Mastering the Art of the Job Interview – Work in Sports podcast e105 - a podcast by Brian Clapp - Work in Sports

Three great questions came in this week on job interviewing, so why not handle all three?!Hi everybody, I’m Brian Clapp Director of Content for WorkinSports.com and this is the Work in Sports podcast –Before we get into this week’s qa session I want to remind you all about our upcoming Sports Career Accelerator event coming up September 13-14th in Atlanta.Before you say – darn! I don’t live it Atlanta – I’d like to point out that right around 2,600 direct flights come into Atlanta per day. So this event is in reach.But why should you care? I’ll tell you why –* This 2-day event will feature learning and networking opportunities with leaders inside the Atlanta Hawks, Braves, Falcons, the darlings of the MLS the United, the College Football Hall of fame and more.* You will get exclusive facility tours and see behind the scenes of the operations of all these major franchises* You will have one on one personal time with all the executive hosts, where you can ask questions and network* We will submit a professional portfolio on your behalf to all of the teams.* We are limiting the event to 40 people so that we can keep this small, intimate and impactful!We will be opening registration early for podcast fans and people who submit their email via our early interest page …which is at workinsports.com/atlanta.Questions – you can ask me via our private facebook group – search the work in sports podcast on facebook, join the group, or via LinkedIn, or via our podcast@workinsports.com email account.So go ahead, ask me anything.Now onto today’s question:I’m actually combining 3 similar questions into one theme – This week I received three good questions about job interviewing, so let’s handle them all.1: This question comes in from Alanna in Wheaton, Illinois –Hi Brian, love the podcast thank you so much for your time and effort, Can’t wait til the Career Accelerator event, a flight from Chicago to Atlanta is only 1 hour 32 minutes and $110 round trip. Ok I added that part. Alanna didn’t say that, but it does give me a chance to show how cheap it is to fly to atlanta!OK Ok her question – How much research into the company should I do before hand…I mean they want to know more about me, so isn’t it more important to really nail my story, rather than theirs?Alanna – it’s a good question but you are coming at it the complete wrong way.I like to start at the end goal and work my way back in every situation.In an interview the goal is to get hired, right? To win them over, impress them with your talents and make them feel like you are the right fit for the job.Ok so that’s the end goal. How do we get there?Think of a venn diagram, where you are one circle and the company is another circle. You are thinking of this as if the two circles don’t overlap. This is about you, and they are them.But in reality, the overlap between you and the company is the sweet spot, it is about you together as one, and the only way to show how you two meld is by doing research into the company – tons of it.You need to be able to tell your story through the lens of the hiring company, -- how your skills align, how their projects line up with your ambitions, how their areas of growth are the direction you want to head.And the only way you know these things is through research.You want to know their culture – their brand tone and voice – their clients – their projects – what staff says about working there – the background of the person who would be your boss.I could keep going but those were just off the top of my head… you can see how each of these things relates to how you may handle a question during the interview.If their brand voice is dry and technical,

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