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Muslim Women in the Workplace: Advice on Pivoting Careers and Gaining Confidence w/ Maariyah Choudery

Unswtnd + Unfltrd

Unswtnd+Unfltrd

Relationships, Depression, Society & Culture, Women, Health & Fitness, Self Care, Islam, Mental Illness, Politics, Sisterhood. Life Coach, Faith, Anxiety, Divorce, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Marriage, Muslim Women, Muslim, Taboo

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We have all heard the phrase : follow your passion and everything will fall into place. But I also can't help but to think of another very popular phrase which is : some things are much easier said than done.I find it funny that when I was younger and I was asked 'what do you want to be when you grow up', my response was one that was very confident and it came with no hesitation…mind you I was also five years old at the time.But if you were to ask me this same question today,...

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And on the other side, what are questions that I ask when I'm an interviewer?

0:11.7

I'm most focused on ensuring that you can think in a logical way and you can think your way to an answer.

0:19.3

Like you don't need the right answer right away.

0:21.4

I just want to be able to see that you're able to go through that thought process and be dynamic and, like, humble throughout it.

0:27.7

Sometimes I'll ask questions like, tell me about a time when you had to trade off between speed and quality.

0:33.8

Or tell me about a time that you had a difficult deadline that was approaching. How did you

0:39.7

organize? How did you get stakeholder buy-in? Things like that. I'll also sometimes ask questions

0:44.4

about like, how would your teammates describe you? Do you think they would describe you accurately

0:48.7

to get a sense of what they're like and how they think? And so remember that interviews are two ways.

0:53.4

Like they really want you to

0:55.0

contribute equally, right? And so I've seen situations where folks are so focused in getting

1:00.2

their experiences across that they forget to engage in some of the questions that are a little

1:05.0

bit more future focused.

1:22.4

Yeah. focused. We have all heard the phrase, follow your passion, and everything will fall into place.

1:27.4

But I also can't help what to think of another very popular phrase, which is, some things are much easier said than

1:28.2

done. You're listening to Unsweet and Unfiltered the podcast, episode 12 of season four.

1:34.0

I find it funny that when I was younger and I was asked, what do you want to be when you grow up?

1:38.2

My response was one that was very confident and he came with no hesitation.

1:42.2

Mind you, I was only five years old at the time.

1:44.5

But if you were to ask me this same question today,

1:47.1

I would be confident in saying I actually don't know.

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Now, this isn't to say it's a bad thing to not be able to pinpoint what it is

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