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Surviving High Stress Job Interviews

  We don’t need to tell you the job market is overcrowded and competitive.  Some economists estimate that up to 25 million people in America are seeking new employment at any given time.  This places a tremendous burden on hiring companies to identify the “right” candidates.   

  Companies use many methods to do this.  Resumes/cover letters are screened carefully.  Initial telephone calls are evaluated in depth and, finally, the job interview is used as the ultimate screening tool.   

  To make that interview even more effective in separating the “wheat from the chaff,” many companies use what has become known as the “stress interview” technique.  Simply stated, this is a process where pressure is applied to the candidate and their reactions are then evaluated.  The intellectual premise is apparently that those who handle stress effectively make the best candidates.  Actually, that is far from being true but that won’t help you when you’re in a stress interview. 

  What steps can you take to survive, even flourish, in these difficult circumstances?  We would recommend that you follow these steps to increase your effectiveness and lower your stress levels: 

  1. Prepare 60-90 second stories illustrating your key skills and qualifications.  Practice them.  Become proficient and believable.  These can be used to answer a multitude of generalized, stress questions such as “Why should we hire you?” or “Tell me about yourself.”
  2. Be ready to ask the interviewer relevant questions about the job and the company.  This will require some research but any time the interviewer is doing the talking, you are relatively safe. 
  3. Have in mind answers to “liability” questions.  All candidates have certain liabilities, be it experience, age, previous income, differing industry background, etc.  Queries about these problems make marvelous stress questions for the interviewer.  Develop answers that show why you remain qualified.
  4. Use “trial close” questions near the end of the interview.  A trial close question is assumptive and, frankly, pushes back some stress toward the interviewer.  Examples are: 

                        Do I appear to have the right qualifications for this job?            

                        If my background seems right, when can I return for a second interview?

                        Would I be working in this location or at another site?

                        When would I start?

  By following these suggestions, you can take a lot of stress out the “stress interview” and will appear to be a very good candidate in relation to people who are not prepared...


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