Leadership Story Lab

Imagine this scenario for a job interview: You fly nine hours to an in-person interview. You are jetlagged, but even worse, you’ve come down with chicken pox. No amount of makeup will cover the marks on your face and you feel lousy. This happened to me in 1998 and despite all the setbacks, I was still offered the job. In fact, before I started my own company, I had a ...

One of the most common job interview questions is, “So, tell me about yourself.” It’s often used as an ice breaker early in the interview to give the candidate time to warm up and settle in before the harder-hitting questions come. But the truth is, during a job interview, there is no “warm up.” First impressions matter.