Getting focus on your career path can be difficult. The goal of the career and life vision resources is to help you refine this vision. It is important to be able to answer “What is your perfect role?” or “Describe your perfect job.” This is a question that can come up in informational and job interviews. You need to have an answer that is authentic and shows how it fits the company you are targeting.
Not only do you need to reflect on what you really want to do but also understand your target company. Do your homework on the company and industry.All this leads to better understanding of yourself and better answers.
How I Hire: Nail the Interview in 5 Minutes and 2 Questions is a blog by a hiring manager at LinkedIn. Mark Hull writes: “The two questions I start with usually give me a great sense of a candidate’s potential, passion, preparation and cultural fit…”
Tell me about your dream job.
I avoid starting with “Tell me about yourself.” It’s just an open invitation to recite a canned answer of what I’ve already read on their LinkedIn profile. Instead, I prefer a kind of ice-breaker question, giving candidates the chance to settle in while also giving them a chance to demonstrate their motivation and personality.
The best responses showcase a candidate’s ambitions, passion for what they do and clarity of vision. Extra credit goes to those who do it with a sense of humor, or are willing to take a risk and tell me something completely off the expected path. Demonstrating ambition is incredibly important to me, especially in hiring product leaders, because I’m looking for people who can bring passion and vision to our business.
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