Should you hire an interview coach?

There’s tremendous amounts of advice you can find in books and online for how to answer career opportunity interview questions, and some of it says to practice your interview answers with a friend, or video yourself so that you can play it back to see your weak spots.  It’s worthwhile advice.  It’s always harder to critique ourselves constructively, and you need both practice and feedback to improve your game.  The flaws in these particular plans are (1) a friend might just tell you what you want to hear, and (2) if you’re critiquing a video of yourself, the problem becomes “you don’t know what you don’t know”.

Here’s a thought:  If you really wanna improve your skills in something, you take lessons from an expert…in other words, get a coach.

Think about it.  Even pro athletes, with excellent natural abilities and countless hours of practice, have coaches and trainers to give them that one last boost over the major to excellence.

Role-playing interviews with an objective, experienced industry expert can give you so much of a boost in your interview skills that you not only do well in the interview, you crush it….just blow the hiring manager out of the water with your confidence, competence and style.  An interview coach can not only help you shape your answers to interview questions, she can help you spin difficult situations into positives (or at least neutrals), and can help you pinpoint and develop these intangible qualities that are ultimately job-winners.

I do provide interview help for candidates in revenue and clinical sales, and maybe I’d be a good fit for you–and maybe not.  Either way, it’s still a fine idea for you to get some outside help in this competitive job market, and I believe that it’s even more critical for entry-level candidates, who have the “lack of experience” issue working against ‘em.

Discover someone who is an expert in your field that you are comfortable working with.  Hiring an interview coach is a miniature investment in yourself that will pay off big for you when you land the position of your dreams.

Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally
recognized pharmaceutical and clinical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.
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Should you hire an interview coach?