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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I interview candidates I always tell them to take their time to find a good example. And if I feel.that they didnt provide a good example, I guide them to a better example. Now if you can't give me a relevant example in spite of me holding your hand, then it means to me that you do not have enough experience yet. It's not a reflection of you, I just know that the next candidate likely has the experience that you don't. [/quote]

I give these interviews and have been interviewed this way. They are often hard not because we don’t have the experience (we’ve all missed a deadline!) but because some of us don’t have good recall. I’m one of them. I’m dyslexic and have poor recall of disconnected facts - it’s just part of my brain wiring. So I may not be able to bring the example to mind quickly enough to answer the question. I am a really good manager and leader, though. I’ve found a few things helpful with these interviews. One, take your time. Really, be okay with “let me think about that for a second.” And then letting there be silence. Two, prepare a set of experiences - projects, deliverables, whatever. Before the interview write them out - what happened, good and bad, what you learned, managing up and down, etc. Then for the actual interview bring in few short hand notes you can glance at when you can’t think of an example. It won’t get you through every question, but it will help.[/quote]

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