By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
In this video, I show you how to seem like your thinking of answers to questions when in fact you are well-prepared and rehearsed to answer them.
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Hi, I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter and I’ve been coaching people and hunting down leaders and staff for organizations for more than 40 years. I want to do a video about body language because, frankly, I haven’t done one in a long time. You know, I realized that there was one thing I hadn’t covered which was how to look like you’re thinking of your answer when, in fact, you were so well rehearsed, you’ve answered this question 27 different times on previous interviews, and you don’t want to seem bored.
Now, understand that, to me, when you’re doing an interview, interviewing is theater and what you’re trying to do is not just simply recite facts about what you did in a monotone voice, but you want to appear interesting and interested. You want to give the impression that this is the first time you’ve heard this question when you answer it, even though you’ve been asked that a hundred times.
So, let’s say you’re asked one of those tough interview questions of some sort and you’re well prepared to answer. it So, what you want to do is kind of look away for a second and then re-engage. That’s one way of doing it.
Another one is, as you’re sitting there in the chair, and I’m tilted back ever so slightly because I’m in a swivel chair, what you might do is go to your chin a little bit or put your hand on your cheek like I’m doing now because that suggests to people reflection. If you tilt your head and look up a little bit as you start to answer your question, and then come back to them. You know that goes a long way toward conveying that image of thinking about things .
Now, again, I don’t believe body language gets you hired but it complements what you’re saying and gives people the idea that . . . It’s an extra sales technique, and it’s very subtle.
Again, going like this is not going to be what gets you hired; it’s going to be the answer to your question. But, if this is a way that you can show that you’re not rehearsed when they’re asking you a question. You are stroking your chin for a second or two and then coming back is a way that you can do it. Use the technique. Practice it so it’s comfortable for you.
At the end of the day, your job is acting. It’s theater. It’s delivering the lines in a way that your body also confirms certain information for the interviewer.
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