Hey friends, I made it to the next round of interviews! 🥳 This is my first time presenting a 5-10 minutes slide deck and submitting a 1 page written proposal. Does anyone have any tips on how they have handled a similar situation? I want to make sure I demonstrate my skills and strategic thinking without doing too much free labour that they could use for themselves without hiring me. (Is that even possible in these situations? lol 😢) Thanks in advance! ❤️ Please wish me well haha 😂

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Hi friends, 🖐️ I missed the call this week because I'm juggling two different positions/interviews. You know, I was trying so hard to land my new job at Stanford University, but it's the San Jose State University that opened their doors to me. I passed the first round of interviews with a panel. I did not prepare as much, to be honest. I have no evidence that over preparing leads to job offer. One thing that may have helped me is the fact that the person in the role retired and they spoke highly of her. Perhaps they were more open to someone more "mature" replacing her. Let's face it, bias is unconscious. I can see how bias would lead a team or manager to replace the worker with a similar profile, right? For this one, I would be working with the Dean of the school of business executing their events. I was happily surprised when one of the panelists mentioned my portfolio. I thanked him and asked if he thought it was too much. He didn't think so. He said it was enough to get a glimpse at my work and my style. I will be speaking about the work samples in my next round. 👉 Check out the kindness in the initial email I received: The hiring committee had gone through close to a hundred resumes. We have narrowed down the list significantly and we are happy to reach out to you as your resume stood out. I want to know if you are available for an online panel interview on March 24, Monday or Tuesday, March 25. This is the first step of the interview process. Then, I passed the HR interview and spoke to a VP of Sales and Marketing last Friday about a position in Pittsburgh. It went well because he spoke of next steps. But the reality is that I've had interviews end like that and then I got the rejection email. They would also be inviting me to join them in person in the next round. For this one, I'd be a field marketing specialist also managing events but also traveling to meet distributors to support their marketing efforts. Lots of travel with this one. The job description was huge and looked like 4-5 roles rolled up into one. But I got clarification on the priorities which brought me great relief. Although the JD had a lot of bullet points, I would just be an advisor or a cross-function associate to those teams. It just goest to show you that a great part of the problem is that so many job descriptions are poorly written. Job seekers would all be better served if interviews started with review of the job itself to set the expectations right for both parties.

I really struggle with what I should do with my resume. I have had a LOT of jobs. Not necessarily a huge amount, but enough that I can't even hope to fit on one page, and most of them are under two years. My most recent bunch are fairly short, but I'm not sure how I would use older ones that are longer/more relevant without it looking like I have this huge gap in my work history?

♾️Infinite. That's the answer to the number of interview questions that can be thrown at a candidate. ♾️ Infinite. That is how many answers, in the STAR method, a candidate has to prepare for before an interview. 😱 Discombobulated. The answer to how this recruitment process feels It's like playing a never-ending game of trivia where the prize is a job, and the consolation prize is... more STAR interview trivia! At least I can now list "Professional Question Dodger" on my resume. 😂 Painfully Funny Happy Friday, job seekers!