If the company doesn't want to hear more of what you have to say or learn more about who you are, you must have done something wrong. You need to figure out what you did and fix it. Fast.
We discussed how important it is to sell yourself in an interview. How great you are isn't as clear or obvious in an interview compared to what it is like if you are a singer or an athlete. On American Idol, the judges can tell right away if the candidate is talented, or if they suck and should pick a different career path. The interviewer in an employment interview has no idea if you are good or not, unless you tell them. For this reason, it is important for a person to have his or her story planned out completely before going into an interview. You only have a limited amount of time to sell yourself, so what you have to say must be good and must be memorable.
Unless you give the company a compelling reason to select you, they won't. I'm thankful Professor Feinberg has embedded this concept into my mind by repeating it over and over. I've went into a couple of interviews recently with this concept on my mind. I focused on what I would bring to the company--why they would want me on their team. So far, I feel as if I have left an impression on each of these companies. I truly believe in this theory, so I plan on carrying it out with future interviews.
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