Comments on: It’s not about you

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:04 +0000

Good point Marie-Laure. In this case it was quite clear that the interviewee only wanted the job to increase his own skills. When compared to everyone else who said ‘I have these skills and these are the ways I can really help your team’, it really stuck out.

By: Marie-Laure Bouchet

Marie-Laure Bouchet — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:05:52 +0000

Just been reflecting on your 2nd bullet point about the interviewee - if I had been on the panel I would want to know why he felt the job was worth applying for - even if it may have been because it was just down the road from his favourite gym, that at least that would give me an insight into his motivation. If you heard stuff about how worthwhile it is working for a charity based organisation (for example) or that his skills in XYZ would be of great benefit, then you still wouldn’t know why he really wanted the job and so how he might fit into the culture of the place etc. - so I think I’m saying that in this scenario I would care about him and what he wanted - it is of course all for the ultimate goal of finding out what he could do for the organisation, but maybe it’s a question of balance - I would want to know about you and what motivated you, as well as finding out what you could do for me!

By: Ruth Ellison

Ruth Ellison — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:35:01 +0000

An absolutely wonderful post that has really striked a chord.

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:23:49 +0000

Thanks Wendy - all fixed. I think I might do some rewriting of that page - it is still a bit too much about me

By: Wendy Sharp

Wendy Sharp — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:50:40 +0000

Kathy Sierra is awesome, isn’t she? But you have a typo in the first line of your “Why Choose Me?” page– “a extensive information” should simply be “extensive information”. (Feel free to delete this comment; I just wanted to let you know.)