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Message: <blockquote data-quote="George Maxwell" data-source="post: 94144" data-attributes="member: 17165">Hey [USER=18080]@TheChipmunk[/USER] 🐿️,So first of all, the example that you gave doesn't sound like you failed to build rapport (at all honestly). It definitely does not prove that you are incapable of doing it either(!). Although it is difficult to say without having been there, the interviewer may have just been trying to get through the parts of the interview they had/have to before going 'off-piste'. I also would try not to understand their laugh as being (necessarily) dismissive. It may just have been that they didn't have great reasons themselves, or that they were amused you wanted to hear their thoughts because they didn't think they were particularly insightful (I have received this response before!). It may have been that a lot of students ask that question (but I honestly doubt it as I think it shows confidence which not all candidates would have). It is not a stupid question either and is the type of question I would have asked myself(!). You might be right that they thought it was a silly question or that they were being grumpy. Sometimes you are just unlucky (this being an example of bad luck), but personally I don't think it is.A great way to build rapport is just to take an active, genuine interest in the person interviewing you. Your effort sounds like you were trying to make it more conversational (which perhaps the interviewer, for some reason, didn't want to entertain), but this is definitely the right approach to take in certain interviews (I think anyway!). [USER=16764]@James Carrabino[/USER] [USER=17155]@AvniD[/USER] how did you go about building rapport in interviews?</blockquote>

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