The Secret to Answering Behavioral Interview Questions
“Tell me about a time when…”
UGH! Behavioral interview questions.
No job seeker enjoys answering these “tell me about a time when” questions. Myself included.
They’re just as dreaded as the “What’s your greatest weakness?” question.
I can remember back in grad school doing my first mock interview with the career center on campus.
It was very intimidating, even more so than any real interview I’ve ever had.
They recorded it which of course was even more horrifying.
And I was really bad at answering the behavioral interview questions.
It was actually this experience and what I learned from it that made me decide to go into career advising.
A year later I was working as an intern in the same career center.
Eventually I became the director of a college career center and then started my own career coaching business.
You have more experience than you think
I remember my mock interview like it was yesterday. And a few years ago I found the video and watched the cringe-worthy performance (through my fingers).
