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Conciseness in interviews
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<blockquote data-quote="SaadN" data-source="post: 169710" data-attributes="member: 11599"><p>Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could offer tips on my interview technique.</p><p></p><p>I was recently interviewed by a partner and senior associate at a US firm. It was my first interview in a long time, and what I immediately felt was a tension between being concise and to the point with my answers, and trying to show them the full breadth of my skills, motivation and research.</p><p></p><p>For example, when they asked me "How are we different from similar firms", I gave them the differences, but was wondering if I should go further and explain why those differences matter to me.</p><p>Or, if they asked me about a situational judgement question, I would tell them what I would do and why, but was wondering if I was should use a past example from my career to further flesh out my decision.</p><p></p><p>I think I had a fear that the interviewers might get impatient, or that they were busy people and needed to finish the interview on time, or that they might get annoyed if they perceive I'm going off on a tangent. I also relied overly on the interviewers to ask me follow-up questions, but they never materialised.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any advice on navigating this please?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SaadN, post: 169710, member: 11599"] Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could offer tips on my interview technique. I was recently interviewed by a partner and senior associate at a US firm. It was my first interview in a long time, and what I immediately felt was a tension between being concise and to the point with my answers, and trying to show them the full breadth of my skills, motivation and research. For example, when they asked me "How are we different from similar firms", I gave them the differences, but was wondering if I should go further and explain why those differences matter to me. Or, if they asked me about a situational judgement question, I would tell them what I would do and why, but was wondering if I was should use a past example from my career to further flesh out my decision. I think I had a fear that the interviewers might get impatient, or that they were busy people and needed to finish the interview on time, or that they might get annoyed if they perceive I'm going off on a tangent. I also relied overly on the interviewers to ask me follow-up questions, but they never materialised. Does anyone have any advice on navigating this please? [/QUOTE]
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