P Cosgrove's slides from event in the Science Gallery with Peter Cosgrove and Prof Ian Robertson on how to be memorable at interview

1. The Unforgettable Candidate Your hired! By Peter Cosgrove March 23rd 2011

2. The Audience? 1. Looking for a job/ or interested in the job/recruitment/ career process 2. Interested in “memory” 3. Other reason

3. Maximising your impact at interview Can you do the Job? Do you want the Job? Do we like you? Regardless of how many stages you go through – this is all the client cares about after you have finished the interviewing process

4. Being memorable is not always a good thing. Tie in the coffee! Food stuck in the teeth Lady who said “she would do anything to get the job” Memorable for the wrong reasons

6. Structuring answers/ Storytelling

8. First Impression – Eye Contact We remember and judge those who do not look us in the eye Eye contact

9. First Impression – Dress Sense Dress sense is not about spending money – it’s the appropriate dress-wear for the interview.

10. First Impression - Handshake We can all remember that cold, wet or limp handshake!

11. First Impression - Smile… Life is too short, smile! Interviewers remember those more with sunnier dispositions

12. STRUCTURING ANSWERS / STORIES

13. Structuring Answers/ Stories “Facts tell and stories sell”

14. Under Pressure The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public …..a volunteer

15. RAPPORT/ BRAND

16. What brand does this one word remind you of SAFE

17. SAFE VOLVO

18. MAGICAL What brand does this one word remind you of

19. MAGICAL DISNEY We all have a personal brand – what does an interviewer recall about your brand?

20. Appearance/ Body language/ Physiology Some things are still a bias and there is little we can do: More CEOS that is statistically probable are over 6 foot tall Men with beards are perceived as less trustworthy

21. If your perfume reminds the interviewer of an ex-wife – this will not help you! Smells

22. It is importance to be relaxed before the interview – your stress projects even if you try and stop it How we project VS

23. How we project Anecdote about the “moral muscle” from Cordelia Fine’s book “A Mind of its Own”

24. An “old person” When asked to draw a picture of an old person – how many people draw an old healthy person – very few!

25. Michelangelo carrying out great works till he was 89. Chinese vs Americans in a study done by Harvard. The Chinese have much better memory later in life due to the more positive outlook on ageing in China

26. “Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude”. Attitude Or more simply: Its your will not your skill

27. Energy/ Feeling

28. Decide if you are Tigger or Eyeore

29. “Yes” and “No” are not the only responses Sometimes not knowing the answer can be a positive thing and be memorable from the interviewer’s point of view

30. A liar must have a good memory Be careful if you try and bluff the interviewer

32. Structuring answers/ Storytelling

34. Contact details Name: Peter Cosgrove Title: Director – Cpl Email: Peter.cosgrove@cpl.ie …by the way we are hiring at Cpl!!