shared and it caused a lot of extra stress. A few companies later, I feel like I finally have good balance of boundaries and connection.
This is so helpful! I do not have a job interview any time soon but I am still in college and this is helpful for applications for medical school and or internship opportunities.
I’ve seen several recruiters mention that volunteer experience is okay IF its relevant to the position you’re applying for. Yes, some volunteers just sit and sell raffle tickets at a table but I’ve also had a volunteer position where I was part of a team organizing a youth leadership conference (it targeted at-risk youth). I was responsible for training the supervisors, collecting and organizing information on allergies and dietary preferences for 200 youth, creating a menu, coordinating deliveries and soliciting donations from restaurants for a 2.5 day event as well as creating a schedule for our first aid/security team. I loved it, I learned a lot and this experience helped me get two other jobs (running charter flights for various organizations/pro sports teams and running everything outside the classroom for a language program with 600 students) despite the fact that it was “volunteer work”. You really have to weigh what skills are being used but just because you’re doing it for free doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be mentioned.
I agree, volunteering can be so much more than simply helping out at a soup kitchen (I think that's what they're called) once or twice a year. It can be just like a job but not paid.
I've always killed it in sales and retail interviews but man it took me a while to figure out academia interviews. Totally different beast. Still most of these things apply to both in my experience. You still want an elevator pitch answer to most broad questions, acknowledging group efforts while still highlighting what your contributions were is vital, having questions is always important, and respecting support staff is good life advice in general (as is not assuming people you meet who seem like irrelevant higher ups are not best friends with your future boss!).
Personal details come up a lot in academia in part because we usually meet future employers at conferences which are like sneaky interviews. I think I've done really well because I'm skilled at reading people and easing into details. I can usually find a thing they like that I like, and I amplify that commonality while backing off any topic that seems to rub them the wrong way.
#4 doesn't really apply in academia, especially if you're early in your career. If you haven't taught but have tutored a lot that's fine, I want to hear about it. But don't just list it, draw parallels and show me you'd be able to teach because you thoughtfully learned from similar experiences.
As a Professional Corporate Recruiter, I give this my gold stamp of approval.
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Could you please show some light on the points you're interested in hearing when asking the candidate to introduce themself
Great points here. But I'd just like to add that every interviewer is different. They might like the ideas in this video, they might not. It's a numbers game with this stuff. Make sure to interview as much as possible and just be yourself.
Yeah exactly. And some of them may even find your personal life or hobbies to be an asset. The two guys who interviewed me for my current job asked me about playing music because they both did too. Different workplaces have different levels of intimacy with their teams.
@@krombopulos_michael If they directly ask about it and if you don't find the question intrusive, go for it. Indeed, each interviewer is different but as a general rule, stay away from personal information unrelated to the job.
...I still face-palm thinking about one of my earliest interviews (my second one ever) in which I was asked "tell me about yourself" and I DID, going on and on about where I'm from since I've lived in multiple states, lol. Oh man...so embarrassing. She even looked at me flatly and asked "...Is that your answer?" and I just sat there and nodded, smiling like a schmuck, lol! Needless to say, I didn't get the job.
Agreed, I’ve known interviewers who liked family people. Sure they might need more time off work to take care of family situations but they were also settled in the area so employee turnover is lower. Also had some admit to preferring home owners. “Nothing makes an employee work harder than having to pay a mortgage.” was their train of thought. Sometimes you just have to try and read the situation and the interviewer to gauge what personal info might be an asset.
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but that's the exact problem!
_you_ knew them
but one might accidentally hit something unrelated to job in question, that would make them dislike you...
I would add, put your self in a position of strength (being in a good job already). This will greatly help you in negotiating salary and greatly reduce the ability of the company to take advantage of you. The ability to walk away is a powerful bargaining tool. Too many people, especially women, do not assess their value properly and often undervalue themselves. If you interview for a job to make more money than your current job, you should aim for just that, make more money.
If only I could actually get to the interview stage. I've been hired for every single job I've gotten an interview for (that I actually wanted to accept), but actually getting the interview is the most impossible task that I have ever faced.
I have my first serious job interview a day after tomorrow, that's just what I needed! Thanks TFD :3
Good luck’
Is candidates being rude to staff really a common problem in interview situations? I've been on both sides of the table and it's just really hard to imagine that. People doing interviews are usually pretty nervous and feel like a guest in the place they're interviewing. I can't imagine a candidate having so much cockiness in addition to determined meanness that they would talk down to anyone at the place.
Yes. People are too candid about why they left jobs and they talk about how they don't trust certain things and people. It's hilarious but sad.
I have seen it. I was part of a group interview and one of the other candidates didn't realize it was a group interview and complained to the secretary that it wasn't all about her...HR heard and came out and told her to leave immediately with no further consideration. worst part was she was highly recommended by our professor.
It's common even before interviews. I coordinate and schedule interviews and some candidates can be outright rude with things like: 1) not responding for several days 2) asking to reschedule many times because they fail to block their time out 3) cancelling at the last minute 4) not checking their emails and missing the interview 5) writing really unprofessional/casual emails. We've definitely rejected people based on some of these offenses.
@@adrianlindsaylohan and do recruiters never do all the things you mention?. Or there is some kind of excuse companies can use to toy with candidates that make this things legal for them only?
You have no idea of how many applications I sent and are still "opened" or never heard a word about them. Since 2012 when I was still on the uni. Any piece of wisdom about employers rudeness?
I’m a recruiter and I agree with all of this!
Thank you! So useful
Great points! Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea to share this now as some people are trying to get back to work or get a new job. Thanks for sharing!
I'm really good at interviews but am also incredibly and deeply incompetent. It's almost baffling how much I suck. But hey, I can atleast go through jobs fast.
I’m so flippin tired of interviewing people. Had someone tell me “honestly none of my coworkers like me because I tell it like it is.” Wow, so why should I hire someone nobody likes?
If you're tired of your job which impacts people chances of getting a job now, in times of looming crisis, do yourself and others a favour and change your career. You sound like someone having a professional burnout and it doesn't serve you and other people well. I for a change a year ago was sick to the back of my teeth with people like you, most younger than me and more than incompetent yet entrusted by huge clients like big corporation with expensive and longish recruitment processes. I managed to land a job at smaller company, recruited by the buisness owner herself and don't regret a bit of it. Recruiters I had struggled with still fail to feel in the postions they were entrusted with filling , process is still ongoing, to my knowledge since I have insiders in those companies they are still making stupid mistakes and chasing their own tails. I wait for some of their key clients to finally lose their patience and break cooperation. I believe in post Covid economy of cost cutting outsourcing recruitment to outside companies is goung to be soon the thing of the past. And I cannot say that I see as a bad thing.
femmeNikita27 thanks. I’ve been trying to hire since February and it’s not the candidates or my attitude that stops me from hiring, it’s 90% of the time their drug test and background check. That guy could have been molded with my company’s awesome culture but that isn’t why he wasn’t hired. But you cannot sit here and tell me that he, as a candidate, made no mistake in telling me that none of his coworkers have liked him.
I think you should show personality. Many people are hired because they are likable not because they are the best candidate. And if your hobbies make you an interesting person you should say that. Being too bland can be forgettable.
I’ve been on multiple hiring committees and I kind of disagree. I never liked hearing about hobbies unless they were relevant. Saying you like crocheting in an interview as an English tutor doesn’t make much sense But saying that you really enjoy reading is much more relevant.
I wouldn't go bringing it up unless asked ("what do you like to do in your spare time?"), or unless it tied into another question ("what made you interested in this job/company?"). But if asked, I wouldn't hide it either, at least as long as its not something that might be kind of embarrassing.
As a member of HR, unless you're talking about conflicts in scheduling, your personal life shouldn't be brought up in any interview because it isn't pertinent for any job you're doing.
Getting better at interviews can help in getting better with conversation in general. So, dating etc.
Actually forgets one of the most important ones: Avoid saying anything about your old boss/coworkers, unless it's flattering or actually necessary for some reason. AKA, if you say bad things about your old boss, new boss is going to really quickly decide they don't want to deal with you. Saying good things about them may do the opposite though.
If you've had a bad boss I'd suggest not saying things about that boss or saying only neutral things. Saying good things about him if he was truly horrible is a no-go, badmouthing your ex-boss in front of your future boss or future colleagues is also a very bad idea.
When asked about former jobs or colleagues, I say, "they were very knowledgeable and productive."
I think it’s good to hear their attitude about situations which is why there are usually questions about a situation with a coworker or differences with a boss etc. shows their character and how they address conflict and their colleagues
Thank you!
Girl. You've been pumping out content and I'm so here for it.
This is really helpful
I have had good luck with asking at the end of the interview if I could do anything that would help me stand out amongst the other candidates. Whether or not his may be appropriate could depend on your industry, but I did so when interviewing for my current job and while my now-manager didn't ask anything of me (I am in marketing, so it wouldn't have been out of the question to do a small sample project), he mentioned that no one had asked that and implied that my initiative was a positive mark in my interview.
Other good questions are what the company culture is like and what they feel makes for a successful employee in the position you're vying for.
This episode puts a lot into perspective. I’m a stay at home mom and at the time that I reenter the work force I will have been for home for 9 years. I’m wondering if taking on some VA positions prior to in person positions would help with the transition.
I would say it is so so different in Germany. My experiences interviewing here were so much more relaxed and respectful indire contrast to my experiences in Chicago. Yikes on a platter... Never want to work in the USA or interview there again
Wow must be nice America just adds stress for no reason at all lol
While I don’t think any bad advice is given here, I think hiring decisions are often much more random and arbitrary than people like to think. The reality is, most jobs can be done reasonably well by a large number of people, and there really is no way to determine who really is the “best” candidate for any given position. Often, it comes down to which candidate the hiring manager has a “good feeling” about.
Sometimes. You forgot that it also depends on how badly they need to fill the position ASAP
Also, never forget to research the company's mission statement!
Perfect timing! I have a job interview first thing in the morning!
I have the same experience as Chelsea. I'm pretty good and somewhat comfortable with the interview part. But then comes the challenge 😅
I volunteered for women in STEM day and both my jobs (tutoring) that I have gotten have explicitly commented about how they liked that on my resume... I was pretty surprised bc it was years ago & I just used it as a filler lol. I guess it is relevant to the job though...
This is also good advice for reviews!
Great video have you considered using CZcams chapters? Would love that on TFD videos!
So helpful because I have a job interview in 2 hours!
Good luck!
Hope it went well!
omg! how did it go?
How did it go??
How was it Jill?
I’m a recruiter and this is all very good and accurate advice
Interesting advice, agree with most of it although being able to talk your way through an interview and being fired from most jobs sounds a bit alarming. As a recruiter I ask candidates for specific information through the STAR method, and I check references to avoid hiring people who are smooth talkers but ultimately not very succesful in their actual job.
I have always ended up in the elevator with one of the Directors on the way to or from an interview so that elevator pitch does come in handy
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Another instance in which volunteer work can be very relevant is in NGO environments, I've been hired multiple times on account of volunteer and community organizing roles that've held in the past, however this might only be relevant if you yourself coordinated, created or were directly responsible for an event (gathering, demonstration,etc) or project (campaigns for example)
I completely agree. I think number 4 is a dicey one.
Love this video setting! And getting a glimpse of your beautiful apt.
Of course there is a big difference between applying in your life-long field when the person hiring you has a very good idea what your previous jobs entailed and a more general position. I work in the media industry (radio station) and when I read CVs or talk to applicants, we are both on the same "page" much more than when a random applicant applies for a random job where the potential pool of applicants is much bigger.
oh man, hearing somebody laugh in the background about the firing bit. I'm the same! been fired from more jobs than I haven't!
hahaha, this is relatable I've done great in interviews, got fired a bunch, but sometimes I've been lead astray with interviews since some companies have to do interviews even if they already plan to fill the position with someone. The best way to get a job is actually through a recruiter before it's listed to the public. Though my current job is nice and I've had it for 2 years. I now think I wasn't so crazy before and I was actually working in toxic environments considering all of them no longer exist they either were able to sell off or they failed.
I have the opposite problem when it comes to 1 and 2. I'm not long winded enough and I don't give any details about my personal life. I think potential employers pick up on that and it makes them feel like I have something to hide. But I just never know what to say.
Maybe just worry less- not saying that flippantly- about the lack of detail. Just take pride in who you are, which is someone who states things clearly simply and concisely and keeps the conversation relevant. You might have to find a way to insert those facts into the early conversation so they know not to expect a free entertainment show while they interview you. And unless the role is an improvisational one you shouldn't feel like you have to entertain them.
I like your flowers, table and pictures in the background.
I suck at job interviews lol thanks for the advice
I hate all the "musts" related with working in corporate. I think our generation is over all of this crap about "being professional". You be who you are and work with passion for yourself and the world. Otherwise you are not living.
I'm no HR recruiter, but I think if you've been strategically volunteering to gain experience in an area to jump to a different kind of job, it's fine to explain how you wanted to gain the skills and so did this volunteer project.
I'll also add, don't use your phone around the person interviewing you. One of my old managers would ask to walk people to the door after interviews and did not hire the people who grabbed for their phones on the way out.
I always wait until I'm in my car to reach for my phone (and I always park a little far from the door so they can't see what I do in the car). I feel that the exit should be as professional as the entrance. Your last impression isn't the last thing you say but how you leave, after all.
I'm having a problem at interviews. I have some historia with mental ilness resulting several gap years in my resume and I'm having trouble with how I shoukd answer when asked about what I did for that time. Any advice?
Why is volunteering disregarded or not seen as professional? I've volunteered in the past to gain experience in my desired field.
Plus one can gain lots of skills useful in future jobs from volunteering.
I've worked hiring my team (it's ultimately my call if they're working on my area or not, I'm an engineer, and unless your volunteering experience is valuable to the job, don't waste time talking about it. You are not selling yourself right. Listen to point no. 2 again.
And listen again to point no. 4. Is volunteering more important than your job? The job you're looking to get hired on? Focus on them, and what are you bringing to the company and why are you a better option than other candidates.
I've been a volunteer for years. And my previous boss, and the HR manager that hired me thought it was so... Odd. Treated it as if I was a really strange girl for volunteering in Cambodia or Australia with a Buddhist group where people in my job where mostly Christians (I've volunteered in over 7 countries). So yes, don't overshare on your volunteering experience.
If it comes up my gaps, I just mentioned I was volunteering in this place and move on. If they ask, doing what. One sentence, and move on. (I've honestly think that getting excited about volunteering turns off people who aren't into the same thing. You. Won't. Get. The. Job.) Keep answers simple and short and move the attention back to asking about the company and the position and look honestly interested in them.
I get that if the volunteering position is more related to a hobby, but for example I volunteered at a non-profit working with young people dealing with mental illness to gain experience to get jobs as a psychologist (already have the qualifications ofc). I've also volunteered for an organisation called Victim Support in the hopes of getting better jobs (ideally in the criminal justice system) when I moved to UK.
Maybe there is a cultural difference between US and UK, but from my experience, volunteering is highly regarded here and have even seen job adverts that mentioned volunteering experience as an asset. I almost got a job where I had no qualifications for or similar experience because of my volunteering background (I do however have anxiety and it came out at the last stage darn it).
That's why I was so surprised to see that in there.
Actually I do wonder whether the advice is specifically for corporate jobs.
The job I was talking about was adult social care then another job I got because of my outside of work interests was in community arts and I currently work in the education sector... 🤔
@@shescalledirina I think a it more corporate. I'm in human services and most people like it. I also think...its just depends on the culture there. A lot of people don't do volunteer work so they wouldn't see the value of it
@@shescalledirina Im a little bit late to the party but yeah, I feel like this advice in particular is more relevant to the stereotypical corporate jobs. Here in France volunteering is VERY appreciated by recruiters in the health, social and education work fields, and i believe that it's actually mandatory at some point in (or throughout) the academic cursi leading to these fields.
this came at the perfect time. I have an interview tomorrow morning 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
@@ambre3085 we got this!!
You're going to land it!
Good luck guys!
@@ambre3085 I got the job! first job in the field I studied for 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Since I graduated in biophysics and because it's such a "weird" degree, I feel like get passed over due to it. If do I get the interview, I'm almost always offered the position. So I've had to get pretty good at my elevator pitch. Still pretty frustrating.
I would recommend learning python (if you don’t know already) and you can get research jobs. One of my coworkers at my lab was a physics major & he said coding helped him a lot...
How do you feel about telling them you want to go back to school? Or, your back in school trying to get your bachelor's/master's?
Yes, I have run into employers that do not like when people have desire to go to grad school. I would recommend saying its something you’re thinking about years down the line...
What about volunteering in a professional context ie like internships
What do you do if the interviewer is rude to you or ask extremly personal questions like 'are you single?' I know I go on too much about things like volunteering, because I want managers to know that I haven't been doing nothing during my unemployment.
I don't know if you could easily take legal action, but you should certainly report them to the recruiter or HR contact that set you up with the interview in the first place, because it's highly inappropriate and many big companies at least will have internal policies against it.
My advise would be to not divulge any personal information and tell them it's not relevant to this job. I also don't think it's bad to make anecdotes about doing volunteer work but, like was said in this video, don't rely on it as "experience"
Get out
It's illegal for them to choose whether or not to hire based on marital status. So yeah, let them know that's not really related to the job so you'd rather not answer.
This is hard but if your meeting is on Zoom, try to look at the camera rather than your laptop screen. When you look down at the screen, the webcam is above your eyeline and makes it seem like you’re staring down the whole time. This can come across as distracted or less personable.
Yeah, zoom interviews are weird af. If I'm looking at the camera, then I'm not seeing the person's face while talking and it feels like I'm not talking to his face. But if I look at his face, I'm not making eye contact. Can't win this :D
I'm from Italy, and I think the vast majority of Europeans start writing their CVs from the Europass template (provided for free as an institutional effort to standardize resumés across Europe). The Europass template encourages to provide information about volunteering experience and groups you are a member of (I take that to refer to collective forms of civic participation).
But apparently this would be frowned upon in the US. So, are things actually different in the European work culture or are we maybe providing useless/unnecessary information? Feels wrong to leave a section of the template empty when I actually have fitting information, but this video made me rethink the value of personal stuff.
People from Europe, any thoughts?
I live in the US but come from Europe. If you're looking for the employment in the US I would recommend re-doing your resume and skip the Europass template. Also, you'd like to refer to it as a resume; CV would be for academia type of jobs. I work in HR and have seen a lot of people mentioning volunteering work in their resumes. In my opinion it's ok to put it there if you feel it's relevant or matches company's culture.
@@freezyprincess Thanks for your interesting answer. I'm not currently looking for work in the US, but Chelsea's video made me wonder about cultural differences in what is expected/encouraged when trying to build a resumé. It would be very interesting if she had guests who could provide an European perspective, but in the meantime I was hoping to start a conversation here in the comments, as I've seen many people do.
Thanks for your advice, anyway ^^
I'm starting to think there's a definite cultural difference.
I have commented why is volunteering seen as unprofessional when in my experience in UK volunteering seems to be highly regarded (you can also volunteer in almost any sector not just building houses in Africa)...
What are some good questions to ask when they ask if we have any questions?
Great timing! I have a job interview on Thursday😊
Great info. I just uploaded a similar video on being prepared for an interview. ♥️
Big Question: I’m unsure how to why did you leave your job? Mine was for ethics.
Did you speak to Jessness? I love her podcast and recognised the elevator pitch
The last interview I failed was a few months ago in which I was asked to suddenly role play the tech support job I was interviewing for. I think I did great before then but the on the spot role play (which is usually done during training) blindsided me and I fumbled through it, costing me the job. Grr, lol. I can at least re-apply after 90 days and should another better job not present itself before then, I will.
Yeah I do role plays at work all the time so maybe they wanted to see how you’d be in them. To give you advice on this, it’s really annoying when you’re role playing and someone stops mid-role play to ask a question or clarify.
Do this: Clarify before. Get into it and say things you actually would say, and if you feel yourself failing (losing the sale, losing the customer), fail gracefully and leave the “customer” with a good taste in their mouth, just power through and fail gracefully.
But stopping midway is very unappealing when you’ll likely be doing role plays as part of your morning meetings and stuff. The reason is that stop-starting holds up everyone’s day and could take a 5-minute role-play and turn it into 15. Get a few people that do that and it makes the meeting take way too long.
Wow, I never knew Chelsea didn't have a degree. I just kind of assumed she did with the kind of channel she runs, so that's awesome. Proof that you don't need that piece of paper to be successful.
It's pretty hard to prove discrimination, I feel that recruiters would just say that the other person recruited had more skills/experience or whatever other excuse to cover anything up. Very much agree with treating everyone nice, I've had many occasions where supervisors ask other staff about me, not just the seniors
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I found out after my first real interview that the admin assistant that was introduced to me as a secretary was actually the primary shareholder in the company. Be nice to EVERYONE
Any advice on digital interviews? (where you record your responses) I always feel like I'm long-winded/rambly, but if they give me two minutes to answer the question, I feel like I need to fill that time!
I don’t think you need to worry about filling the time. If you leave 30 seconds on the table for an answer where they give you 2 minutes that’s fine! But if your answer is only 30 seconds, you might want to rethink the question.
I went into all my job interviews excited to talk about my news Masters degree, and the interviewers were way more interested in my customer service experience, which I had assumed would be of no interest to them. You’d be surprised what interviewers actually care about.
Even at Starbucks, my manager would make sure not to wait for a candidate on the floor, but to be in the back so the candidate would interact with the team first, and then ask us how the candidate behaved
I never have any questions after an interview. I usually feel the job description was/is self explanatory
I try prepare one or two in advance. Something that I’ve found works is, “what is your department focusing on/planning for the next year?” This allows you to show interest, show a desire to stay in a company longer term and also gives you an opportunity to chime in with the things that mention that resonate with your work experience or interests.
Try to come up with something. It makes you seem more interested. No job description is ever fully comprehensive, you can always ask for more details about it or the company, or the projects you'll be working on or whatever.
Even just in any normal conversation, if someone is telling you about something and you have zero followup questions or opinions, it really looks like you just aren't even interested enough to pay attention, so have something ready that shows you do understand the job.
Prepare some anyway. It shows you give a shit even if it's made up. At least you put effort into coming up with questions is basically how they look at it.
Sadly all companies now expect you to not only work hard, but pretend working a grinding job that does nothing for your well being is actually something you enjoy. They expend large amounts of effort looking for the 1/1000 candidates who actually likes the job, although they're just as like to take the 100/1000 who can pretend to be genuinely interested. Anyone who is honest and just wants to do a good job but not spend hours on the weekends doing extra work isn't considered "serious."
You should have at least two questions ready otherwise you look unprepared and uninterested or desperate. Even if it’s just for them to expand on their corporate mission or values or workplace environment etc.
I just had a job interview yesterday and watching this, I don't think I got the job lol
Did you end up getting it? If not, it's totally fine! Even bad interviews give you interviewing experience and will help you become more confident in them. If it means your next interview will be better, it's not a bad thing at all!
In terms of personal life, how should you respond if an interviewer poses direct questions based on it? I once had an interviewer ask me if I live alone or with my family; and what job titles each of my family members have. Please share your thoughts.
I'd try to deflect the question, by answering something tangential to it, but not actually answering the main thing, signalling that you want to avoid the topic. Or if you're feeling it, you could just tell them directly that it's irrelevant and none of their business.
@@Etianen7 thank you for the feedback. This was the first time that this question was posed to me and I went ahead and answered it truthfully. Thank you for your thoughts on this, I appreciate it.
Sketch. I would never ask that in an interview.
I had a very similar experience. I was just after college, didn't know any better and also just replied to the questions. Now I would firmly say that it's not relevant to the position/my skills.
I'll add one, SWEAR. I did that at my current job, after working in HR for years I've never cringed so hard in my life lol
How do you handle talking about a job transition? I currently work in retail but want to transition to a more professional career but don’t want to be looked down on on for being in that job
All about how you carry yourself. If you walk into the interview with that attitude, they’ll think you can’t handle the change. You walk in like you’ve been owning your job like a beast and folding shirts and hanging clothes like a superhero, they’ll know you can be up for the challenge.
Tell them that you’ve maxed out of your current job, you’ve done what you can but there’s not much more to learn and you’re looking for something different. No one judges a carreer change unless it’s a weird backward change like a higher manager/owner of a company suddenly wanting an entry level job in a SIMILAR field. That’s fishy
If I can get an interview...
It saddens me that we (the professional world as a whole) have to tell people to treat others with respect. It should be a given to treat strangers in a professional setting with respect. It should be a given to respect stranger unless given a valid reason not to - like they attack you or verbally harass you. I’ve not hired people before for disrespecting members of my staff at auditions, when honestly there is no reason to treat someone poorly who is simply checking you in. And, because he made her cry, I also had to report that to his agent, which I’m sure didn’t go over well. It really should be common knowledge, and I hate that is is not commonly practiced.
Oh man, I'm watching this 10 mins after getting home from a job interview 🙈
Oh no. I hope you nailed it anyway 🤗
So... Just be a decent human being. That explains why I'm unemployed lol
Has anyone ever dealt with an ex employer giving a bad reference?
Pumpkin Soufflé don’t ever give someone as a reference unless you know they will only say positive things!! I always check with people I’m going to use as references so I know they are willing to support me (something like “Would you feel comfortable acting as a positive reference for me while I seach for a job?”).
@@krisl3314 what if that reference is associated with a significant work experience though
Is there *anyone* else that you reported to at that company that would have good things to report? Ask them to be a reference for you. If you give someone as a reference and they haven’t confirmed they will give a positive review of you (ex. if you didn’t do good work for them, if you had punctuality or performance issues, if you didn’t get along professionally) you are putting them in a position where they can tank your chances at getting a new job. I have definitely had former employers tell me not to hire people I was interviewing and I have also told people calling me for references that I was “unable to provide any helpful information about X’s performace while under my supervision”. References are people who liked your work NOT simply someone you worked for.
@@krisl3314 got it, thank you!
is it expected for an employer to tell you in advance they're going to contact your ex employers? I've had a potential future boss contact the employers from the jobs listed on my resume; he did so without telling me he would and we hadn't met in person yet. It didn't feel right to me.