Re: Interviewing Strategies

[John Garison <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

I agree with Maggie.  Having been on both sides of the desk, I like to
see enthusiasm from a candidate. Given two candidates with equal
qualifications, and if one of them said something like "This sounds like
a great opportunity that's right down my alley!"  I'd be more inclined
to offer the position to them.

Once I had a situation where I offered the job to one guy who mulled it
over and declined, and when I called the second guy he said "Darn. I
just accepted another offer and I would really have preferred  to work
with you".  If the second guy had expressed his interest, he would have
gotten the job.

When I'm interviewing, I try to indicate my degree of enthusiasm. I do
try to sell myself if it's a gig I'd like to have. Comments like "Boy,
that sounds like it could be very interesting" or "That's a challenge
I'd love to dig into" lets them know that I'm interested and would
accept if offered.

My 2¢,

John Garison



Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com wrote: