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Summary
The creator provides five tips for job seekers to improve their interview performance, emphasizing authenticity and preparation. She mentions using AI tools like ChatGPT to create study guides but warns against reading from them during the interview.
Structure
1Introduction to interview tips
2Advice on using AI for preparation
3Guidance on answering 'tell me about yourself'
4Tips for asking meaningful questions
5Importance of knowing the company
6Advice on maintaining a conversational tone
Product placement
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Interviewing for new jobs? Here are 5 things your hiring manager wants you to know (from a marketing hiring manager) #interview #interviewing #interviewtips #hiring #hiringmanager #manager #marketing #fyp #sf #techjobs #corporate #ai #chatgpt #jobs #newjob #layoffs #greenscreen
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The creator mentions ChatGPT and Bard as tools to create study guides for interview preparation.
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5 things your hiring manager wants you to know
1. We can tell if you're reading off a doc
2. We don't need a 30 min overview on your background - keep it short and relevant
3. Ask what you really want the answer to
4. If you don't know what our company does, it's obvious
5. Conversational, not transactional - we are people too
Transcript
Okay, if you're interviewing for jobs, especially marketing jobs or jobs in tech, here are 5 things your hiring manager wants you to know. Okay, number one, we can tell if you're reading off of a document. Use ChatGPT, use Bard, use whatever you want to create a study guide, but for the love of God, do not read off of your study guide or your cheat sheet during the interview. If you think we can't see you like reading or scrolling or searching for the information in your cheat sheet study guide when we're interviewing you, yes, we can. And here's the thing, I really like that you're prepared, but like you should be prepared, but not so prepared that I don't believe that you would know the information if you didn't have a cheat sheet in front of you. Number two, we do not need a 30 minute spiel about your resume and your background. When I say tell me about yourself, I want a brief, succinct answer that gives kind of the high level highlights of your resume and background, but more than that, transitions into why you are where you're at right now and what you're looking for in kind of your upcoming role or next experience and why you're well suited to get there. Number three is ask what you really want the answers to. When you get to the end of your interview and your interviewer says, do you have any questions for me, don't ask questions that you don't care about the answers to. It may sound obvious, but you'd be surprised at how many people are like, tell me about the company culture, tell me about the perks, and then I'm like, okay, anything else? They're like, no, those are all my questions. Like, no. Figure out what you want and need to know about the role, about the manager, about the company, about the department, and ask those questions. If you need help figuring out what those questions should be, I have a couple whole videos on it. Number four, if you don't know what our company does, it is obvious. You should know at bare minimum a very succinct abstract about what the company does. Is it a SaaS platform? Does it have a product? Does it have a solution? Who's the target audience? Know at least a little bit, because if I ask you what does our company do and you're like, uh, like Google's really fast to find the company, um, yeah, no. Last but not least is conversational, not transactional. Your hiring manager is a person too, and we have to work and collaborate with you if you come into this role. So don't treat this like it's transactional, um, or treat it like it's an interview. The best interviews don't feel like interviews, they feel like conversations. Hope that helps.
