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Interview Hero: How to Ace Your Interviews, Find Your Voice, and Direct the Narrative of Your Life
Are you tired of losing job offers at the interview stage? Sick of memorizing worn-out answer templates that make you feel like a fraud at best or a total douche at worst? Ready to start loving interviews instead of hating and fearing them? In this conversational and life-changing book, Angela Guido teaches you how to inspire people with your true story, ups and downs and all. While the other applicants will bore the interviewer to tears with their canned responses and pretense of perfection, you will entertain, engage, and connect. That will make you the most likeable candidate, the one your interviewer champions behind closed doors. Interview Hero teaches you… New mindsets that transform interviews from painful interrogations to enjoyable conversations Deep storytelling skills so you can relate your life’s accomplishments as inspiring narratives without a trace of arrogance A step-by-step process to examine your experiences and construct your personal best answers to all the major interview question types Techniques to build and maintain confidence before and during the interview so you can win the offer Remember, heroes aren’t born heroes. They become heroes. Read on to become an Interview Hero today.
- GenresProfessional Development
330 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2018
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October 1, 2021
This is your last-minute interview book that could turn things around.
You know that feeling where you've read everything about the company/B-school and networked with too many folks who've interviewed with them and all those opinions are messing with your head at the last minute? Yeah, grab this book. It'll help.
Where this book shines:
1. It keeps things really simple. When you read the section on "Friendship Mindset" and how to make that happen, it is so simple and intuitive. I'm sure most of us in an informal setting can make that happen naturally. This book gives you frameworks to make that happen in a formal, template-style meeting.
2. The workbook that comes along with this is really helpful. Work with that along with this and you'll be set for all behavioral interviews.
3. I've read a couple of books that delve into interview psychology and how to breakthrough. The thing is, they get so caught up in proving their point and presenting their research that by the end of the book, it can get hard to hold on to practical information. This book gives you simple tools that will be intuitive by the time you're done.
4. It's short. So you can work and read through this and be set for your interview in a couple of days.
What's lacking:
It's helping you with interviews, not networking. Although some of the points help with all professional interactions. I'm reading her book on Networking to see if I can get some help in that department too.
P.S. OK, now I feel a little bad about the 4-star rating. It feels like a 5-star but it doesn't give you any new information, just clears your head. So, I'm sticking with a 4. Honestly, that's all you really need for an interview. If you're working with the personality of a damp towel, no book is gonna help you.
You know that feeling where you've read everything about the company/B-school and networked with too many folks who've interviewed with them and all those opinions are messing with your head at the last minute? Yeah, grab this book. It'll help.
Where this book shines:
1. It keeps things really simple. When you read the section on "Friendship Mindset" and how to make that happen, it is so simple and intuitive. I'm sure most of us in an informal setting can make that happen naturally. This book gives you frameworks to make that happen in a formal, template-style meeting.
2. The workbook that comes along with this is really helpful. Work with that along with this and you'll be set for all behavioral interviews.
3. I've read a couple of books that delve into interview psychology and how to breakthrough. The thing is, they get so caught up in proving their point and presenting their research that by the end of the book, it can get hard to hold on to practical information. This book gives you simple tools that will be intuitive by the time you're done.
4. It's short. So you can work and read through this and be set for your interview in a couple of days.
What's lacking:
It's helping you with interviews, not networking. Although some of the points help with all professional interactions. I'm reading her book on Networking to see if I can get some help in that department too.
P.S. OK, now I feel a little bad about the 4-star rating. It feels like a 5-star but it doesn't give you any new information, just clears your head. So, I'm sticking with a 4. Honestly, that's all you really need for an interview. If you're working with the personality of a damp towel, no book is gonna help you.
March 31, 2019
This book is a great guide for anyone preparing for a job or educational interview. Angela has a methodical approach to communicating with an interviewer for each type of question you could get (life story, strengths, weaknesses, examples of collaboration, failure, etc). Where Angela distinguishes from other interview resources is on the soft skills (genuineness, airport test, gratitude, etc). Through her own experience and stories, she aids readers in understanding the psychology of the interviewer/interviewee interaction and how to emerge from the interview as a smart and likable candidate with excellent performance potential.
November 29, 2023
Angela is so great at describing how to come across as your best and most authentic self. Very helpful book for interviews!
April 3, 2024
We’ll see how good this book really is when I get some offers 👀👀
But on a serious note, this book really leveled up my interview prep. I’d strongly recommend it to anyone who is like me and is a teacher looking for something new :)
It’s also geared towards MBA candidates if you’re into that
But on a serious note, this book really leveled up my interview prep. I’d strongly recommend it to anyone who is like me and is a teacher looking for something new :)
It’s also geared towards MBA candidates if you’re into that
March 17, 2021
Interview Hero packs better advice on interviewing than what I received during my two years at a M7 business school. I have subsequently been both a business school admissions interviewer and a consulting interviewer. Having been on the other side of the table, her advice matched with how I saw the top interview candidates perform.
The entire book is easy to read, engaging, and deeply insightful - which I never thought I would ever say about a book about interviewing! I thought I would finish the book over the course of several weeks, but it turned into a page-turner and I finished the book within three days.
The entire book is easy to read, engaging, and deeply insightful - which I never thought I would ever say about a book about interviewing! I thought I would finish the book over the course of several weeks, but it turned into a page-turner and I finished the book within three days.
January 10, 2019
Read this book before your next interview. It’s a great read and so full of helpful advice and suggestions to get you thinking about how to tell the story of your work and values and what you want. There’s a companion workbook with a lot of great writing and thinking prompts to reflect and prepare the next time you are looking for and interviewing for a job. I used it this week and I’m really thankful I had it as a guide to map out some experiences and stories to tell.
February 13, 2023
Loved this book, it has a very relatable language and is overall just a great tool kit to have around on or the back of your Mind, it completely changes your mindset for interviews and helps you prepare for all possible scenarios and types of questions and to feel confident on the day of the interview.
I tend to struggle a lot with being nervous but the Friendship Mindset and the overall good advice of the book (especially the chapter for preparing for the interview) has some incredible tips that helped me personally change the way I looked at interviews and this made me less nervous overall and ready.
I tend to struggle a lot with being nervous but the Friendship Mindset and the overall good advice of the book (especially the chapter for preparing for the interview) has some incredible tips that helped me personally change the way I looked at interviews and this made me less nervous overall and ready.
May 4, 2021
I LOVE this book! So helpful in the say Angela clearly breaks down the different ways to answer different types of questions from "walk me through your resume" to behavioral questions and point-blank questions. Also her techniques for great storytelling are amazingly helpful. Thumbs up and highly recommended for folks starting out their career or making a career switch.
April 13, 2024
A great resource for an overview of interviewing
This book goes through the process of interviewing and offers insights and frameworks to support prospective candidates. It’s written in a personable and lighthearted manner that gives it a great fluency. I would recommend it to people looking for new jobs or degrees.
This book goes through the process of interviewing and offers insights and frameworks to support prospective candidates. It’s written in a personable and lighthearted manner that gives it a great fluency. I would recommend it to people looking for new jobs or degrees.
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