How to be more articulate in interviews?
Been going through the recruitment process for some time and the feedback I've gotten over the past few interviews is that I need to be more articulate in my thoughts. Any recommendations for how I can improve upon this?
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Be more social. Maybe you just sound like a socially awkward virgin
The best way to articulate your thoughts is to completely understand your subject matter from A-Z. If you understand fine details and know the subject matter thoroughly, you should not have a problem.
Get someone to help practice interview with you and have them give you feedback.
Maybe try speaking slower? May sound silly but many people speak as they are forming the thoughts in their head, causing them to ramble and use unintelligent fillers until the thought is complete. Take a second to think about what the interviewer is asking you (you can request this moment of silence explicitly) then try to answer it as concise and to the point as possible. If they want more detail they will be sure to ask for it.
I would take 3-4 shots (Cuervo) before my interviews, enough to get a buzz but not remotely close to stumbling/falling over myself. It would help me be more social, and give me the liquid courage needed to crush interviews. Give it a try for one interview, see how it goes.
Hahahah I did this before a presentation which fell on St pattys day. Was like 5 shots of Jameson deep and then went to do my presentation. It went so well
A lot of good advice here, but as a short term fix (someone mentioned to read books, shoulda started doing that 10 years ago lmao) I'd recommend trying to incorporate some "eloquent phrases" into your speech.
Stop saying "because", start saying "due to" or "this feeds into". Be willing to ramble a little bit (anti-ramblers gtfo), but then say shit like "this ties into my main point of x, and ..." so it seems like you're actually capable of dealing with an on the spot complex "thought network" if that makes any sense. On that last note (also a good phrase), I find in my experience that people who don't seem articulate are the people who have short and to the point answers while also saying things like "because" a lot, as well as just a general repetition in their speech, but particularly a repetition of extremely basic words. Common interview advice is to be to the point and not to ramble, but frankly I think this is horseshit advice, you can't start a conversation without being willing to go at least a bit outside of the immediate parameters of the question, and rambling intelligently shows you have thoughts swirling around up there. Of course, this works as long as you don't go completely off the rails and sound like a moron, because it can do that too.
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