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Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

My #1 Interview Question that Makes/Breaks Job Offers

Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

Hired Podcast

Education, Interview Prep, Promotions, Self-improvement, Careers, Job Interviews, Job Search, How To, Resumes, Business, Cover Letters

4.9638 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Most interview questions are easy to prepare for — but this one trips up even seasoned executives, VPs, and top salespeople. In this episode, Matthew reveals the deceptively simple interview question designed to uncover dangerous red flags — and how you can ace it to stand out in today's ultra-competitive job market. You’ll learn: The exact question top recruiters use to test your humility and self-awarenessWhy failure to answer this one question signals major red flags to hiring manage...

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0:00.0

Are you tired of begging for a salary that reflects your own worth?

0:04.7

Look, you're grinding, you're good, but you're still stuck.

0:08.4

I get it.

0:09.5

This podcast isn't about just getting smarter.

0:13.0

It's about scaling you.

0:15.5

And I'm going to cut the chase.

0:16.9

My unfair advantage program.

0:19.9

Six weeks of a one-on-one strategic council with me designed to jump you a tax bracket.

0:27.6

Ready to get the kind of six-figure offer that changes everything?

0:31.6

Learn more and apply to see if you qualify at moveup careers.com.

0:36.8

June and July are fully booked booked and August spots are filling up

0:41.3

fast. That's moveup careers.com. Don't let the lack of opportunity be what's holding you back.

0:51.6

Do you want to hear the interview question I've used that I created to tie up even the best candidates?

1:00.0

This seems to screw with executives as much as seasoned salespeople to entry level and everything in between.

1:09.8

I don't like trick interview questions. I think it's goofy.

1:12.9

However, there are some questions like this one that are important to ask because you want to

1:17.8

find out if people have serious red flags. For this question, I want to know a little bit about

1:23.8

their humility, their self-awareness. I'm going to give you the question and I'm

1:27.6

going to explain what's behind it and you can use this and be ready for this in your interview,

1:33.4

whether they ask this exact question, which they probably won't, but this will make you

1:38.0

ready for every variation of it. The question I would ask is, if you could change one thing about your working style,

1:47.0

what would you improve? Or if you could improve one thing about your working style, what would

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