Prime minister Kwame Nkrumah watches jazz legend Louis Armstrong and the All Stars perform at Accra’s Opera Cinema during “Satchmo at the Opera,” 24 May 1956.
Prime minister Kwame Nkrumah watches jazz legend Louis Armstrong and the All Stars perform at Accra’s Opera Cinema during “Satchmo at the Opera,” 24 May 1956.
Resist the urge to speak negatively about your life, even as a joke. The tongue is powerful. Speak good things always. Your future, your goals, your health, and your breakthrough. Declare victory always.
There are still 5 whole months left in this year. That’s plenty of time for things to turn around. Don’t lose hope. Your breakthrough can still happen. Keep the faith alive.
I've a framework i created for myself to answer this question. After several interviews, i came up with it.
It focuses on three key factors:
- Mention what skills you've. Example Mobile Developer with X years of experience. If its going to be your first job with no prior experience, just say experience mobile developer without mentioning years. Note, with international companies, you may not want to mention the years as the difficulty of your interview will be based on it. Just say experience developer, except you are asked your years of experience.
- Mention what you've been doing in the past 1,2,3 years, depending on how many years of experience you say you've. Example: If i say i've 4 years of experience, i'll mention what i've been doing in the past 2 years. Here, you are talking about the impact of your contributions and not the task you completed.
- Mention your core values and ensure it aligns with that of the company. Example, some company value communication, others value leadership and accountability. This requires you to do some research about the company or perhaps reach-out to some engineers to get a hint.
Bonus point: Mention areas you've on your radar to venture in. Example you are a React developer but you are also currently exploring Vue js. This gives you an edge as most companies will want a bonus skillset.
Every interview i've done, i take note of the interviewers facial and body language after introducing myself. Most cases i get "Thats an impressive background"
Also note, a technical interview requires you to be technical. Avoid vague and fancy words like "Scalable".
Also, while talking about impact, mention tools and principles you are very good at. This is a manipulative tactics because it forces the interview to pick a follow up question from what you've said.
Good luck using this framework.