CollegeGrad Blog Articles tagged "Examples"

• The Two Most Powerful Words to Use in Your Interview

  As the Global Head of Talent Acquisition for Amazon, I trained our interviewers in behavioral interviewing techniques. I taught them techniques to use to always seek a full STAR (Situation or Task, Action and Result) answer. Most interviewers, even in large companies such as Amazon ...

• How to Follow Up After an Interview

  You had a great set of interviews. Or at least it seemed like it all went well. Then you wait. And nothing happens. You wait for the phone to ring, you wait for the email, but you get nothing. What went wrong? Why didn’t ...

• The 5 Best Interview Responses Ever

  I've conducted over 10,000 interviews in my career, so I've probably heard more than 100,000 candidate responses to my questions. Here are the five best interview responses I have ever received: 1. Let me show you. I had just asked the ...

• 9 Stupid Things Real Candidates Said in Interviews

  I've conducted over 10,000 interviews in my career. Most were good to excellent interviews. Yet there are a few memorably stupid things that candidates have said to me as they sat there in the interview (and no, none of these candidates got the ...