Answer Techniques in Job Interviews

1. Abraham Lincoln Technique

. Point to your strength instead of making excuses for shortcomings .

. First speak (be it grades , work experience, extra curricular activities,etc ), well of others when the interviewers ask why you are lacking in a particular area.

. Then establish your own case.

Abraham Lincoln, while arguing in the court, would usually argue both sides of the case to the jury.

2. Behaviour Answer Technique

. Talk about how you had done rather than how you would do.

. Be prepared to use examples from your work, classes, and, extra curricular activities.

. Be ready to offer not just any example, but your own example.

3. Personality Matching Technique

. Take your cue from the interviewer in terms of tone and approach. Do not be too usual , even if the interviewer seems to be. Watch and learn.

. Bring under control the " too much, area ( too loud, too pushy , too cocky ,too egoistical , too stuffy ,etc ) in your own personality.

4. Compelling Story Technique

. Expand your answer by developing the specific examples into compelling stories with personality, flair , and intrest.

. Captive your interviewer by providing the details and nuances that bring your story to life.

. Do not, however, be tempted into lengthy monologues that will stretch the interviewers time.

5. Parroting Technique

. Do not assume or make a best Guess of what the interviewers is looking for.

. If a question is unclear to you, it is absolutely appropriate to ' parrot back ' the question in your own words to make sure you have the correct meaning.

. Use it as a temporary stall when you do not have ready answer.

6. Reframing Technique

. Always attempt to answer the questions as straight forwardly as possible initially.

. Reframe the original question to illustrate an area of your background that can further enhance your overall image.