It's interview season for sure.
If you're not already on the interview trail there's a good chance you may have thought about it or be preparing your CV,
Be it for sales or marketing or operations, in any process, it's rare that we get to second interview stage without involving a presentation to a panel of your skills, experience or expertise.
Whether you're a seasoned pro at creating and delivering a power-point masterpiece, or a new to the skill, presenting for an interview can be a totally daunting event.
Especially when it feels as if your entire future depends on it...
I liked this article, it's quite current on the soft skills side of presenting, and the full version comes with tips on how to fix these issues too.
Worth a read if you have one coming up...
1. Starting With Apologies Equipment malfunctions, or whatever. You apologize for how this might affect your presentation. 2. Asking for Extra Time You feel you don’t have sufficient time to communicate your important information, so you request extra. 3. Shooting Slide Barrages “I have 15 minutes left, and I’m through only 20 of my 58 slides, so I’m going through this last bit a little fast.” 4. Making Personal Excuses Offering an excuse in advance for your poor performance 5. Reading From Your Slides 6. Turning Your Back You keep turning around to read from your slides or staring down to read from your notes. 7. Talking Too Fast You’ve got a lot of material to cover, so you talk fast to get through all of it. 8. Fidgeting You keep fiddling with your papers, fingering your jewelry, scratching yourself...
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