Job interviews are what separates the good from the bad candidates. Good in a sense that they were hired for the job, bad when they weren't.
Why is that so? According to Becca Brown, the co-founder of a women's shoe-care product company called Solemates, there is one thing that every successful job candidate have in common. Business Insider details that she used to work at Goldman Sachs - a well known investment bank - for six years and interviewed hundreds of candidates for the firm. And she found that those who impressed the employers were:
"Confident, poised, articulate, and came to the interviews prepared and ready to 'sell' themselves for the role."
It may not sound like a magic formula but it is what separates the successful ones from the rest.
Brown says, "Obviously it's important for any candidate to do research on the job prior to the interview, but those who connected their previous experiences and accomplishments (in college, internships, or full-time jobs) to the job for which they were interviewing, really stood out the most."
Confidence is necessary to create a strong impression. Being poised and articulate means you're well versed to be a professional and have self-control. And coming to interviews prepared just means you value the job role and the company's background - which is why you're interested to work for them.
While her advice may seem basic, the candidates that she interviewed were able to do all of the things she mentioned and became top-notch candidates.
"The real stand-outs were those who did all of the above but also had some personality, and were not just the personification of their résumés," she explained.
What candidates need to understand that recruiters and hiring managers often use the previous successful candidates as benchmarks for their next hires.
