How to Persuade a Job Interviewer using 2 Pick-Up Artist Techniques

The night before you lie in bed, awake, thinking about the person you’re going to meet in the morning; what will they look like? How will they react to you? What will they say?  Will you make a fool of yourself? Will they want to meet you again?

The above situation is common for both a first date and a job interview. In actual fact, the job interview is much like a first date, and interviewees need to prepare in the same way. Pick-up artists have a unique gift at picking up women, using sneaky tricks to ensure they get the women’s number on the first date. You can use these same techniques in the job interview to persuade the job interviewer to offer you the position

Interview Persuasion

Likeability – it’s not good enough to just be nice.

Clubs are full of nice people but not all of them get dates. At the interview, everyone will be acting their best and you need to stand out from the crowd. To get a date or to be offered a job, you need to add something extra, you need to be unique and interesting.

In the club you might choose to show a “target” how you can “read minds” – a standard pick-up artist trick. In the opening question at the job interview “Can me a little about yourself?” you can stand out by sharing a secret, rather than just summarising your qualifications and experience, because EVERYONE will do this.

“In the last three organisations I have worked for, I turned their underperforming business on the blink of bankruptcy into highly profitable businesses and I’m happy to share the secret of how I do this with you today..”

or hint at your unique selling point “The company I currently work for is going off in a different direction, which is the reason why I am here today. Many of the company clients are also looking to move to a new organisation due to recent policy changes, and I have a list of 67 clients who have personally agreed to follow me wherever I go..”

The secret here is to create intrigue, get the date or the employer to want to know more about you, leave them with hundreds of questions “how did he do that?” “How much is he worth in terms of profit?” keep them guessing, become a mystery and be seen as a valuable asset.

Scarcity – we all want what we can’t have. 

The date and the employer have all the power. You introduced yourself to the girl at the bar, which means you like her. You applied for this position, which means you need this job. Take away their belief that they have you and you will take away their power.

The pick-up artist after creating intrigue using the mind-reading technique will then walk away leaving the girl speechless, waiting for her to seek him out. Instead of complimenting her, as he did through the mind-reading technique, he will, instead make an offensive comment “is that an old dress you’re wearing?” Sounds crazy? You have seen this work hundreds of times when girls go for the “bad boys.”

In the job interview, once the employer understands how valuable you are, you can start create scarcity “I been offered a couple of positions already this week, but I will only accept a position with a company that I believe is going to grow. I know your share prices have dropped over the past 12 months, my question is, what plans have you put in place to increase your share value so it is higher than it was 12 months ago?”

Remember this technique works because by this stage they are interested in you, they want you. Your either an interesting person (everyone is interested or amazed by someone who can mind read) or you will add value (value = profit) to the organisation.

They have felt pleasure from your introduction, now you have given them pain. They will miss out on a date with you, or a competitive company will recruit you and take their profit. If they believe they will miss out on you, they will want you more.

Job Interview Questions for a Blog Writer

 

Blog Writer Job Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your blog/content writing experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: What has been your most successful post?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working as a blog writer?

  • Job Interview Question 4: How do you plan and prepare when writing a post on a new niche?
  • Job Interview Question 5: Who is your ideal reader?
  • Job Interview Question 6: How do you research new topics and niches?
  • Job Interview Question 7: How do you make readers take action?
  • Job Interview Question 8: Are images important? Why?
  • Job Interview Question 9 : Do you have any questions for me?
 

Over 10 Job Interview Questions for an Trainer Position

Trainer Job Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant training experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: Why should we employ you as part of our training team?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working as a trainer?

  • Job Interview Question 4: How do you plan and prepare your lessons?
  • Job Interview Question 5: How do you incorporate people’s learning styles into a lesson?
  • Job Interview Question 6: Is a lesson plan necessary for a training session?
  • Job Interview Question 7:  How do you check the distance traveled during the training session?

Interview questions and answers

  • Job Interview Question 8: How do you evaluate your training session?
  • Job Interview Question 9: Share an experience when you have had to teach a difficult subject/concept?
  • Job Interview Question10: Give an example of when you had to think on your feet?
  • Job Interview Question11: How do you make a training session exciting and fun?
  • Job Interview Question12: How do you deal with an audience who are disinterested?
  • Job Interview Question13: How would you encourage quiet people to join in with Q&A sessions?
  • Job Interview Question 14: Do you have any questions for me?

 

Over 10 Job Interview Questions for an Air Hostess

Air Hostess Job Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant customer service experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: Why should we employ you as part of our cabin crew? 
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working as an air hostess? 

  • Job Interview Question 4: Why do you want to be cabin crew? 
  • Job Interview Question 5: Are you applying for other airlines? 
  • Job Interview Question 6: Can you give us an example of when you have provided excellent customer service?
  • Job Interview Question 7: How would you handle a drunken passenger?

Interview questions and answers

  • Job Interview Question 8: How do you react under high pressured situations?
  • Job Interview Question 9: How would you react in a midair emergency? 
  • Job Interview Question10:How would you deal with being away from your friends and family for long periods of time when working as cabin crew?
  • Job Interview Question 11: Do you have any questions for me?

Types of Job Interviews

The Traditional Face to Face Job Interview

When preparing for a job interview, the obvious interview to prepare for is the one to one face to face job interview.

Often the interviewee meets with one company manager and the interview is conducted one-on-one, with the interviewer asking around 10 questions over a period of 45 minutes.

Questions will be asked on the skills and experience required for the position you are applying for. To prepare for the traditional job interview, read the job spec and write a list of potential interview questions.

From this you can prepare your interview answers. Ensure that you use real experiences as part of your interview answer.

Panel Interviews

Panel interviews can range from 3-5 interviewers, generally made up of managers and HR staff.

The interview is similar to the traditional face to face, one to one interview, but the panel will take it in turns to ask the interview questions.

You can prepare in the same way as you would with the traditional job interview. When answering questions, ensure to look at and engage all the panel members.

Telephone Screening Interview

To save cost employers will often screen applicants over the telephone (often in telesales/customer service roles) the employer will ask you to describe your experience, but the key here is how you communicate and listen over the phone.

For telephone interviews, talk slower, leave pauses and use your tone to influence. These interviews often only last between 10-20 minutes.

Role Play Interviews

Many employers will ask groups of applicants to role-play or to complete some type of challenge.

Employers prefer this style of the interview to see if interviewees have the skills they described on their CV.

To pass this interview, you need to pretend that the situation is real and act as if you were at work.

Role play type interviews have been around longer than most people think, as an example; receptionist having to undertake a typing test before they are offered a position.

15 Social Media Job Interview Questions

15 Social Media Job Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant social media experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: What do you know about the current social media job sector?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working in social media?

  • Job Interview Question 4: What are your favorite social media blogs?
  • Job Interview Question 5: Why is Twitter such a key tool in social media jobs?
  • Job Interview Question 6: How have you connected with an online audience?
  • Job Interview Question 7: How do you measure social return on investment?

Interview questions and answers

  • Job Interview Question 8: In your opinion what will be the biggest social media platforms in the next 3-5 years and why?
  • Job Interview Question 9: What is the difference between PPC and organic searches?
  • Job Interview Question10: How do you come up with creative ideas?
  • Job Interview Question 11: Why are infographics so powerful?
  • Job Interview Question 12: How do you structure a blog post?
  • Job Interview Question 13: What’s more important the blog content or blog title?
    Job Interview Question 14: Which social media brand strategy has inspired you lately?
  • Job Interview Question 15: Do you have any questions for me?

10 RBS Job Interview Questions

The RBS Royal Bank of Scotland has now merged with Natwest As the bank hasn’t changed it branch names jobs roles are still being advertised under RBS.

For job seekers, when searching for information about the banks mission or values you will need to look on the Natwest Website.

Depending on the RBS job role, the recruitment process, for many positions, will include a screening interview (often through a recruitment agency) followed by a face to face trinational structural job interview.

RBS Job Interview Questions

Below is a list of commonly asked RBS job interview questions and an explanation of how to approach each answer.  For high skilled positions; bank manager, mortgage advisor,  trader, a specific set of interview questions relevant to that particular job role will be asked.

Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant experience ?

  • Discuss customer service experience as well as any banking/finance roles and experiences.
  • Make reference to your passion for banking.
  • Explain any banking/finance qualifications you possess.
  • Talk about why you applied for a job at RBS.

Job Interview Question 2: What do you know about the current the banking  job sector?

  • Explain how online banking has affected the industry.
  • Talk about the pro’s and con’s for online banking from the banks and customer perspective.
  • Discuss the different aspects of banking; business loans, mortgage, saving accounts.

Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working at RBS?

  • Customer service is key here, as RBS want top retain customers.
  • Explain how team work is key within a bank, as all aspects of the banking team need to work together.
  • Discuss knowledge and communication, data protection, GDPR and banking regulations.

Job Interview Question 4: How do you deal with tight deadlines?

  • Give an example of working to a tight deadline.
  • State the situation, the barriers you faced and what actions you took to meet the deadline.
  • End the example by giving how your actions created a positive outcome.

Job Interview Question 5: Why do you want to work with Royal Bank of Scotland? What will you bring to the organisation?

  • Split the interview answer into two sections;
  • Section 1; explain why you choose banking as a career choice; what motivated you to apply for a banking role?
  • Section 2; discuss why you like the values and culture of working for RBS

Job Interview Question 6: How have you connected with an audience?

  • This curveball interview question is about confident communication.
  • Give an example of communicating with a customer; state their barrier/problem and explain how you dealt with this.
  • Discuss looking at the problem from the customers perspective, creative solutions and how you communicated this to the customer.

Job Interview Question 7: Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an uncooperative member of a team.

  • Team work is very important to RBS.
  • Set the scene; why was the team member uncooperative? what was the bigger picture in this instance?
  • Explained how you encourage team members, your communication style, creating a team vision, and end with the outcome to the actions you took.

Interview Test

Job Interview Question 8: Can you work under pressure?

  • State ‘yes, I have experience of working in pressured roles.’
  • Share an example of a pressured situation; what created the pressure, why the task was ‘urgent and important’ and how your prioritised your tasks.
  • Give a detailed outcome; how you felt, feedback from a manager and how the task was completed successfully.

Job Interview Question 9: Tell me about a time when you led an efficient team.

  • This question is only asked for supervisory, team leader or project lead jobs – and any managerial positions.
  • Detail managerial models and theories and explain how you put theories into practice.
  • Discuss motivating staff, setting goals and targets, various managerial styles, staff development and working with stakeholders.

Job Interview Question 10: Do you have any questions for me?

  • How has the merger with Natwest affected the day to day operations of the bank?
  • How are the company values embedded into business as usual task?
  • What training is available for new bank staff?

Lock Smith Job Interview Questions

Locksmith Job Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant experience as a locksmith?
  • Job Interview Question 2: What do you know about the current locksmith job sector?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working as a locksmith?

  • Job Interview Question 4: How do you approach fitting locks and finding faults
  • Job Interview Question 5: How would you service a lock  
  • Job Interview Question 6: Have you experience of fitting combination locks and timing devices to safes
  • Job Interview Question 7: Are you willing to provide a 24-hour call-out service

 Interview questions and answers

  • Job Interview Question 8: Can you work under pressure?
  • Job Interview Question 9: How do you motivate yourself while you are working alone fitting locks?
  • Job Interview Question 10: What different types of locks do you know/can repair and fit?
  • Job Interview Question 11: Is customer service a key skill in this industry?
  • Job Interview Question 12: Do you have any questions for me? 

Prosthetic Position Job Interview Questions

Prosthetic Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant  Prosthetic experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: What do you know about the current Prosthetic job sector?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working in Prosthetics?

  • Job Interview Question 4:What factors do you take into account when designing orthopedic and prosthetic devices?
  • Job Interview Question 5: Have you experienced of mentoring patients?
  • Job Interview Question 6:Describe your experience making and modifying plaster casts?
  • Job Interview Question 7:Give an example of when you solved a problem in your workplace or on your prosthetic university course?

Interview questions and answers

  • Job Interview Question 8: Share a time when you took on additional challenges?
  • Job Interview Question 9 How do you handle stressful situations?
  • Job Interview Question 1o: Do you have any questions for me?

Fishmonger Job Interview Questions

Fishmonger Interview Questions

  • Job Interview Question 1: Tell me about your relevant fishmonger experience?
  • Job Interview Question 2: What do you know about the current the fishmonger job sector?
  • Job Interview Question 3: What do you deem the most important skills for a person working as a fishmonger?

  • Job Interview Question 4: What varieties of fish can you name?
  • Job Interview Question 5: Which fish preparation techniques are you efficient at?
  • Job Interview Question 6: How can you increase sales of fish per customer?
  • Job Interview Question 7: What temperature do fish need storing?
  • Job Interview Question 8: How would you decrease wastage?
  • Job Interview Question 9: Are you knowledgeable about food hygiene regulations?
  • Job Interview Question 1o: Do you have any questions for me?