03.09.2020

Dare to be different.

Dare to be different.

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Most people are attracted to difference: they like things that stand out, an odd-ball partner, a novel holiday, an exotic menu, but the irony is that they don't like to stand out themselves. 

Maybe this inconsistency in human behaviour shows us how to win at interviews: be different. 

One simple example: don't answer a closed question in a closed way. "How are you with detail?" Don't just say, "Very good I believe." - everybody says that! 

So what makes you different?

You follow the stock answer with an achievement that illustrates the point, "Very good I believe, for example when I was at ABS Limited we had a big challenge with the xyz so I ... ... ... which I don't believe would have been possible without my eye for detail."

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