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Interview Superpower - How To Ace Your Interview And Get The Job You Really Want!
“Worth reading for any interviewee, young and old.”
Mateo Nakamura, Former COO, Nomura International
A how-to-guide that gives you the confidence to meet your interviewers on equal terms and present them with all the answers they are looking for.
Crammed with tips on how to walk tall, feel good, and ace any interview you face.
The book shows you how the interview is a two-way process, and how to engage more fully with the people involved as well as the technical requirements.
The curious fact is, most people who conduct interviews aren’t qualified to do so and don’t necessarily know what to look for or what makes the best fit for a role. They’ll believe they can judge character or competence, as we all do, but often what steers their opinion is separate from the task at hand.
This guide takes a close look at this human element, and on how your pitch, your manner, and your presentation all stream in to the emotional and intuitive antennae of the interviewers. A lot of the actual business that decides your success goes on beneath the glossy interview room surface.
The book’s easy-to-read style belies a steely heart. We are in it to win it, whatever the level: executive, student, and starter alike.
“Encouraging and inspiring and soothing in one go. This book will help many candidates to prepare well for any interview but also, crucially, to be themselves authentically in the process.”
Emily Fine, BHP
“Spot on, effective, and funny, which is always a bonus. Sage definitely knows his onions! Highly recommended.”
Ricard Faverley, Managing Director, Epson
Mateo Nakamura, Former COO, Nomura International
A how-to-guide that gives you the confidence to meet your interviewers on equal terms and present them with all the answers they are looking for.
Crammed with tips on how to walk tall, feel good, and ace any interview you face.
The book shows you how the interview is a two-way process, and how to engage more fully with the people involved as well as the technical requirements.
The curious fact is, most people who conduct interviews aren’t qualified to do so and don’t necessarily know what to look for or what makes the best fit for a role. They’ll believe they can judge character or competence, as we all do, but often what steers their opinion is separate from the task at hand.
This guide takes a close look at this human element, and on how your pitch, your manner, and your presentation all stream in to the emotional and intuitive antennae of the interviewers. A lot of the actual business that decides your success goes on beneath the glossy interview room surface.
The book’s easy-to-read style belies a steely heart. We are in it to win it, whatever the level: executive, student, and starter alike.
“Encouraging and inspiring and soothing in one go. This book will help many candidates to prepare well for any interview but also, crucially, to be themselves authentically in the process.”
Emily Fine, BHP
“Spot on, effective, and funny, which is always a bonus. Sage definitely knows his onions! Highly recommended.”
Ricard Faverley, Managing Director, Epson
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100 pages, ebook
Published February 5, 2020
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About the author
Daniel Sage
3 books128 followersDaniel Sage is a writer and coach based in London, after 15 years working at Goldman Sachs and 10 years in publishing.
A revised edition of Interview Superpower is out now (June 2021) - a how-to guide for going for your interview, packed with insider tips and all you need to ace the day! Updated for Post Covid-19.
He is also the author of the novel Fall Curve, numerous short stories collected into publication for Winter 2021, and a regular newspaper column, Letter from London.
website: http://danielsage.co.uk
A revised edition of Interview Superpower is out now (June 2021) - a how-to guide for going for your interview, packed with insider tips and all you need to ace the day! Updated for Post Covid-19.
He is also the author of the novel Fall Curve, numerous short stories collected into publication for Winter 2021, and a regular newspaper column, Letter from London.
website: http://danielsage.co.uk
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July 25, 2021
This book has so much interesting information! It allowed me to be more confident in landing the job. I have been with the same company for too long forgotten how to prepare for an interview. Great book and very insightful!
July 15, 2021
Great stuff. Easy to read. Covers lots of territory but I never felt talked down to. I'd recommend it if you've something coming up - "interviewy" - is that a word? ;) Lots of witty insight, puts you at ease. I thought it was really good. (Read in two days!)
August 8, 2021
Good coomon sense suggestions. Many of these are derived from having self-awareness and high emotional intelligence. Updated information for interviews conducted virtually.
February 29, 2020
4.3 i should start by declaring that i know daniel sage. this does not make me kinder in my review. but it means i do know that what's here is based on ample experience, some years of research and an empathetic lifelong interest in people and how we interact.
let's accept that interviews of different categories determine many of the critical junctures of our lives. of course, the directions that my professional life has followed and left unfollowed has been very influenced by formal interviews and many meetings that had some interview-like characteristics. and i wouldn't be here if on the occasion that my parents first met at a party, some of the conversation (which had some interview-like elements like many social encounters) had run differently. so, the subject has import.
'superpower' has some rich nuggets to help you understand what is happening in these comings together, and to influence how they play out. it is pitched mainly to the 'interviewee', but could assist the 'interviewer', and these roles can be fluid. in places there are flashes poetry of almost biblical force (which did not surprise me). yes, curiosity in the workplace is indeed 'the light of knowledge itself, a fire and a beacon'. that is just how we come to have antibiotics and the internet. and so indeed can judiciously applied courtesy be like 'kung fu'. but mostly the guidance is basic and gentle. some may be already known, other points not; all of it is potentially useful. it's also a succinct read, glorious because our time is limited.
humour is sometimes harnessed to shoehorn these important thoughts into the reader's consciousness, just as the author himself has sometimes done with me.
let's accept that interviews of different categories determine many of the critical junctures of our lives. of course, the directions that my professional life has followed and left unfollowed has been very influenced by formal interviews and many meetings that had some interview-like characteristics. and i wouldn't be here if on the occasion that my parents first met at a party, some of the conversation (which had some interview-like elements like many social encounters) had run differently. so, the subject has import.
'superpower' has some rich nuggets to help you understand what is happening in these comings together, and to influence how they play out. it is pitched mainly to the 'interviewee', but could assist the 'interviewer', and these roles can be fluid. in places there are flashes poetry of almost biblical force (which did not surprise me). yes, curiosity in the workplace is indeed 'the light of knowledge itself, a fire and a beacon'. that is just how we come to have antibiotics and the internet. and so indeed can judiciously applied courtesy be like 'kung fu'. but mostly the guidance is basic and gentle. some may be already known, other points not; all of it is potentially useful. it's also a succinct read, glorious because our time is limited.
humour is sometimes harnessed to shoehorn these important thoughts into the reader's consciousness, just as the author himself has sometimes done with me.
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