Mistake 1:Avoid eye contact
It is said that "most hiring decisions are made within the first ten seconds of the interview". Patti Wood says so, and she's just one of America's top body language experts! Indeed, the first impression counts, and it is therefore when you are in the waiting room that it takes place. What to do is surprising…
Mistake 2:forgetting to smile
It's proven:smiling and nodding your head may not seem like much, but they are decisive elements during an interview! Be careful though, we do not make smiles of complacency at the pace too simulated, otherwise, it passes for a way to hide his negative emotions. The best way is perhaps to watch a little sketch by Florence Forresti (or any comedy that will make us laugh) before the interview, so that we arrive with a smiling face naturally, it illuminates us, and relaxes us...
Mistake 3:we slouch in the waiting room...
It is said that "most hiring decisions are made within the first ten seconds of the interview". Patti Wood says so, and she's just one of America's top body language experts! Indeed, the first impression counts, and it is therefore when you are in the waiting room that it takes place. What to do is surprising…
A Harvard Business School study showed that candidates make a better impression when they adopt an 'assertive' attitude two minutes before the interview. It can be:1 / standing, feet slightly apart, hands on hips, 2 / sitting on a chair with hands behind your head and feet on the table (yes yes). Those who show themselves like this - in the study - seem more composed, and in control of their emotions. Well, we will choose option 1 for safety!
But the most surprising thing is that Harvard researchers also suggest looking at portraits on our computer just before going into an interview. Why ? It would activate 'the social component of power', and thus influence our body language by positively changing our postures, without us even realizing it! CQFD:we choose a portrait of Angelina Jolie, Barak Obama… to watch.
