{"id":72,"date":"2010-07-21T20:27:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T20:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/get-interview-feedback-72\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:31:59","slug":"get-interview-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/get-interview-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Interview Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You know the feeling: That moment in the interview when  you realize the opportunity has passed you by. Or perhaps you think  you&#8217;re interviewing well, but you aren&#8217;t getting any results. You need  to figure out what you are doing wrong and fix it ASAP. But where do you  start?<\/p>\n<p>Third-party headhunters and recruitment agencies often  provide invaluable feedback when they interview you or send you on  interviews. But how do you determine how to improve your interviewing  performance if you&#8217;re going it alone?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start with the  Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To figure out where you&#8217;re going astray, ask  yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you interviewing for the  right jobs? Just because you&#8217;ve been chosen for an interview doesn&#8217;t  mean you are a viable candidate.<\/li>\n<li>If  you are indeed interviewing for the right kinds of jobs, how prepared  have you been?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While these two points may  seem obvious, they explain a large portion of poor performance in  interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that you are being judged on  different facets of your performance, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your  interviewing manners and <a href=\"http:\/\/career-advice.monster.com\/job-interview\/Interview-Appearance\/Appropriate-Interview-Dress\/article.aspx\">attire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Your level of preparedness.<\/li>\n<li>The quality of your answers and how well they match  the job requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Your delivery of  answers, confidence and poise under pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Your overall package.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to  Get Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other than going directly to the hiring  company, there are three ways to get feedback on how well you interview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Self-Evaluation:<\/strong> Think about  the questions you have been asked and your responses. Look at the list  above, and be brutally honest with yourself. Take your self-evaluation a  step further by videotaping yourself responding to a series of key  questions. Review your performance. What do you see?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peer Evaluation:<\/strong> Seek out the eyes and  ears of a trusted friend or significant other who will be honest with  you. Role-play the interview by giving your helper a specific job  posting and a list of questions. Instruct them to ask the questions  randomly and to even make up some of their own. You can also ask your  helper to watch your self-made video.\n<p>Once you are done,  really listen to their comments. Don&#8217;t be defensive. Take notes. You may  hear different sorts of feedback. For example, perhaps you weren&#8217;t  specific enough or didn&#8217;t sound very interested. Work on these points.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Evaluation:<\/strong>  Some career coaches and other career services firms offer interview  training and mock interview practice. While it isn&#8217;t free, if the  provider has real-world recruitment or hiring experience, your financial  investment can really pay off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ask  the Hiring Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the ultimate feedback is  from the interviewers who have rejected your candidacy. Is it possible  to obtain this? Absolutely, says Kirsten Lingard, recruitment manager  for HUB International. Other sources are more lukewarm on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you get feedback from this valuable source? Here&#8217;s how to  increase your odds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Consider Your  Timing:<\/strong> The best time to ask is when the interviewer tells you  the company isn&#8217;t interested. If you are lucky enough to get a phone  call, use this opportunity to ask for feedback. If you receive an email,  follow up within 24 hours. Lingard says she is more likely to give a  candidate feedback if he has interviewed more than twice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask the Right Questions:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t put  the interviewer on the spot by questioning why you weren&#8217;t offered the  job. Accept you weren&#8217;t successful, and ask a constructive question. &#8220;A  better route is to ask how you could improve, what your weak areas were  or if the interviewer have any specific interviewing advice for you,&#8221;  Lingard says.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strike the Right  Tone:<\/strong> Lingard says she is much more likely to give the  candidate constructive feedback if the question is asked with the right  intent. There should be no hint of you wanting to argue a point about  your candidacy or that you feel angry or injured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are lucky enough to get a critique, it will likely be  focused around your interviewing skills or the quality of your answers.  But don&#8217;t shoot yourself in the foot. &#8220;I am less likely to give feedback  to candidates who are unapologetically late or who take a call on their  cell phone during the interview,&#8221; says Lingard.<\/p>\n<p>Although some  companies said they were more hesitant about offering feedback, one  common piece of advice emerged: It doesn&#8217;t hurt to ask. In the end, they  agree, it comes down to how much the interviewer wants to help you.  This is more likely when you have showed evidence of being prepared and  truly interested in the job and you have followed proper interviewing  etiquette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the feeling: That moment in the interview when you realize the opportunity has passed you by. Or perhaps you think you&#8217;re interviewing well, but you aren&#8217;t getting any results. You need to figure out what you are doing wrong and fix it ASAP. But where do you start? 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