Tuesday Dec 20, 2022

How to make interviewers see you as the right fit for the job

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Chan with a Plan, Max Speaks with Austin Kerr, Founder & CEO of Humanagement.io, the simple software to manage your employees & business. In this conversation Austin discusses his experience in the HR industry and how you can prepare better for interviews and increase your chances of getting hired.

QUOTES

“That was where I went, I don't want to do this job anymore. I'd realized that the parts of it that made me happy were no longer, and so that's a good reason to not do a job. If you can say, the things that make me happy are X and this doesn't provide X, then that's a good reason to quit.” – Austin Kerr
“You yourself must then understand, you know, if you're going to ask a question like that about sports, you have to have an understanding of sports, how different sports operate as teams. Certain sports like golf are more lonesome versus football, which is more team based. You can gain data from that, but you must be prepared to do the work.” – Austin Kerr
“Four or five months in [to a relationship], they would always run into problems with their relationships where the person would leave them and they'd be like, ‘What's wrong with me? We were so happy in the first three months.’ And I'm like, you weren't so happy in the first three months. You were fake for the first three.” – Austin Kerr

TIMESTAMPS

[00:56] How Austin got his start
[04:41] Being a fit for the job and culture
[07:58] Using the correct amount of pause
[10:26] How to know if someone is lying
[13:20] Personality traits that are looked for
[15:30] Jobs and their similarities to dating
[17:39] Big red flags for interviewers
[21:33] Title inflation and interview turn offs
[25:07] Don’t get too personal when asking questions
[27:09] Make your resume stand out
[29:05] Austin’s career journey
[36:45] If you’re self-teaching are boot camps good?
[39:44] The right time to quit
[43:47] How do you promote internally?
[46:21] One big career challenge

How to make interviewers see you as the right fit for the job

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