My single best tip

My single best tipMy single best tipIn fifteen years writing this newsletter, the single best tip Ive given, that has come back to me over, and over, and over again, is thisWhen it gets to that part of the interview with your future anfhrer where they ask, well, do you have any questions for me?, say yes, and askHow do I help you get a gold star on your review next year?This bit of advice has helped more people in more interviews than any other bit of advice Ive shared in the last decade-and-a-half that Ive been writing to you.Why?Well, the interview process lends itself to self-absorption. We spend so much of the time talking about ourselves that we can sound like one of those people who talks only about themselves.Or, conversely, we become job analysis engineers and ask all sorts of questions about the job and reporting structure and how it fits in with the companys five-year plan and so on. I love getting questions from candidates in interviews, but I do have to admit that I feel theyre not quite getting the point of a face-to-face interview when they pull out six pages of typed, single-spaced questions and promptly bury their nose in their papers without making eye contact.We get so obsessed with the details of the job that we forget about the work.Working together and being a good addition to the kollektiv mean being concerned with how you are making the team successful. And that means being concerned with how well you are helping your boss succeed.Asking this question shows that you have empathy. It shows that you have an interest in your boss career and future success. It shows that you are not just a self-absorbed whats-in-it-for-me kind of person. And it shows that you know you are there to give as much as you are there to get.Hundreds of members like you have told me how the interviewers face lights up when asked this question. I have heard time and time and time again from our almost ten million members how effective its been in interviews.(And, reme mber, you want the vibe to be a cool relaxed Vince Vaughn, not an obsequious Steve Buscemi.)The gold star question is an easy tip to implement in your job search its easy to do, easy to understand, and its easy to measure.And that makes it my best bit of career advice in over a decade of doling it out.So thank you, folks, for paying attention, trying it out, and letting me know how it goesIm rooting for youMy Single Best TipThis bit of advice has helped more people in more interviews than any other weve shared. In the decade-plus Ive been writing this newsletter, the single best tip Ive given, that has come back to me over, and over, and over again, is thisWhen it gets to that part of the interview with your future boss where they ask, well, do you have any questions for me?, say yes, and askHow do I help you get a gold star on your review next year?This bit of advice has helped more people in more interviews than any other bit of advice Ive shared in the last decade-and-a-half tha t Ive been writing to you.Why?Well, the interview process lends itself to self-absorption. We spend so much of the time talking about ourselves that we can sound like one of those people who talks only about themselves.Or, conversely, we become job analysis engineers and ask all sorts of questions about the job and reporting structure and how it fits in with the companys five-year plan and so on. I love getting questions from candidates in interviews, but I do have to admit that I feel theyre not quite getting the point of a face-to-face interview when they pull out six pages of typed, single-spaced questions and promptly bury their nose in their papers without making eye contact.We get so obsessed with the details of the job that we forget about the work.Working together and being a good addition to the team mean being concerned with how you are making the team successful. And that means being concerned with how well you are helping your boss succeed.Asking this question shows that you have empathy. It shows that you have an interest in your boss career and future success. It shows that you are not just a self-absorbed whats-in-it-for-me kind of person. And it shows that you know you are there to give as much as you are there to get.Dozens of subscribers have told me how the interviewers face lights up when asked this question. I have heard time and time and time again from our nine million subscribers how effective its been in interviews.(And, remember, you want the vibe to be a cool relaxed Vince Vaughn, not an obsequious Steve Buscemi.)The gold star question is an easy tip to implement in your job search its easy to do, easy to understand, and its easy to measure.And that makes it my best bit of career advice in over a decade of doling it out.So thank you, Readers, for paying attention, trying it out, and letting me know how it goesIm rooting for you