How to build trust leading a job interview?

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How to build trust in leading a job interview?

Specifically, if it's your first job interview, focus on a conversation.

Let the person know that you're human as well, that you're a little bit excited and you just won't have good conversation. If you just go into with that feeling of having a good conversation, you will already win way more than if you just rattle your questions, specifically if you're new in the job interview game, let's call it like this.

So another thing I always do is leading with your story, because they will follow your lead. So if you introduce yourself, introduce it in a way that the person is interested in giving a similar perspective, so you can introduce yourself. I'm the manager, I'm doing this, I'm doing this, I'm doing this, and this is my responsibility and that's it. Or you start: this is my name. This is my family situation. I love hiking. I love running. So you give more about yourself than just the job topics that will be replicate it by the person you interview.

And people will love this because then you open up a conversation. And then ask questions to whatever they're saying. It's not about just jumping straight into your business questions, just ask, oh, you have been in whatever, um, Italy. I was in Italy too. What did you do? Have you been there? So that you start doing it in a conversational style rather than just focusing on the questions that are job related. Of course, you need to bring them in over time, but you will learn more about the person and if the person fits into your team. If you start a conversation.

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