Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson: communication coaching for humble leaders

Episode 95. How To Avoid Uncomfortable Silences in Job Interviews (and other meetings)


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Have you ever had the experience in a job interview, performance review or sales meeting where you’ve been asked to ‘demonstrate your capability’ and you can’t think of the right scenario or story to tell? 
 
In this episode of Speaking with Confidence I share how to avoid these uncomfortable silences where you feel like a goldfish, buy yourself the time you need to collect your thoughts and how to prepare your stories to start with. 
 
Listen to this this episode to learn:  
How to prepare the right Brag Bag Stories for your job interview, or any other meeting where you need to ‘prove yourself’ 
How to intelligently ‘stall and buy time while you collect your thoughts 
Why a few moments of silence is not as bad as you think 
 
Also mentioned in this episode: 
 
Speaking with Confidence episode 10 – lessons for and from Job Interviews, an episode which landed listener Kris his next job! - https://www.impactfulpresenters.com/blog/10-lessons-for-and-from-job-interviews 
 
Speaking with Confidence Facebook Group – where you can ask your own question to be answered on the podcast 
 
Get your free ‘How To Stop Rambling’ ebook today - https://www.impactfulpresenters.com/f/how-to-stop-rambling
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