This is one of the most typical scenarios I hear about. Here's what they are doing wrong and what to do.Continue Reading

EP 1938 Firms will ask almost anything in order to get you to trip yourself up.  Here, under the guise of encouraging you to think deeply and engage in self-reflection, is another trap question.Continue Reading

If you’re an established professional, it's unlikely that anyone will ask you this question. Continue Reading

WOW!!  What are you supposed to say?  “I hate my mother-in-law?”  “I hate this person.”  “I hate that person.”  “I hate what I do professionally? Continue Reading

When Frank and I decide to run the New York Marathon, we did it after spending three years training to run a half marathon.Continue Reading

Why do some people think you need to “pound the pavement” when looking for jobs, when applying for jobs is mostly online now? Are there any jobs that it does work for?Continue Reading

Answering this question requires you to think past the surface but you have to give them the surface answer, too.Continue Reading

EP 1937 This is one of the classic mistakes people make with their careers--the decision to become "a well-kept secret."Continue Reading

The way NOT to answer this question is very simple.  Continue Reading

As happens many times with the questions I'm asked, the answer starts off with, "it depends."Continue Reading