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Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Three Steps to Build Connection in a Job Interview, with Kacie Bail

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=16435&preview=true)  Many job seekers treat interviews as a series of questions to answer correctly, but doing so can make you blend in instead of stand out. On this episode of Find Your Dream Job, career coach Kacie Bail explains how to turn an interview into a genuine conversation that builds trust and connection with your interviewer. She shares three practical steps: listen intently, identify conversation threads, and engage naturally with what your interviewer says. By focusing on curiosity and connection, you can show that you’re not only qualified but also someone they’ll enjoy working with. Kacie also offers simple ways to signal understanding, ask meaningful follow-up questions, and use nonverbal cues like nodding and smiling to build rapport. You’ll learn how to adapt these techniques for both casual and highly structured interviews — and why the goal isn’t perfection, but authenticity. As Kacie reminds us, interviewers may forget your exact answers, but they’ll always remember how you made them feel. About Our Guest: Kacie Bail is a career coach who helps introverts and non-native English speakers get more fulfilling jobs.   Resources in This Episode: Connect with Kacie on LinkedIn.  Visit her website, where you can Get a Free PDF on How to Ace your Interview in 7 Steps. Sign up for Kacie’s Newsletter. Check out Kacie’s Career Coaching for Introverts and ESL Community Meetup Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 with your boss.

0:06.9

What would you say? This is what's called a behavioral interview question, and it's a common tactic.

0:14.1

Employers use this kind of question to explore your fit for a job based on your past experience.

0:20.2

It can be an easy question to answer if you have the right strategy.

0:24.3

I show you how to answer these gotcha questions in our free MaxList Guide, 100 behavioral

0:30.1

interview questions you need to know.

0:32.8

To get your copy, visit maxlist.org slash questions.

0:37.1

You'll also learn four simple steps for answering any behavioral

0:41.1

interview question. Again, that's maxlist.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?

0:56.4

Go to maxlist.org slash questions.

1:11.2

This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want,

1:12.8

and make a difference in life.

1:15.0

I'm your host, Mac Pritchard.

1:17.1

I'm also the founder of Max List.

1:21.8

It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.

1:27.9

Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you want.

1:35.9

Many candidates only answer questions in a job interview. That's a lost opportunity, because when you engage a hiring manager in conversation, you stand out from your competitors, make yourself

1:41.5

memorable, and build trust and credibility. Casey Bale is here to talk about

1:46.9

three steps to build connection in a job interview. She's a career coach who helps introverts and

1:53.7

non-native English speakers get more fulfilling jobs. Casey joins us from Fairfax, Virginia.

1:59.9

Now, Casey, here's where I want to start.

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