Interview Post Mortem - the Company Didn't Try Hard Enough to Sell Me
The problem is...Jesse is feeling a little lukewarm about it.He doesn"t think the interviewer tried hard enough to win him over. Frankly, he"s extremely well qualified - this company should be doing all it can to snag him.
That may be.
But here"s the problem - and it"s one Jesse doesn"t recognize. He didn"t do a very good job selling the hiring manager. As a result, there"s a good chance he"s not going to be invited in for the next round.
So while Jesse indulges himself by feeling just a little bit insulted that the company didn"t fall all over itself to convince him to come on board, he"s missing the point. The hiring manager walked away from that conversation with only moderate interest in Jesse"s candidacy.
The selling process is a two-way street.
Yes, the employer needs to sell the candidate. But before that happens, the candidate needs to sell the employer.
Particularly during the early stages of the interviewing process, the candidate is the one who needs to do the convincing. The hiring company holds most of the cards at this point.
When you"re interviewing, you should be focused on making the company want you. Your one goal should be to move the process forward. Don"t get sidetracked worrying about things that aren"t going to matter if you aren"t successful moving things on to the next step.
Once they"re interested in you, they"re going to bring you back. That"s when you"ll get more of your questions answered - and that"s when they"re going to start trying to sell you on the opportunity.