06 Apr 2011, 11:20 am
OJani wrote:
Yes, try to be able to improvise. It's not that hard, if you are not in tense, this is where experience can help a lot. How much to speak, how to summarize topics, speed of speaking, mood to show, how much to smile/don't smile etc.
But how do you learn how to improvise?
When I get those questions that I haven't prepared for, I just can't answer them. My mind is blank. I really don't know how people can come up with answers on the spot like that. I have to think about it for a good while. This is where I feel like I am mentally challenged and I realize I must be more disabled than plenty of other people here even, despite that a year ago I would have been offended at the idea that I had a problem at all.
I've even taken classes on this sort of thing in the past, because it's always been a problem for me. It's not so much of a problem right now, because I'm getting steady work from people who know my work. But I can't count on that being the case forever. I know at some point I will have to speak to someone again in order to get work.
06 Apr 2011, 1:28 pm
Zen wrote:
soon as someone talks to me in person, they never want to hear from me again
It is a pain in the arse. I also get the feeling that they think I am lying about my experience as well.
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06 Apr 2011, 2:51 pm
Zen wrote:
OJani wrote:
Yes, try to be able to improvise. It's not that hard, if you are not in tense, this is where experience can help a lot. How much to speak, how to summarize topics, speed of speaking, mood to show, how much to smile/don't smile etc.
But how do you learn how to improvise?
When I get those questions that I haven't prepared for, I just can't answer them. My mind is blank. I really don't know how people can come up with answers on the spot like that. I have to think about it for a good while. This is where I feel like I am mentally challenged and I realize I must be more disabled than plenty of other people here even, despite that a year ago I would have been offended at the idea that I had a problem at all.
I've even taken classes on this sort of thing in the past, because it's always been a problem for me. It's not so much of a problem right now, because I'm getting steady work from people who know my work. But I can't count on that being the case forever. I know at some point I will have to speak to someone again in order to get work.
Just be yourself, but also 'act' a little. I'm not naturally interview-able either, I've failed on many occasions. Every time I failed, I got closer to the natural understanding. Speak with them as if they were guests or a sudden acquaintance of yours. Be friendly but also diplomatic, keep distance. When you summarize something in order to be short and comprehensible, 'round up' your positive sides, it is not the same as lying.
If they ask what is your negative side, be generous with yourself, say something like 'I'm a bit slow at work, bc my thinking is analytic.' or 'I don't like meetings, but I always keep the deadlines.' or 'I treat everybody in a human manner, and this is what I expect from them.' (consider it a weakness.) When they ask about your previous jobs or studies, don't tell wrong about them, just a little bit if there is something obviously so, and connect it up to your motives (only in your mind, don't say it explicitly). 'Now I see It would have been better if we had done this or that.' They will see you are thinking well.
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