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How to get an interviewer to like you - The interviewer, a potential future colleague, after all, is simply looking to answer the question: do I get on with, and can I see myself enjoying working with, this person?
Once you’ve been asked to interview, you can rest assured that the interviewer is confident that you have the right experience, skills and qualifications to do the job. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have invited you in (they have read your CV and cover letter after all).
Yes, there might be a few “skills” boxes to tick (a case study in a management consulting interview for instance) – but these should be well within your comfort zone given your experience, skills and qualifications. The interviewer will want to get them out of the way quickly and tick that box on their interview sheet.
Much more important to an interviewer is whether or not they warm to you as a person. So try to be yourself and direct the conversation (for at least a small part of the interview) to personal interests, family etc. You’ll likely find some common ground (same interest, same age of kids, live/holiday in the same area) to talk about. The result of this is that you’ll relax and the interviewer will also feel comfortable in your presence.
An important point that’s easy to miss is that: if you don’t get on with the interviewer, it’s worth reassessing whether your personality is a good fit for that company. To many people, the most important aspect of a job is working with people that they get on with – so if you didn’t click with the interviewer but are offered the job, ask to go back to meet them again and also to meet some colleagues so that you can get a better feel for the company culture.
We recently read the following article suggesting 3 ways to build rapport and ace the interview. We’ve highlighted in bold bits we think are particularly useful.
While your skills and experience are important elements to securing a job offer, just as important is your ability to build rapport that is natural and engaging with your interviewer. The rapport you establish during an interview can greatly impact the impression you leave behind.
Building rapport occurs in many ways. In addition to having subject matter that you both can relate to, it is also very much about body language. The handshake you offer when you first meet your contact, how you stand and sit, your facial expression and eye contact, to where you place your arms, hands, legs and feet is all part of body language to help establish the confident and engaged impression you want to leave with the interviewer. The more engaged you are and the more similarities the interviewer sees in terms of your body language, the easier it is to establish rapport.
Effectively building rapport is what gives many candidates the leg-up in the company’s interview process. Even if the candidate does not have as much experience as another candidate, he is seen as more favourable because he’s been able to connect with the interviewer in a way that is more relatable and can be seen as fitting along with the rest of the people at the company. Those who do the hiring want to know that the candidate is someone they themselves would enjoy working with.
Ace your interviews by applying confident and positive body language with relevant topics that help build effective rapport. You will come out of the interview leaving your contact with the best possible impression for consideration to a job offer.
There’s generally a clear sense of what is expected out of an interview. The employer wants to know how serious you are about this opportunity by your preparedness for the interview and what you can offer to the company through your skills and experience. Now, just let them know you are someone who can work well with the team and you will be on the right path to acing the interview.
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