Simple strategies to ace your next interview

JOB interviews are both essential and inevitable moments on truth in your career. They serve as a gateway to new opportunities that can elevate your professional aspirations and boost your employment trajectory.

- TIFFANY UMAN

Interviews are golden chances to shine-yet it is in these exact moments that too many professionals feel daunted and falter. Lack of self-assurance, ineffective communication skills and even uncontrollable nerves all negatively impact a candidate's interview outcomes.

Here are four simple strategies for mastering an interview:

Optimise storytelling

How you speak about your accomplishments, wins and track record can be highly revealing to an interviewer. You should always frame achievements in your current and prior roles in a way that highlights not just what you did, but also the impact and value you convey. Your objective is to prove you were the choice for the role by clearly demonstrating that you have a track record of delivering results.

Although the STAR methodology is commonly applied, I personally recommend adapting a relatable “heart” factor to ensure a more effective storytelling approach. Simple, effective and particularly helpful are answering behavioural style questions such as “tell me about a time when...”

♦ What: This is where you share what you did to provide initial situational context for your answer.