There’s nothing worse than preparing for an interview and blowing it. How can you move forward after flubbing a question — or an entire interview? The author offers five ways to turn a bad interview into success. First, take time to debrief yourself after the interview. Second, use a thank-you note as an opportunity to clarify any questions you might not have answered as well as you would’ve liked. Third, try to keep from ruminating. Fourth, keep your job search moving. Finally, prepare for your next interview — either at the same company or a different one.
You’ve prepared. You’re ready. You either go to an office or hop on a video interview. And then, disaster. Or at least you think disaster.
There’s nothing worse than preparing for an interview and then blowing it. I’ll never forget the time I was meeting with three people, each with a role open. It was going perfectly until one of them asked, “How do you use your role to drive business?” At the time, I was transitioning careers from lawyer to HR business partner, and my job was to mitigate risk. I had never even thought about how my role was used to “drive business.” Worse, I had no idea what that even meant. I tried to tell a good story but could see by the interviewers’ body language (and the fact that one of them asked the question again after I answered) that my answer wasn’t resonating. I knew in that moment that I blew it.
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