Tips for Assessing Motivation and Ambition
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:07 am
Non-verbal communication. Assess body language: desire for eye contact, facial expressions, gestures. Insecure people or those who are lying avoid eye contact, smile uncertainly, make many unnecessary fussy movements - small but noticeable.
If self-confidence is important for the field, it is worth immediately filtering out applicants who do not demonstrate it in communication. Insecure salespeople, journalists or lawyers are a failure.
Motivation and ambition
Ask the applicant how he sees his current and long-term career goals. And what exactly is he doing to achieve them? What steps have already been taken, and what are planned?
What should alert you in this case: abstract goals and plans. argentina mobile database You asked a person what he or she has already done to become a leading TV correspondent for your channel. And he or she replies: “Well, I’ve dreamed about it since I was a kid. And I always played interviews with my friends, we liked to imagine ourselves as TV stars…” Childhood dreams and games are great, but an adult man (woman) showed up for an interview. Adequate answers are: “I took a course for announcers,” “I have my own channel on YouTube where I make videos about city news,” “I didn’t know how to act in front of the camera, but I’ve already taken acting lessons and now I can easily film from any angle.”
Ask the candidate what motivates him - personalities and their achievements, books, etc. Ask:
You are given the opportunity to choose a mentor. It can be absolutely anyone in the world. Who do you choose?
The answer is quite important: you will understand how the person sees himself as ideal, what personal and professional qualities he values. Clarify the question:
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If self-confidence is important for the field, it is worth immediately filtering out applicants who do not demonstrate it in communication. Insecure salespeople, journalists or lawyers are a failure.
Motivation and ambition
Ask the applicant how he sees his current and long-term career goals. And what exactly is he doing to achieve them? What steps have already been taken, and what are planned?
What should alert you in this case: abstract goals and plans. argentina mobile database You asked a person what he or she has already done to become a leading TV correspondent for your channel. And he or she replies: “Well, I’ve dreamed about it since I was a kid. And I always played interviews with my friends, we liked to imagine ourselves as TV stars…” Childhood dreams and games are great, but an adult man (woman) showed up for an interview. Adequate answers are: “I took a course for announcers,” “I have my own channel on YouTube where I make videos about city news,” “I didn’t know how to act in front of the camera, but I’ve already taken acting lessons and now I can easily film from any angle.”
Ask the candidate what motivates him - personalities and their achievements, books, etc. Ask:
You are given the opportunity to choose a mentor. It can be absolutely anyone in the world. Who do you choose?
The answer is quite important: you will understand how the person sees himself as ideal, what personal and professional qualities he values. Clarify the question:
Telegram logoSubscribe to the author's telegram channel about entrepreneurship in Russia.