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How to Use the Psychology of Attraction in a Job Interview

How to Use the Psychology of Attraction in a Job Interview

Attraction isn’t simple physical attraction as confidence, perceived power and how you communicate creates a primal animal magnetism.

An interviewer may find you attractive (which increases the chance of being hired) but attraction can come in the form of wanting to work with an individual, being attracted by the contacts someone will bring to the organisation or being attracted to someone work ethic and personality.

The truth is, if you are seen as attractive in any form, you create desire and desire leads to job offers. Here are 3 ways to use the psychology of attraction to land a job offer

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 Find the Interviewer Attractive

We are pre-programmed to find people who find us attractive, attractive

A little flirt or flattery in the job interview can go a long way. We all like to be seen as attractive and when a stranger shows interest in you it feels good. This positive feeling is then associated to you the interviewee.

Play this card cleverly as this technique can go horrible wrong when taken to the extreme.

Attractive Body Language

Your posture, gesture and body language create rapport, likability and attractiveness in the job interview environment.

Open body language, as well as playing with hair, open palms and a tilt of the neck is seen as attractive and says “I’m interested”

Confidence and confident posture is one of the easiest ways to create attraction. We are all attracted to confidence, we respond automatically to authority and we seek confirmation from experts.

Most people are sheep, when we find a Sheppard we will follow their orders, this power doubles the attraction.

Throughout the job interview create a persona of power, become a master, authority and expert.Interview questions and answers

Emotionally Attractive

When watching films and theater productions  we get carried away with the performance because they stir emotions inside of us. BY creating an emotional response with the interviewer they will sense a feeling of attraction to you.

To create an emotional attraction use emotional powered words, make points using stories (as stories create emotional pictures in the minds eye)  and encourage the interviewer to speak about successes.

When someone speaks or hears emotional content, this creates a feeling, it is this same positive feeling the becomes associated to you, creating job interview attraction.

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How To Build a Positive Relationship With Your Interviewer in Minutes

Build a Positive Relationship With Your Interviewer in Minutes

A positive relationship is the key to a successful relationship.

The problem, of course, is you only have a few minutes to get the employer to like you.

The interviewer’s perspective of you is key because all of your following answers will be filtered through your recently built, positive or negative, relationship.

These 3 steps will help create a positive relationship with your interviewer, within minutes of walking into the interview room

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The Power of a Smile

The first step is so simple it’s stupid.

But the fact is that most interviewees aren’t relaxed enough to smile.

A smile is powerful because of 3 reasons.

The first is that you look confident and friendly when you smile – your smile is your best feature. When you smile, due to mirror neurons, the interviewer will feel the same happy emotions they would feel if they were smiling themselves.

Secondly, when you smile you come across as approachable and trustworthy; this allows the interviewer to open up to you because they feel relaxed in your presence.

Thirdly. It has been proven that you are seen as more attractive when you smile. And it’s also been proven that you are more likely to be offered the position is the interviewer finds you attractive.

Engage the Interviewer

At the interviewer start, ask the interviewer questions, ideally about them-self.

This is easier than it seems, you simply at the interview start make small talk.

You can ask about the number of interviews they have planned on that day, you can follow this by asking what they are going to do that night to relax? It’s at this point that you need to ask questions and show interest in the interviewer’s answers.

Naturally, we love to be the focus of attention. We also love the people who show us this attention and will want to be around them more often.

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Address the Interviewer By Name

Like the first step, this third suggestion is really easy to implement and helps to influence the interviewer.

People respond better to people who use their name.

Using the interviewer’s name shows that you are interested, you have remembered their name and it helps to create a bond between the two of you.

Psychologically speaking, the interviewer will like you more if you both share a similar sounding name.

This same natural likability factor works with anything you have in common; name, went to the same school, follow the same sports team, live in the same district when you were young.

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Can Psychology Techniques Improve Your Interview?

Interviews are a competitive marketplace with all applicants trying to outdo each other, so they , not you, are offered the position.

Psychology in the study of the mind and behavior, so it stands to reason that you can use interview psychology to influence your job interview.

The Opening Shake

At the interview start you will be introduced with a warm greeting and a welcoming handshake.

Make sure that your hands inspire confidence, as a cold damp handshake speaks volumes to the interviewers subconscious.

Always carry a piece of kitchen towel in your pocket. As your interview slot nears, sneakily dry your hands using the kitchen towel and rub them together (the friction will warm up your hands) as a warm, dry and strong handshake creates the impression of confidence

Copy Cat

People like people who are like themselves – this is often unconscious. To increase rapport subtly mirror the interviewers gestures, posture and hand movements and copy the language they use when expressing themselves.

By coming across similar to the interviewer, the interviewer will naturally be drawn to you and will have an unconscious liking towards you.

Don’t overdo this technique or the interviewer will think you are a bit strange.

Show Confidence With Time

The pace people communicate at speaks volumes.

People who rush words are seen as nervous interviewees, while slow talkers come across confident. Use the 3 second gap rule – when asked a question or between key points, count to 3 in your head before speaking.

Question the Interviewer

The interview isn’t a question and answer session, the interviewer should be a detailed conversation. Ask the interviewer questions throughout the interview.

People loved being listened too, when you ask a question wait without interrupting and encourage the interviewer to continue with encouraging nods of the head.

Build on this by asking questions about their last point/answer showing interest – this works especially well when an interviewer is talking about a key success that they were involved in.

Cold Reading

Read the interviewers facial expressions, gestures, body language and tonality. When watching the interviewer trust your instinct. If the interviewer seems enthusiastic because they are leaning forward and nodding continue with your answer.

If your instincts kick in and you feel the interviewer is becoming disinterested change the frame of your interview answer. If the interviewer, after a day of interviewing is seeming tiered, speak louder or change your tonality

Smiley Happy People

When we see someone smiling, we feel their positive emotion through mirror neurons. If an interviewer feelings emotional warm during the interview they will associate this positive feeling to you.

The more the interviewer likes you, the more likely you are to be offered the position.

Smile throughout the interview, talk in a warm tone and answer questions using positive emotional embedded words