
Aug 11, 2016 ● Kate Lopaze
Interview Storytelling: How to Tell a Story During Your Interview
“I remember the daffodils were beautiful that summer. I was young then, just starting out, full of optimism and joie de vivre…What? My management skills? Don’t worry, I’m getting to that part eventually.”
One of the best things about the in-person (or phone) job interview is that it gives you a chance to take your sterile-looking, rigidly bulleted resume and create a more rounded narrative of yourself and your career. But it’s an area that takes a bit of skill and finesse. You don’t want to end up way out in Tangentville, but you also don’t want to seem like you can’t back up the information on your resume.
[via DynamicYield]
Find Your Narrative
Before the interview, it’s important to limber up by coming up with the narrative you want to express during the interview. Is it that you’re a tough leader who always wants to improve? Are you a problem solver who thrives on challenges? Once you work out what you want to achieve with your interview (and what works well with the job description), you can shape your stories and anecdotes to bolster that narrative. Storytelling isn’t just a way to package yourself, it’s also a way to pull in the interviewer and make them care more about the person and resume sitting in front of them.