Tips for acing that job interview

Life Kit

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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How should you prepare in advance for a job interview? We discuss what questions to prep for, how to choose an outfit you feel your best in, and what to do if you get nervous. Plus, we walk through a mock interview to model how to answer common questions.

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0:00.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:07.0	Hey everybody, Mary Elcigara here.
0:10.9	Job interviews, man.
0:13.1	When you land one, there's this really confusing moment.
0:16.2	You're excited.
0:17.2	Like, hell yeah, I made it to the next round.
0:19.9	But then comes the dread.
0:21.3	What am I gonna wear?
0:22.9	What are they gonna ask me?
0:24.8	What happens if my mind just goes blank?
0:27.4	I actually think the best thing to do is to name what's happening.
0:31.8	So it feels vulnerable, feels awkward, but if you just say, I'm now stumbling on my words
0:38.2	because I'm kind of nervous.
0:39.2	I'm just really excited about this opportunity.
0:42.2	Then you can get yourself back on the rails.
0:44.6	They know that you know what's up and you have built more trust and empathy and that's
0:51.3	ultimately what it's really about.
0:53.1	Cynthia Pong, she's the founder and CEO of Embrace Change, which is a career coaching and consulting
0:58.7	firm and we specialize in working with women of color, proud to be an all-piocy team.
1:04.4	And it's our singular mission to get all women of color and by extension, all people of color,
1:09.0	the money, power and respect that we all deserve in the workplace.
1:13.3	Cynthia says, you want to go into a job interview with a mindset of composure.
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