86 | How To Tell Your Career Story In An Interview With Dan Carr

In this week's episode, Dan and I talk about interviewing, whether it’s an in-person interview, exploratory call or virtual coffee,  you want  to put your best foot forward.  We all know it’s going to begin with someone asking you the typical questions: tell me about your background, why are you interested in a career pivot,  why did you leave or are leaving your current company, etc and it's important how you craft your story.  Spoiler alert, it's not about going through your resume bullet by bullet, they have the resume and have read it, that's why they are talking to you. Knowing the answers to these common questions is the key to it all. And don’t worry, we have some actionable tips, tricks and advice for you to get you through an interview!

In this episode, you will specifically learn how to…

How to tell your why How to talk about a career pivot How to explain if you were fired or laid off How to talk about a gap or short employment stints How to talk about a toxic work environment How to talk about compensation 

Links mentioned…

Interview Preparation Worksheet

More about Karen and Dan…

I’m Karen Weeks, the CEO & Chief Shine Officer (aka transformation coach) at KDW Coaching, the host of the Shine at Work podcast, award winning culture leader (currently leading the People team at Ordergroove), a speaker and published author. My purpose is to help career-oriented humans get unstuck so they can shine bright in business and in life.  And I know how that feels, I navigated a career from theatre & the arts to HR (with lots of twists and turns there) to expanding my career into coaching as well. I am a recent Charlotte transplant where I live with my husband and furry babies. 

 
Dan Carr is KDW Coaching’s Talent Partner and co-host of the Shine at Work podcast.  Over the last decade+, Dan has partnered with early stage, high growth, startups as a recruiting leader, driving strategic direction and execution of all areas of the talent lifecycle. His role was to understand and advise on the skill sets needed to achieve company goals and then identify and engage with the best talent in the industry, building world class teams. He found that success is achieved with authentic relationships that have a foundation in empathy, transparency and trust. 

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