Chapter 9
How to be assertive at interviews
‘I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversation.’
Charles Barkley
‘Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.’
Katherine Hepburn
In the career development courses that we deliver, people often tell us that they find it difficult to assert themselves in an interview – to be confident and articulate. The main issues that they say they struggle with are:
- controlling their nerves and body language
- having to ‘sell’ themselves
- coping with a rude or incompetent interviewer
- being asked unexpected questions.
The ability to be assertive is an important factor in performing well at interviews; how you behave and communicate will be taken as an indication of how you will ...
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