Slow Down to Speed up in your Job Search, with Adriane Jones
Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job
Mac Prichard
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Here's the job search paradox: the faster you apply, the longer it takes. Career coach Adriane Jones has watched candidates send out hundreds of applications and land right back where they started. On this episode of Find Your Dream Job, she makes the case for slowing down first.
Adriane walks through four steps to get clear on what you want before you start applying: look inward, step away from your screen, do a time audit, and have conversations with people in roles that interest you. She also tackles the tension between needing a job now and finding work that feels like a longer-term fit. When you know what you're after, the search gets shorter, the interviews get easier, and the outcome gets better.
About Our Guest:
- Adriane Jones helps organizations build learning and talent development programs that let you grow at every stage of your career.
- Adriane is also the host of The Career Breakers Show.
Resources in This Episode:
- Connect with Adriane on LinkedIn.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever been asked this in a job interview? Tell me about a time when you didn't agree |
| 0:05.0 | with your boss. What would you say? This is what's called a behavioral interview question, |
| 0:12.0 | and it's a common tactic. Employers use this kind of question to explore your fit for a job |
| 0:17.5 | based on your past experience. It can be an easy question to answer |
| 0:21.6 | if you have the right strategy. I show you how to answer these gotcha questions in our free |
| 0:27.5 | MaxList Guide, 100 behavioral interview questions you need to know. To get your copy, visit |
| 0:34.1 | maxlist.org slash questions. You'll also learn four simple steps for answering any behavioral |
| 0:41.1 | interview question. Again, that's maxlis.org slash questions. You can count on getting these questions |
| 0:48.3 | in your next interview. Why not get the answers before you walk into the interview room? Go to maxlist.org slash questions. |
| 1:07.9 | This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm your host, Mac Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career. |
| 1:24.8 | Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work |
| 1:29.1 | you want. Doing more doesn't always lead to the best results, especially when you look for work. |
| 1:37.1 | Adrian Jones is here to talk about why you need to slow down to speed up in your job search. |
| 1:46.8 | She helps organizations build learning and talent development programs that let you grow at every stage of your career. Adrian is also the host |
| 1:52.8 | of the Career Breakers Show. She joins us from Portland, Oregon. Well, let's get started, Adrian. |
| 1:59.7 | Many candidates start a job search by just applying |
| 2:03.9 | everywhere. Why do so many applicants do this at the start of a job search? Yes. So I see this a lot. |
| 2:13.8 | People go to the job boards to LinkedIn and ultimately start panic applying. |
| 2:21.8 | It's kind of like when you go to the grocery store hungry and you just start throwing |
| 2:27.0 | everything in your cart without a plan because those are the places where the jobs are, right? |
| 2:34.0 | And so we just go and we start hitting the apply button to see, you know, |
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