I interviewed a person for his personal story, and it was THE worst interview I’ve had this year. Although stories are important in getting your message to others, he had stories for EVERYTHING. Not just regular stories, but big gigantic stories which generally concluded with me asking additional questions because he had not really answered my questions. And, I had to pretend I was interested and listening, even though he had lost me after the first two minutes into the story. Thank God for my voice recorder! So, to avoid being like that other person, I’m going to conclude now with 5 interview “dos” when sharing your personal story:
- Answer the question that’s being asked.
- Use stories to support your answer. Stories are important, but they should support your response.
- Make your stories short.
- Get to the point. Attention spans are low, and you will lose people.
- Please know that you are important, and so is other people’s time.
I just had to share that story so you wouldn’t do what this person did during our interview. Really, your story is important and you matter immensely, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get to the point and answer the questions being asked.
How have your interview experiences been as the interviewer or interviewee?
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Hi Marcie your events look great but how can I get your wisdom whilst living in the UK? I am very keen to strat my 1st word press blog and realise there is so much to plan. How can one do this cheaply too? All those techno gadgets you have purchased, do I need them all? This is a big step and hope by doing this blog it will serve as a catalyst to a career change. I look forward to hearing from you,
Beverley UK (or Miss Pon Google)
Looking forward to hearing from yoiu.
Congratulations on getting started on the blogging journey, Beverley. To get started cheaply, start your blog on a free wordpress.com site. I have a blog planning sheet that I can send you. And no, you don’t need to purchase any of gadgets until you determine that you really like blogging and you’re going to do it for a long time. You can use your smart phone tools to help you get comfortable with tech tools for your blog.