you know, interviews are so nerve-wracking and stressful that most people's attention goes solely on themselves. in their heads there's an on-going monologue:
how am i doing? oh, damn, that answer was absolute crap. what did they just ask? i've gone totally blank, now what do i do? maybe i shouldn't have worn the pink tie after all. i could really use the loo now. what if they ask me how much salary i want? did i just say that? they're really going to think i'm an idiot.
and so on.
we can't completely shut off those voices, but we can help divert our attention away from them.
pay attention to the things around you, notice things in the reception, the office environment. comment about what you see.
jo ellen: "i remember going to meet a client and they had the friendliest most helpful receptionist i'd met in a very long time. not only that, they had the company values plastered all over the reception walls in a very creative, unusual and accessible way.
"the first thing i did when i sat down after the introductions was to compliment them on their helpful staff and the way they represented their values. this wasn't grovelling; this was giving them genuine feedback on my own first impressions."
but what things like this do is to serve as icebreakers. they help to break down some of the interviewer-interviewee barriers and help you to put yourself at ease by engaging with them about something to do with them (it can put them at ease as well).
of course, if you don't have anything good to say or haven't noticed anything outstanding, then don't make it up - then it will sound phoney and indeed, grovelling.
you can help take care of 'them' in other ways during the interview. the type of questions you ask is, of course, important. but you don't just have to limit yourself to questions. it's ok to comment on something they've said; try to get a dialogue going.
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