How to Conduct a Job Interview Autopsy.
How to Conduct a Job Interview Autopsy
1. Interview Often
Practice makes perfect. The more you do it, the more it’s like staying on your bike. And if you do happen to fall, it’ll be a lot easier to get back on again.
2. Dig into the Interview and Autopsy It
What did you do well? What did you do wrong? What did you expect? What happened that was unexpected? Did you feel prepared or totally unready?
3. Write down The Questions You Can Remember after the Interview
By keeping a running list of real interview questions you’ve encountered, you can gain skill in knowing what might be coming your way the next time you meet an employer.
4. Do Your Research
Did the employer field a question to you that had something to do with the company? If you had done your research, confidence comes with knowledge and even buys you some time. Sometimes, even deflecting those questions with similar but different detailed information can help you wiggle out of tight spots.
5. Trust Your Gut
Trusting your intuition is important… if you are feeling not-so-great about an interview and your performance in there, there might have been something perhaps non-verbal the interviewers were exuding that put you off. If you aren’t walking out pumped up and energised, is this really the right opportunity for you?
If you don’t take the time to truly examine how you performed in an interview, and don’t dissect the pieces you did well versus the ones you had an epic fail on, you won’t learn about yourself and you won’t learn what you can do better for next time. In your lifetime, you’ll have a lot more interviews than job offers, so mastering the knowledge of your strengths and weak points is incredibly important to your career… otherwise, what you don’t know will hurt you.
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