To stand out in today’s job market, it’s crucial to go “one step beyond” other candidates by polishing your personal narrative and preparing for tricky interview questions.
Candidates who are able to provide clear, calm and thoroughly researched answers will stand out to hiring managers, according to Madeline Mann, founder of career coaching business Self Made Millennial and author of “Reverse the Search: How to Turn Job Seeking into Job Shopping.”
In her experience, one interview question that frequently trips up job seekers is: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
It’s “kind of an impossible question,” Mann says. Nobody really knows what their future career will look like, but the question “gets so many job seekers rejected — and they don’t realize it.”
Your response should demonstrate to hiring managers how your goals and experience “fit into this role,” she says.
