Preparing for a job interview was never so easy with “Job Interview Thinking”

Moshe Weiss
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Interviews are always a scary thing while seeking for your next job and challenges. A job interview is the “wall” that separates you from your desired job.

And what about companies that ask for a set of interviews before giving you a job offer? That’s even scarier!

Preparation to a job interview is the key here, this is the secret ingredient to accept your desired job. Not preparing means basically that you are gambling with the option to be hired.

Preparing yourself for a job interview is a tough thing.

  • “What are they going to ask me?”
  • “Which subject should I focus on as part of my preparation?”
  • “What is the granularity of questions I will be asked?”
  • “What are the weaknesses that I need to strengthen?”

Facing the questions alone is a tough thing that few know how to handle… if you prefer not to gamble with your job interview, I have a method for you to make the preparation strategy and logistics much more intuitive and easier.

I call it: “Job Interview Thinking” and it is derived from the known method: Design Thinking.

What is Design Thinking?

Design Thinking is gaining momentum in many serious and respected companies that need an effective work methodology for making difficult decisions and solving problems at strategic crossroads.

What most people don’t know is that Design Thinking can solve any problem, not only stuff related to big organizations.

How can this process, which is mainly a team brainstorm on steroids, be leveraged to help individuals in preparation for job interviews?

Here are my 2 cents on how to do that, by changing a bit the Design Thinking workshop, using some innovative approach, to get the most out of it. Examples will be shown along the way.

“Job Interview Thinking” Workshop

This is a workshop you are having with yourself. No team is needed here. Job interview is personal, so do the Workshop.

The agenda:

  1. Goals (5 min.)
  2. Hopes & Fears (5 min.)
  3. Desired Job Journey (20 min.)
  4. Lacking knowledge activities (10 min.)
  5. Prioritization Grid (10 min.)
  6. Tasks Board (10 min.)

Overall the activity is ~1 hour.

Design Thinking methodology will help us in breaking up our gut feelings and thoughts into small pieces, investigating first the stuff we are less knowledgeable with, then prioritizing them and splitting them into real job interview preparation tasks.

In the end, things will be clearer with how you should prepare yourself for a specific job interview.

To get a detailed description of each phase of the workshop + real examples, refer to the blog post.

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