What is diff. between blowing interview and mediocre interview
What exactly is meant by “blowing” the interview? Just how badly do you have to do to blow your interview – i.e. is a mediocre interview terrible? Thanks.
At HBS blowing interview is getting lost in answers, hearing yourself talk in disbelief of what you are saying, getting confused, being unable to answer questions because you got crossed wires in your brain, one of which is selling yourself and not answering Q, the other of which is starting too far back and not reaching answer, and the 3rd of which is monitoring the other two and causing you to look pale and nervous. Not being able to present vision, or account for project you are engaged in, or explain clearly why you attended X University for undergrad but instead do some jive about your family, and mix it w. half unclear allusion to not getting into to other place, then changing topic to wanting to live near home, etc. etc.
Another way to blow it is just to appear robotic, over-scripted, tinny, aggressive, creepy, slimy, etc. AND THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE OVERT MOVIE VERSION OF THOSE TRAITS, JUST CONT. SUBTLE HINTS AND ONE OR TWO OVERT ACTS, LIKE SAYING E.G. YOU LIKE CASE METHOD BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN ARGUING YOUR POV, instead of saying you like to test your own views w. perspectives of others.
Same at Wharton as to creepy etc. w. added liability of not being able to do Why Wharton, why NOW (and not last year or next year) why MBA, what major and other baloney Wharton jive. Plus how Wharton will help you, and goals Google map.
How to blow Stanford int: call barrista in Starbucks, “girlie” and then tell alum that your Health Care is great, so like, what’s the problem??? Then while sitting there, note great rack on gal one table over.
Noting great rack of interviewer ………..depends. Not good if interviewer is female.
