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The 4 Interview Red Flags Hiring Managers Say Concern Them Most

Harvard Business

If you’re being called in for interviews but don’t get the job, it’s possible that something you’re doing is raising red flags, causing the interviewer to question your suitability for the position. Despite your technical skills being strong, hiring managers are often also judging your interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.

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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

Harvard Business

It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Similar to knockoffs of luxury watches or handbags, there are emotions and actions that look like the real thing but really aren’t. Given that most people aren’t sociopaths, in my experience, the more common misuses of emotional intelligence are subconscious.

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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

These, it turns out, are what one of us (Dan) has described as core emotional intelligence competencies. This connection with emotional intelligence was underscored in the interviews Matt conducted with the study participants themselves. But the improvements themselves were in the realm of emotional intelligence.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? However, Booz & Company consultants are respected because of the firm’s legacy of hiring for a combination of intellectual capacity and emotional intelligence.

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How to Find the Exact Words that Attract Your Clients (and Gets them Excited to Work with You)

Consulting Matters

Follow up a survey with interviews that allow you to probe for insight, clarity and really good phrases. Yes, emotions. Emotional intelligence [has become] simply new jargon for discussing our emotions. Related Tutorial Video: "Ideas to Spark your Website Copy Clarity". Go where your clients might open up.

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How to be Politically Savvy

CaseInterview.com

When you first signed up for this newsletter, I promised to provide you with help and assistance in developing case interview skills. If you signed up, it’s fairly likely that your goal at the time was to gain familiarity with the case interview. My goal was to build a website that would get a lot of word-of-mouth referrals.

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Unlock Your Potential: Harness the Enneagram for Professional and Personal Growth with Sarah Wallace

Consulting Matters

To learn more about the Enneagram and its applications, listen to the full interview and embark on your journey of self-discovery and professional growth.