MrG
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Think before you answer a question. Maintain eye contact. Ask questions. Follow up.Originally Posted by gdl203
Some interviewers will deliberately leave a large gap after a question giving you not only an opportunity to answer but also to ramble on and look like a fool.Originally Posted by youngscientist
I've known one to do this intentionally and a couple of others it was hard to tell whether it was on purpose or not, it probably doesn't matter if you ramble on a bit but you end up feeling silly, so give your answer a deliberate obvious end, rather than rambling on till they cut you off.
This is good advice. I was given similar input, and it has always served me well.
Also, I brought a note pad in a nice portfolio and took notes. I don't mean I furiously scribbled as if I were taking class notes, but I jotted down little details as we talked. This helped in two ways: First, it gave me material I might have otherwise glossed over that I could use for follow-up questions. Second, it helped me to remember each part of questions that were given in lists. For example, I was asked about my proficiency with a list of software programs, and the interviewer rattled them all off in a row. I wrote them as he said them so that I could discuss each one without going having to ask they be repeated as I went.
