Comments on: The Do-It-Yourself Behavioral Interview http://www.kristidaeda.com/2009/09/14/the-do-it-yourself-behavioral-interview/ Executive Brand Strategy Career Coach Kristi Daeda Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kristi http://www.kristidaeda.com/2009/09/14/the-do-it-yourself-behavioral-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Kristi Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:20:41 +0000 http://www.kristidaeda.com/?p=1571#comment-272 Heather: Great tips for behavioral interviews! The idea of having standard stories to work with is one my clients put to work all the time. It's much easier to pull from a mental database of ready-made answers than to make one up on the fly. Good resume preparation often leads to good interview preparation in this way -- you've got your accomplishments top of mind. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Heather: Great tips for behavioral interviews! The idea of having standard stories to work with is one my clients put to work all the time. It’s much easier to pull from a mental database of ready-made answers than to make one up on the fly. Good resume preparation often leads to good interview preparation in this way — you’ve got your accomplishments top of mind.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: Heather R http://www.kristidaeda.com/2009/09/14/the-do-it-yourself-behavioral-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Heather R Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:21:40 +0000 http://www.kristidaeda.com/?p=1571#comment-271 Regarding those pesky behavioral interview questions, here's two tactics I've used: 1. If you have outdated copies of your resume, or copies of old performance reviews, you'll have a wealth of behavioral interview examples to choose from. Don't beat yourself over the head trying to remember -- use what you've already got written down. 2. Many of the gajillion behavioral interview questions fall into certain themes. Once you memorize a "story" for one of these questions, you've pretty much got the rest of that question's "theme" covered. The "theme" I can describe in my sleep is the "difficult customer" one -- and I know it so well that my mneumonic (spelling?) device is the name of the actual person who was that "difficult question." When I hear questions that go with that "theme," I think of that person's name, and I can easily / confidently answer that question. Be Excellent! (Sorry, couldn't resist the "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" obscure reference....) Regarding those pesky behavioral interview questions, here’s two tactics I’ve used:
1. If you have outdated copies of your resume, or copies of old performance reviews, you’ll have a wealth of behavioral interview examples to choose from. Don’t beat yourself over the head trying to remember — use what you’ve already got written down.
2. Many of the gajillion behavioral interview questions fall into certain themes. Once you memorize a “story” for one of these questions, you’ve pretty much got the rest of that question’s “theme” covered. The “theme” I can describe in my sleep is the “difficult customer” one — and I know it so well that my mneumonic (spelling?) device is the name of the actual person who was that “difficult question.” When I hear questions that go with that “theme,” I think of that person’s name, and I can easily / confidently answer that question.

Be Excellent! (Sorry, couldn’t resist the “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” obscure reference….)

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