Asking and answering questions are, of course, the heart of the job interview. All job candidates fret over how they will answer tough questions. In many ways, answering the hardest questions is about the way you answer them, not necessarily what you answer. According to a Harvard Business Review article, employers are looking for two thing in an employee, warmth and competence1.
I will add confidence to those.
Let’s look at them one at a time. First, what does it mean when employers are looking for warmth? That’s easy. They want to know if you will fit in with the team. They want to know if they’d enjoy working next to you, if they’d have a cup of coffee with you and enjoy it. We spend so much time at work ...
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