Unconventional interview thriller

Before preparing for an interview, we often attach great importance to how to answer questions. Sometimes we prepare carefully and have a good talk with the interviewer, but the interview results have never been answered.

I may go home or think about the problem carefully and sum up what the problem is. Judging from the experience of recruiting key positions in recent years, many job seekers who play a similar role in verbal answers will eventually choose non-verbal performance after the interview.

What are nonverbal interview skills?

Frank Bernieri and Neha Gada-jain from the Department of Psychology of Harvard University once conducted an experiment: two professional interviewers interviewed 98 people for 15 ~ 20 minutes. Subsequently, the first 15 seconds of each interview were cut (including only the scene where the job seeker entered the room, shook hands with the interviewer and sat down). A group of volunteers rated the interviewers according to the first 15 seconds.

In this way, there is a strong positive correlation between the result of scoring according to the fragment content of 15 seconds and the result obtained by two professional interviewers after interviewing 15 ~ 20 minutes. In other words, the feeling of the first 15 seconds often determines the final interview result.

There is a saying in the field of sales that can explain this phenomenon: people first make emotional decisions and then find rational reasons for them.

This is the truth of the interview: let the interviewer feel that you are right for the first time, and they will automatically confirm themselves, thus strengthening this feeling; And if the interviewer thinks you are wrong the first time, then all you need to do is change their views; These are two things with completely different difficulties.

So, how to make the interviewer "fall in love at first sight" with us through nonverbal skills and make a good start?

Let's think about these questions first:

Combined with the interviewer's subtext and interview results, review and check whether the previous interview experience paid attention to these items. You can understand the mystery.

Let's see what to do:

1, enter the interview room.

Whether the door of the interview room is closed (except the situation introduced by the company employees), you need to knock at the door. Knocking on the door is usually two or three times in a row. If there is an answer in the door, we will push the door and go in. Hold the doorknob with one hand near the door, open the door and enter the room, then turn around and gently close the door with the other hand. The whole process is calm and confident.

2. Shake hands

If the interviewer offers his hand, he should return it with a firm and gentle handshake.

If the interviewer doesn't take the initiative to shake hands, don't reach out and shake hands with the other person, lest the other person be unprepared to attend the embarrassing situation. The handshake time is controlled at 3~5 seconds.

Hands should be clean and nails should be trimmed;

Palm temperature, no sweating;

Moderate strength, smiling;

If your resume has been updated or brought interview works, you can take this opportunity to hand it in.

3. Sitting posture

You need to wait for the interviewer to signal you to sit on the left. Be careful not to hold your carry-on bag in your arms. You should put it on the table next to it.

Throughout the interview, you should maintain a good sitting posture, lean forward slightly, don't lean on the back of the chair, and generally fill two-thirds of the chair. For girls, put your legs together. After sitting down, keep your upper body straight and put your hands on your knees.

4. Other non-verbal communication

Expression: smiling in modesty, gentle in seriousness, smiling throughout the interview process. In order to show that you have understood and are interested in the questions raised by the interviewer, you can nod your head at the right time or ask and answer questions appropriately.

Eyes: At the beginning of the interview, keep your eyes between the eyebrows or the tip of the nose of the interviewer to show your frankness and arrogance. By the end of the interview, the atmosphere is harmonious. You can cover the interviewer's face with your eyes and look away, which will give the interviewer a feeling of relaxed bondage. When there are many interviewers, we should look around for ways to take care of the interviewers present and satisfy their demands for attention and respect.

Gestures: Don't use too many gestures during the interview, otherwise it will distract the interviewer.

Paying attention to the above points can give the interviewer a good initial impression.

You will never get a second chance for the first impression. This is an advertisement for Head & Shoulders shampoo in the 1980s. The same is true for most interviews.

Many professionals have analyzed and counted what role the five minutes before the interview will play. In the first 5 minutes of contact, the interviewer will make a preliminary judgment, and the rest of the time is just to verify the preliminary judgment. If they like you, they will find more reasons to reinforce this impression and vice versa.