Below are excerpts from the book on what to say to the interviewer to land your dream job…
You instinctively know being qualified isn’t enough. And you’re right. There’re thousands of qualified people around. They send out resumes. They go on interviews. They jump through company hoops. But only a few get the jobs they want.
How?
By telling the interviewer what he wants to hear. That’s the way to get the job you want. (By the way, think of cover-letter and resume readers as interviewers, too. They just don’t do it face-to-face.) Don’t fret. Don’t ponder why. That’s the way life is. Interviewers are life’s gate-keepers. They stand between you and the job you want. You get past them.
3. I stand up and take responsibility when things go wrong.
…Since things went wrong while I was in charge, on my project, or, on something with my name on it, I deserve the blame, and take the hit. I also take the responsibility for taking care of it, for fixing it, for patching up ruffled feathers.
9. I’ll get to know people in my business.
…First, I want to know everything about my company. What products we’re making, what services we’re rendering, how we’re pricing them. Who are our suppliers. Who are our customers (big and small). And what I can do for my colleagues, or, how they might reciprocate. Then, outside my company, I want to know who’s who, what’s what, who’s up, who’s down, and what people in my business can do to boost my company and advance my career.
19. I deliver on my promises.
…Show guts under pressure. Never try to slip and slide out of your responsibilities. Subordinates lose confidence in you; colleagues resent it; bosses hate it, and they’ll hammer you for it.
…Always surprise people with something extra; give them something more than what they expected. And give it to them sooner.
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