Comments on: Build powerful stories to answer interview questions http://cuberules.com/2009/05/29/build-powerful-stories-to-answer-interview-questions/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/05/29/build-powerful-stories-to-answer-interview-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4935 Scot Fri, 29 May 2009 20:45:31 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=2942#comment-4935 @Rick - another good way to build stories, this time from the resume. It's a good catch as the resume is the only thing a hiring manager has to ask you questions from in the beginning of the interview. As always, you have comments with great insight. @Rick – another good way to build stories, this time from the resume. It’s a good catch as the resume is the only thing a hiring manager has to ask you questions from in the beginning of the interview. As always, you have comments with great insight.

]]> By: Rick Saia http://cuberules.com/2009/05/29/build-powerful-stories-to-answer-interview-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4932 Rick Saia Fri, 29 May 2009 19:18:43 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=2942#comment-4932 Nice post Scot! The best way to construct stories for interviews is to start with the list of accomplishments you will use to "sell" yourself to the employer. And, when you're putting together your resume with your skills and accomplishments, it may be best to work backward: Find a story or two from your work history that leads you to conclude that you're skilled at, for example, rooting out redundancies in a manufacturing assembly process to improve process efficiency, allowing the company to tighten its delivery schedules. So, you state that skill on your resume. When it comes to the interview, you use your one or two stories to give the employer a vivid picture of <i>how</i> you have used that skill. It's just like writing a thesis: After you make your assertion, you need to prove your point. There's no better way to do that in the interview than with a real-life example. Best, ~ Rick Nice post Scot!

The best way to construct stories for interviews is to start with the list of accomplishments you will use to “sell” yourself to the employer. And, when you’re putting together your resume with your skills and accomplishments, it may be best to work backward: Find a story or two from your work history that leads you to conclude that you’re skilled at, for example, rooting out redundancies in a manufacturing assembly process to improve process efficiency, allowing the company to tighten its delivery schedules.

So, you state that skill on your resume. When it comes to the interview, you use your one or two stories to give the employer a vivid picture of how you have used that skill.

It’s just like writing a thesis: After you make your assertion, you need to prove your point. There’s no better way to do that in the interview than with a real-life example.

Best,
~ Rick

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