Summary of the video

• Be authentic and real in job interviews

• Show real experience in the real world, not just academic work

• Apply to many job openings even if unsure

• Use interviews as opportunities to practice and improve interview skills

Video transcript

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What tips about job interviews do you have for new service design graduates? And that's a question from Anna A. And one would be... Be real be real, be authentic. Why? I've done a lot of interviews where I had to interview junior people to get in, in, in an agency. And what I hated personally as someone who had to recruit was people, answering questions like, oh what's one thing that you have difficulties with?

And people say oh I really have problems with my perfectionism. And it's yeah, that's not a real problem. It's you're trying to find a problem that sounds good. And the fact here, what is important, I think, is this notion that you want people to hire you because of you and not because of the image.

You have of what they think they need. For example, let's be clear, my wife before we married, she knew all the bad parts about myself and also the good parts maybe not all, but most, the most important at least. And after we were married, there wasn't a big discovery for her. Oh my god, she he's so different.

I think for job interviews, it goes the same. Should we feel and be real about stuff? Because. You want people to marry you for the good reasons, for the real person you are and not for someone else that you're acting or playing out. So be real. That's one advice for job interviews that I will give you.

Another one is show real stuff. If you are a student and now you're applying, you have a lot of education examples. You have a lot of stuff in your portfolio which comes from Maybe take a little break from school during holidays. Take a week, a few days to go help out a local shop, a local organization to improve their service.

And then do something real that you can show, Oh, this is how it was before and this is how it's now. And I've made a real experience in the real world and not just in the academic stuff. I think if you do that's like a super bonus element in your portfolio because it shows that you went the extra mile.

That's another thing. If you're doing an interview, that might be quite useful. And just before the interview, that's something that I always say back to friends who are applying and who spend a lot of time, thinking, should I apply to this or not? I'm not sure. Do I really fit? These questions, you don't have to ask them yourself because when you send an application, it's the job of the company to know if they want to speak with you.

You don't have to think a lot about should I apply, because that's the work they do. Apply a lot, even if you're not totally sure, just apply. Because then, you will receive back a lot, or a few, people who are interested in your profile, and you can then go in the interview, and Even if at the end you don't like the people, it was a good moment to prototype your interview, to improve your interview skills, and for that I would say apply like crazy.

This is something that I highly recommend.

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