5 things finance recruiters secretly wish you'd say in interviews
You’re attending an interview for a finance job. The interviewer is looking at you askance, like he wants you to say something special that will transform your prospects and deliver you a job offer. What could it be? Try this… 1. “How can I help this business develop?” “The ideal candidates are those who can demonstrate that they’re thinking about what they can do for the hiring company, and not what the hiring company can do for them. “What you don’t want is for a candidate to centre the entire interview around themselves,” says Oliver Rolfe, managing partner at Spartan Partnership Executive Search. “You want candidates to be asking what they can bring to the business.” 2. “I’ve been offered a promotion in my current role, but I think the time has come to move on.” Interviewees also don’t want to hear that you’re unhappy in the job you’re doing now. Nor do they want to hear that...