Story

How would you establish your credibility quickly?

How would you establish your credibility quickly?

The interviewer is interested to know how do you lead your team and win their confidence as this is important to deliver results.
How will you influence the internal stakeholders? How will you gain their trust and in how much time? What is your approach?
Show that based on your prior experience, you took x time and are confident to do in x-1 time due to your experience. Tell your approach.
Do's
• Meet up the team and know them as person
• Understand their work and contribution
• Understand their issues and provide support
• Show early wins within x-1 time
Don'ts
• My boss has to tell the team
• I am their boss, they need to win my confidence
Similar Questions
• How would you establish your credibility quickly with the team, internal and external stakeholders?
Photo Adaptation / Pixabay / rawpixel-4283981
Share on

Your Comments

Similar Stories


Deliberate practice improves our success in an interview

It is a deliberate effort. It requires one to break down the required skill into smaller chunks and practice systematically and repeatedly. Performance improves over time based on the number of times an activity is performed with timely and correct feedback. It is not just the number of hours of practice but quality matters. It is not mindless repetition but one needs to incorporate feedback to improve. Seeking feedback and reflecting on one’s performance to guide subsequent practice sessions improves the performance.

Deliberate practice based on small, achievable, specific steps for meaningful improvement. To gain mastery, you need to · - Start early - If you have decided to improve your interview skills performance, then it is important to start well before. It is not something which you can acquire a night before the interview schedule date. · - Set a specific goal – You choose your goal and stick to it. (Answering 50-100 questions, 2 mock interviews…) · - Discuss with colleagues and know the trends. Learn from job websites and figure out the type of questions asked. · - Think, write your responses for the most common job questions. Don’t avoid this step. Writing is preparation and practice. No one can learn football by reading football articles. · - Improve your responses based on feedback from your friend and senior · - Stay committed to your goal and stay positive

Consistent, systematic practice will see you through the interview. Take a challenge and attempt one question a day for the next few days. Think your story for each question and prepare your response. Seek feedback and build into your response.