invariably I get told I came across as just lovely and capable, but I was truly so bad at the STAR method that they just weren’t able to offer me work. Once, at VicPol I wasn’t even out of the building when the lady that interviewed me phoned and said “dude, you’re really bad at that”. I’ve had many people give me pointers, done many courses. It was just beyond me somehow. Therefore, my career progression was always through internal means… I was functioning well enough, just couldn’t articulate it at interview.My key takeaways from the course we watched:The concept of a professional value statement without fluff is liberating. I loved living in the fluff… the fluff was my specialty. I now realise there is power in brevity, and I will stop with the fluff.
The delivery… the cadence, calm but steady intonation, clarity, and expressive friendly delivery. This replicated how I SHOULD BE in the interview, and I needed that so much.
The shockingly long time his motivation response was, was an absolute breakthrough it felt like four hours – in the past I have treated interviews like a race to the finish line. My longest interview previously was about 22 minutes. – listening to the course sequencing, cadence and delivery was just so valuable.
The advice to break down to tasks to rats and mice. in AI… I had not used AI, this was valuable for clarity for what is a task! Etc… so valuable for me.
The content – the literal content. So great, thank you. I now understand that my skills are transferable and my experience, while vast and complex, can be articulated succinctly in an interview.I have built a framework for myself to use for interviews. I’m building a whole matrix. I’m going to build a whole strategy. I’m really excited…
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